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Wednesday 26 February 2025AGM 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). |
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Friday 21 March 2025St Patrick’s Day Dinner 6.00 pm at Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney, Camperdown Guest Speaker: TBA |
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Wednesday 23 April 2025Ordinary 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. |
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Wednesday 28 May 2025Ordinary 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?’ |
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Wednesday 25 June 2025Ordinary 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.
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Wednesday 23 July 2025Ordinary meeting 6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom Guest Speaker: TBA |
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Saturday 23 August 2025Mid-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 |
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Wednesday 24 September 2025Ordinary meeting 6.00 pm at the Irish Consulate General, 1 Market Street, Sydney and online via Zoom Guest Speaker: TBA |
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Wednesday 22 October 2025Ordinary 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. |
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Wednesday November 2025Christmas Party 6.00 pm for 7.00 pm at a venue to be announced Guest Speaker: TBA |