A fantastic & memorable evening celebrating @fourmastersgaa 70th Anniversary. Huge congratulations to everyone who has brought the #GAA club to such an incredible position over the years, giving it such a bright future. So proud of my cousin, Bren Harkin, Chair for 10 yrs. 💙

“The History of Coventry’s Irish”, was a fascinating talk, on Friday, delivered by the brilliant @chriseganuk (contributor to @theirishpost), at @CoventryIrish. What an absolute treat! 🇮🇪 #CoventryIrish #IrishInBritain

Manchán’s grá don Ghaeilge shone through & to hear him speak Irish was a thing of beauty, like hearing the land speak. He loved to hear Irish spoken, even mo Ghaeilge briste-it was like his gentle soul was reaching out pushing gentle encouragement into you. Suaimhneas síoraí air 🕯️

Fantastic evening of Irish culture, heritage, & community, at the Coventry Irish Society Annual Ball 2025. 🇮🇪 Was honoured to open the evening, as Gaeilge, with my cúpla focal. 💚 Great to welcome The Lord Mayor of Cork & BBC’s Trish Adudu. #GaeilgeGachLá #IrishinBritain

A joy & a privilege to be at the unveiling of a blue plaque for #MoMowlam at her Coventry school. Wonderful inspiring speeches committed to the importance of #TheGoodFridayAgreement, & stories of Mo. Delighted to meet Julia Langdon who kindly gifted her bk to The Mo Mowlam Library at Cov Irish.

Brilliant meeting today with Marie from @coventrycc.bsky.social’s The Pod Cafe/TimeUnion, planning cross community heritage projects with CoventryIrish & other groups. Was so inspiring to hear more about the important community work they do. More info here coventry.gov.uk/pod-1/pod #Collaboration

Bhí sé iontach a bheith ar ais ag Nortons #Birmingham #PopUpGaeltacht #Gaeilge #GaeilgeGachLá

Alt álainn ó @cnagaeilge.bsky.social faoi mo chairde i Birmingham gaeilge.uk #Gaeilge 💚 #GaeilgeGachLá 💚 #IrishInBritain

Tá mé ar bís! 🤗 Tá mo rang Dé Céadaoin le Múinteoir Terri ag @MancIrishLang ar ais amárach. D’fhreastail mé ar mo chéad rang le mo chara, Terri ag tús 2020.

Fantastic time at the Páirc Summer Series 2025 - ceol agus craic - & so lovely to catch-up with my @brumirish friends 💚 🇮🇪💚 Had a brilliant day working in the Irish language tent with mo chara, Terri. 100s of people so keen to speak / learn Irish - D’ardaigh sé mo chroí! 💚

Scríobh mé faoin tseachtain a chaith mé ar Thoraigh le déanaí. Bíonn siúlach scéalach. nos.ie/taisteal/tai...

A lovely piece in The Irish Post by the brilliant Chris Egan on a very interesting & entertaining talk by Gerry Molumby. Was fascinated to hear the stories and Irish history behind the art work.

An rang deireanach den bhliain le @mcririshlanguage.bsky.social anocht. Tá muid ag léamh An Triail. Léigh muid Radharc 1 go Radharc 5. Beidh muid ar ais i mí Mheán Fómhair. 📚

Seachtain den scoth ag an Scoil Samhraidh @ucdgaeltacht.bsky.social 2025. Reflecting back on a brilliant week - fantastic friends, great lectures, & I loved being back in Múinteoir Sinéad’s class. #Gaeilge #GaeilgeGachLá

Siúlóid Staire i mBÁC le déanaí le @ucdgaeltacht.bsky.social. #Gaeilge #GaeilgeGachLá

Oíche Tráth na gCeist i mBÁC le @ucdgaeltacht.bsky.social & cairde.

Bhí lúchair orm labhairt faoi mo thuras teanga ag @ucdgaeltacht.bsky.social Was delighted to make a speech at the UCD Irish Language Summer School Launch & to be introduced by the brilliant Sinéad Ní Uallacháin.

Comhghairdeachas le gach éinne a chríochnaigh Scoil Samhraidh Ghaeltacht UCD 2025. Go néirí libh ar bhur dturas teanga, go dtí go bhfeicimid a céile arís. @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social @unaeuropa.bsky.social @mcririshlanguage.bsky.social @cnagaotearoa.bsky.social

Grma féin @mouke.bsky.social, beimid ag tnúth le fáilte a chur romhat arís ag Scoil Samhraidh 2026.

Ard-bhean @mouke.bsky.social agallamh iontach anseo agus déanann tú ionadaíocht bhreá orainn agus ar Ghaolainn na Nua-Shéalainne i gcónaí!

Bhí oíche den scoth againn lenár gcairde Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain ag Ambasáid na hÉireann #PopUpGaeltacht

It was an honour to speak at the Irish Embassy about my Irish language journey, alongside former Minister, Joe McHugh, & Writer, Ciara Broderick, on a panel chaired by Deputy Ambassador McBreen, after an uplifting intro by Ambassador Fraser & Conradh na Gaeilge I Londain at #GaeltachtChoisTamaise

A memorable evening at the Coventry Irish Society for a brilliant presentation by Úna Gan a Gúna on their #oralhistory project collecting the stories of #Irish women.

Amazing few days in #Dubrovnik. Such a beautiful place, steeped in so much history.

