Calendar

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 11 July 2026

Mid-Year Lunch

12.00 pm for 12.30 pm at the Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde

Speaker: Dr Sharon McArdle wil speak about Dorothy Macardle, a remarkable but often overlooked Gothic Irish writer, historian, humanitarian, and political prisoner during the Irish Civil War.

Wednesday 26 August 2026

Ordinary Meeting

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

Speaker: Dr Samuel Beckton, online from Ireland, will give a talk entitled, “No Surrender from Down Under:  The Australian Anti-Irish Home Rule Movement, 1911–14”.

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