For the Irish community in Luxembourg, the next couple of months will be very busy with a series of events being planned around St Patrick's Day on 17 March, as well as the centenary commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising.
The events so far for St Patrick’s Day are as follows:
- Saturday 12 March: The Rose Ball @ Parc Hotel Dommeldange - see www.rose.lu
- Saturday 12 March: Concert Kilkenny Knights & Ghosttown Inquiry @ Centre Gaston Stein, Junglinster
- Saturday 12 March: Zeltik Festival in Dudelange - see www-zeltik.lu
- Wednesday 16 March: Irish Embassy Reception @ Cercle Cité (invitation only)
- Thursday 17 March at 19:00: St Patrick’s Mass @ Church of St Alphonse, Luxembourg
- Thursday 17 March: Concert The Kilkennys @ Centre Culturel Syrkus, Roodt/Syr - see www.syrkus.lu
- Friday 18 March: Irish Club Party @ FNEL in Cents - see www.irishclub.lu.
- Saturday 19 March: Comhaltas Ceili @ Gasperich Parish Hall
- Monday 21 March: Ciorcal Comhra (Irish-speaking group) @ Hotel Cravat
The events calendar for the Commemoration/Celebration of the 1916 Easter Rising is as follows:
- Saturday 16 April from 10:00-18:00: Hurling & Camogie Tournament (venue TBC)
- Wednesday 20 April at 19:30: Lecture by Dr Fearghal McGarry @ EU School, Kirchberg (preceded by music & Irish dancing by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí)
- Sunday 24 April at 17:00: Screening of “1916” Documentary film @ Cinémathèque (Ticket reservations at www.luxembourg-ticket.lu)
Photo from March 2015 by Geoff Thompson (L-R): Amb Peadar Carpenter: Luxembourg Rose, Aedammair Ní Chiardha.
