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]

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