Calendar

Aisling Events

Wednesday 26 February 2025

AGM and first ordinary meeting of the year

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom

Guest Speaker: Dr Jeff Kildea, honorary professor in Irish Studies at UNSW and honorary secretary of the society, will give a talk entitled ‘Bridget and the Bishop’ in which he will discuss his book Sister Liguori: The Nun who Divided a Nation (Connor Court Publishing, 2024).

Friday 21 March 2025

St Patrick’s Day Dinner

6.00 pm at Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney, Camperdown

Guest Speaker: TBA

Wednesday 23 April 2025

Ordinary meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom

Guest Speaker: Hugh Myers will speak on Roger Casement.

Wednesday 28 May 2025

Ordinary meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom

Guest Speaker: Dr Pamela O’Neill will give a talk on ‘Lost Early Medieval Manuscripts of Ireland?’

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Ordinary meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom

Guest Speaker: Dr Perry McIntyre, historian, will give a talk entitled ‘Who were the workhouse single women?’ in which she will speak about single female  workhouse immigration during the Great Irish Famine.

 

Wednesday 23 July 2025

Ordinary meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom

Guest Speaker: TBA

Saturday 23 August 2025

Mid-Year Lunch

12.30 pm at the Gaelic Club, Devonshire Street, Sydney

A gala celebration of the Aisling Society’s 70 years with an exhibition and reminiscences

Wednesday 24 September 2025

Ordinary meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom

Guest Speaker: TBA

Wednesday 22 October 2025

Ordinary meeting

6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom

Guest Speaker: Mel Keenan will speak on a topic to be announced.

Wednesday November 2025

Christmas Party

6.00 pm for 7.00 pm at a venue to be announced

Guest Speaker: TBA