Calendar

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Annual General Meeting and February Ordinary Meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate-General and online via Zoom.

Speaker: Dr Jeff Kildea, Honorary Professor in Irish Studies at UNSW will give a talk entitled “Hate Speech: We’ve been down this road before” in which he will discuss how Orange v. Green rivalry in nineteenth century Australia led to incidents of violence in which shots were fired into crowds with fatal consequences.

Friday 20 March 2026

St Patrick’s Day Dinner

6.00 pm for 6.30 pm at Rydges Surry Hills Rooftop Function Room

Wednesday 22 April 2026

Ordinary Meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate-General and online via Zoom.

Speaker: Jim Duffy will speak on “John Boyle O’Reilly – More than the Catalpa escape”

Wednesday 27 May 2026

Ordinary Meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate-General and online via Zoom.

Speaker: Live from Kansas, USA, Mike Slattery will give a talk on “Being of Irish Heritage in America and more specifically in Kansas”

Wednesday 24 June 2026

Ordinary Meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate-General and online via Zoom.

Guest Speaker: Dr Damian Gleeson will give a talk entitled “’Parish Priest of New South Wales’: Reverend John Joseph Therry, ca 1789-1864”

Sunday 19 July 2026

Mid-Year Lunch

12.30 pm for 1 pm at the Gaelic Club, Devonshire Street, Sydney

Wednesday 26 August 2026

Ordinary Meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate-General and online via Zoom.

Speaker: TBA

Wednesday 23 September 2026

Ordinary Meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate-General and online via Zoom.

Speaker: Professor Peter Kuch will give the next in his series of talks on Irish theatre in Australia

Wednesday 28 October 2026

Ordinary Meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate-General and online via Zoom.

Guest Speaker: Dr Richard Reid will give a talk on “John Tighe Ryan”

Tuesday 24 November 2026

Christmas Party

6.00 pm for 6.30 pm at Rydges Surry Hills Rooftop Function Room