Irish Diaspora in Scotland Association
December 6, 2009
Scotland’s Future and Ethnic Minority Communities Conference. 30th Sept. 2009. Corn Exchange. Edinburgh. Choosing Scotland’s Future : A National Conversation [www.anationalconversation.com] I arrived... [Read more]
Gaelic Football Project Launched in Garngad
December 6, 2009
Originally Published 19 November 2008 A six week coaching block has started in five schools in the Garngad area of the city. Our community coach, Dom Roarty, will be working in the schools for four... [Read more]
Irish Sports
December 5, 2009
Tir Conail Harps Under 8’s and Under 10’s Training: Monday, 7pm – 9pm Glenconner Park, Garngad Wednesday, 6.30-7.30pm: St Mungo’s Primary School, Townhead. Wednesday, 7-8pm: St... [Read more]
Irish Music
December 5, 2009
Session: Tuesday, 1.30-3.30pm: St Roch’s Chapel House, Garngad Rd. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (Irish Minstrels) Music Practice: Tuesday, 7-9pm: St Roch’s Secondary School, Garngad. Saint... [Read more]
Irish Gaelic For Beginners
December 5, 2009
Irish Gaelic for Beginners: Wednesday, 2-4pm: Irish Centre, Daisy Street, Govanhill. Irish Class: Friday, 7.30-9pm: Irish Centre, Daisy Street, Govenhill. Read More →
Adult Ceili Dance Classes
December 5, 2009
Adult Ceili Dance Classes Thursday, 7.45pm: Holy Family & Saint Ninian’s, Kirkintilloch. Read More →
The Garngad Irish
December 5, 2009
The Garngad Irish From Patrick’s hills and glens they came, Their faith in God, each man’s the same. To build a canal and St Rollox Railway, Two schools to learn and a Chapel to pray. Men made... [Read more]
Old Garngad
December 5, 2009
Old Garngad (As appeared in Page 8 of ‘Irish Weekly’ Belfast Edition) There is a place in Glasgow That comes often to my mind, My young days they come rolling back Although they are many years behind. I... [Read more]
Stories of The Glasgow Irish
December 5, 2009
In the aftermath of the Potato Famine in Ireland, a number of the Irish immigrants who came to Scotland in the 1840s and 1850s changed their surnames and religion in order to conceal their roots and avoid... [Read more]
Garngad Irish Poems & Songs
December 5, 2009
The following ‘Garngad-Irish Poems and Songs’ were either written about or by people from and/or events related to Garngad with a connection to Ireland: By Michael ‘Mick Garngad’... [Read more]