That’s a wrap! Our Away Day 2025 at the Coventry Irish Society is complete & we’re brimming with plans for the next five years and beyond. Our board & staff members had a brilliant day focusing on strategy & delivery of services for our wonderful community. ☘️💚☘️

Alt deas anseo! Lovely article by Christy Evans at The Irish World on his brilliant bilingual walking tour of historic #Coventry at our recent Lá Mór na Gaeilge at The Coventry Irish Society during #SeachtainnaGaeilge ☘️ #100daysofGaeilge #GaeilgeGachLá #SnaG25

What a fantastic week we’ve had celebrating the St Patrick’s Festival at Coventry Irish, from our first ever Family Fun Day, the blessing of the shamrock, & our St Patrick’s Day Lunch. ☘️ Thank you to Capital FM 📻 for inviting me to talk about all the great events in Cov. ☘️

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh ó Coventry ☘️🇮🇪☘️

The Irish language has been spoken for the first time in the history of Prime Minister's Questions in the British House of Commons

Lovely evening at the Roger Casements #GAA dinner, #Coventry. Congratulations to all involved. 👏

All welcome & admission is free to visit The Peace Heroines Exhibition on display at the Coventry Irish Society. It is our privilege to host the Exhibition, on loan from The Irish Embassy until mid March. The Exhibition highlights the important role of women in building peace.

Thank you to Minister Neale Richmond TD for taking the time to meet & engage with so many members of our community when he came to the Coventry Irish Society during his first formal visit to Britain in his new role as Minister of State for International Development & Diaspora.

Lovely memory to pop up on my timeline. Six years ago today we had a wonderful visit from President Michael D. Higgins, at the Birmingham Irish Association. My President 💚

We had a fantastic afternoon at the Coventry Irish Society with Coventry-Mayo author, Dennis Carey. Dennis gave a brilliant talk on his Mayo background & the inspiration behind his five books.📚

The Government of Ireland’s Emigrant Support Programme provides vital support to organisations like the Coventry Irish Society who provide frontline community support. I was privileged to be invited, with our CEO, Simon McCarthy, to an information session at the Irish Embassy for a helpful update.

Meet the Coventry-Irish author, Dennis Carey, on Tuesday 28 Jan at 2.00 pm at the Coventry Irish Society. Entry is free and includes a presentation from the author followed by an opportunity to meet him and purchase a signed & dedicated copy of this brilliant book.

Thank you @theirishpost & @GerryMolumby for the kind invitation to review the brilliant book by @conradbryan & Chamion Caballero @AssocMRI, & to talk about the book launch @CoventryIrish. 📚

Tráthnóna álainn caite le Conradh na Gaeilge #Birmingham #PopUpGaeltacht ag @nortons_digbeth. Lovely afternoon spent with Conradh na Gaeilge #Birmingham at @nortons_digbeth #PopUpGaeltacht #100DaysofGaeilge #GaeilgeGachLá #Gaeilge

Lá Mór na Gaeilge - Irish Language Day, Saturday 8 March 2025, #Coventry. Save the date! The day will include classes & a bilingual walking tour of Coventry. #PopUpGaeltacht & quiz at The Hearsall Inn from 7.00 pm.

Really looking forward to this event- another reminder of the how much talent we have in Coventry's Irish community

Meet the Coventry-Irish author, Dennis Carey, on Tuesday 28 Jan at 2.00 pm at the Coventry Irish Society. Entry is free and includes a presentation from the author followed by an opportunity to meet him and purchase a signed & dedicated copy of this brilliant book.

I’m so proud of the work we have done for the community in 2024. Looking forward to 2025 & the opportunities ahead. 💚☘️💚 www.coventryirishsociety.com/community-en...

"Your innocence keeps you going..." RIP Paddy Hill ☘️ Suaimhneas síoraí dó. #RIPPaddyHill (Image from Ross O'Callaghan's Paddyirishmanproject.com)

Solidarity with all those who seek truth & justice. It was my privilege to meet Michael O’Hare, brother of Majella O’Hare, on a recent visit to Birmingham. Beautiful Majella & her family deserve so much more. Please do take the time to read their story: tttni.uk

Special thanks to The Herbert Art Gallery who have donated to the Coventry Irish Society their last replica of an ancient #Ogham stone. It was so lovely to meet Ali Wells, Curator, & to learn more about the background. The historian & Irish language enthusiast in me had the best day!

It was such a privilege to host this insightful In Conversation discussion this week with Conrad Koza Bryan about his book, “Irish People of Colour”.

Deireadh le bliain mhaith eile ag foghlaim Gaeilge le Dr Ian Malcolm. End of another good year learning Irish with Ian. Definitely recommend his tutorials: www.irish withian.wordpress.com #Gaeilge #GaeilgeGachLá

Go raibh míle maith agaibh @ucdgaeltacht.bsky.social as na leabhair! 📚 Thank you very much @ucdgaeltacht.bsky.social for sending us a beautiful selection of Irish books for our new library. There was big excitement in the office when the parcel arrived!

We were recently informed that the @ecclawsoc Ecclesiastical Judges Association have published the report of its working group into @churchofengland churchyard memorial regulations. The review completed by @CofE_Cov following our case is cited ecclawsoc.org.uk/churchyard-m...

Tráthnóna álainn le mo chairde Gael ag Nortons, #Birmingham inniu; #PopUpGaeltacht, Tráth na gCeist na Nollag, agus cáca. 🎄☘️🍰 Lovely afternoon with my friends at Nortons; #PopUpGaeltacht, Christmas quiz, & cake.