A reading/discussion with Dr. Desmond Fennell

Thursday, June 17th, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 @ 7.30p.m. Wine will be served; admission is free and all are welcome. Discussion will be based on Dr. Desmond Fennell essay The Second American Revolution and the Sense Famine in the West. The original essay may be read or downloaded from his website: www.desmondfennell.com Desmond Fennell […]

Chopin Piano Recital No. 3

On Sunday 13th June, at 5 pm. in Polish House at 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Chopin Piano Recital will be given by young Korean pianist: Ann Soo-Jung. Admission is free and all music lovers are welcome. Light refreshments will follow the performance. The programme includes Polonaise-Fantaisie op.61, some Mazurkas and Préludes. Soo-Jung Ann, […]

Africa Charity Expedition 2010

The meeting with Grzegorz Wałęsa and Rafał Gilewski – organizers of the Africa Charity Expedition 2010 to Western Africa. Sunday, May 30th, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 @ 5 P.M. Five Ws (and one H) Who? Two wild travellers – Grzegorz Wałęsa and Rafał Gilewski What? An adventurous charity expedition. Where? Dublin/ Bydgoszcz – The […]

Memoris lecture and videos of John Paul 2.

Event: Lecture by Hanna Dowling and video demonstration. Time: Sunday, 23rd May, at 8 pm. after 7 pm. Polish Mass in Dominick Street Church. Place: Room located in the basement of the Church. Entrance from Upper Dorset Street down the stairs. Address: St. Saviour’s Priory, 9-11 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin 1. This special event is […]

Chopin Piano Recital No. 2

On Sunday 16th of May, at 5 pm. in Polish House at 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Chopin Piano Recital will be given by Polish pianist: Fares Marek Basmadji. Artist Qualified to XVI International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. Admission is free and all music lovers are welcome. Light refreshments will follow […]

Liam Carson author of “Call Mother a Lonely Field” literary evening.

A reading/discussion with Liam Carson, author of Call Mother a Lonely Field. Thursday, May 13th, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 @ 7.30p.m. Wine will be served; admission is free and all are welcome. Liam Carson’s Call Mother a Lonely Field, published by Hag’s Head Press, has been described as a memoir worthy to stand beside […]

Funeral ceremony of President Lech Kaczynski.

We would like to kindly invite all those who wish to watch the televised funeral ceremony of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria to the Polish House, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 this Sunday, the 18th of April, at 1pm. We also wish to inform you that the Chopin concert, which had originally been […]

Solemn Requiem Mass

Following the tragic plane crash this morning in Western Russia, in which the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński together with his wife and scores of other senior Polish figures were killed, there will be a solemn requiem mass held at the Polish Chaplaincy in Dublin, St. Audeon’s Church, 14 High Street, Dublin 8 at 12.30pm […]

Chopin Piano Recital

On Sunday 25th April, at 5 pm (Polish House) Chopin Piano Recital will be given by Irish Polish pianist Danusia Oslizlok. Light refreshments will follow the performance. Admission is free and all music lovers are welcome. Chopin Piano Recital Programme (18th April) Ballade in A flat major (Ballada As-dur) op. 47 Berceuse in D flat major (Kolysanska […]

The Polish Community in the USA: Power and Helplessness.

Sunday 21st   March,  5 pm. Polish House, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland Lecture given by Bogdan Węgrzynek will concentrate on some aspects of the  “Power and Helplessness”  of  the Poish Community in the USA. We will celebrate as well Saint Patrick Day  with Irish coffee. Special Guest: Kama Trojak – Ambassador of the Polish Culture. Latin American music by […]

IRISH SOLIDARITY WITH POLAND.

Poland was a country in crisis in the early 1980s. The founding of the free trade union, Solidarity, in the Gdansk shipyard in August 1980, led to resistance to the Communist government. On 13th December, 1981, General Jaruzelski declared martial law and the army took control of the country. In Ireland a group of Polish […]

Lecture given by dr hab. Paweł Soroka

Lecture given by dr hab. Paweł Soroka will concentrate on some aspects of the Poish Business  and Economics  perspectives. Sunday 7  March  5 pm.  20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland Professor Pawel Soroka is a Polish poet, journalist and political scientist who also acts as a social and economic animateur. He was born on 3 September 1953 in Gniezko, […]

Irish Solidarity with Poland

 An exhibition in Blanchardstown Public Library, Blanchardstown Centre, from March 1st-13th and a Public Meeting on Monday, March 8th at 7.00pm will commemorate  episode in Irish-Polish relations. Poland was a country in crisis in the early 1980s. The founding of the free trade union, Solidarity, in the Gdansk shipyard in August 1980, led to resistance […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. CHOPIN!

The year 2010 marks the bicentenary of Frederic Chopin’s birth and our Society is planning a number of events to celebrate International Chopin’s Year. To start we will have a special musical event dedicated to Chopin’s first 20 years (1810-1830) which he spent in Poland. He was born in the village of Zelazowa Wola near […]

History from behind Iron Curtain

European Solidarity Centre, the Irish Polish Society and the Embassy of Poland in Dublin present exhibition entitled ‘History from behind Iron Curtain’ The exhibition can be viewed in the EU House (18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2) on Mon – Fri from 9am to 5pm until 18 December.   The exhibition is organized to commemorate the […]

The Polish Tatry Mountain Troupe in Dublin

The Irish Polish Society Cordially invites you to an evening of music from The Polish Tatry Mountain Troupe.
An evening of lively Polish ‘Góralski’ Music is guaranteed. Come along and experience an evening of traditional music from the region of the
Tatry Mountains in Poland.

SUMMARY OF THE IRISH POLISH SOCIETY ACTIVITIES DURING 2008/09

The Committee of 12 members elected on 12th October 2008 had 10 meetings altogether (7 Nov, 5 Dec, 9 Jan, 6 Feb, 6 March, 3 April, 8 May, 5 June, 3 July, 4 Sept,). There was one-month break in August for summer holiday. However, during August some members of the Committee did some research and administrative work in relation to the Society.

Polish Poetry

Waterford central Library, in association with Waterpol (Association of Polish in Waterford) and the Irish Polish Society presented a teatime poetry event, Country Of The Mind. Featuring in song, story and visuals, the work of Adam Mickiewicz, the Romantic poet (1798 – 1955), who rated with Byron and Pushkin.