EuropeanIrish Newsletter: January 22nd, 2009 EuropeanIrish.com connects people interested in Irish culture & activities to Irish Resources, Events and News - in Continental Europe Next week's events: EuropeanIrish Pubs, Festivals, Bands, Sport Clubs, Irish Societies, Irish Embassies, as well as on EuropeanIrish  News and Events pages. EuropeanIrish Facebook

France Lyon Lugdunum Irish Club Cultural Tour. The Lyon Lugdunum Irish Club have booked a tour of Musee Gadagne, the magnificent new museum in Vieux Lyon. The club has secured a 90 minute tour of the Renaissance building in English/French for 2.45 PM on Sunday January 24th. They will try to arrange a Irish breakfast/brunch in an Irish pub before the tour. Limit for places is 25 people so the group will take bookings in advance. ... Read full story

Germany Celtic Guitar Music with Jens Kommnick in Concert, Germany Jens has been involved in many projects both on stage and in the recording studio not only in Germany, but throughout Europe. Jens Kommnick will be performing his blend of Irish and Scottish music on 29th January at 87527 Sonthofen, Kulturwerkstatt, with Iontach also playing at the gig ... Read Full Story

Netherlands Irish Traditional Band The Old Firm in Concert. The traditional music band The Old Firm will perform at Bierreclamemuseum with Breda at 5pm on 24th January. The Old Firm themselves describe their music as Celtic-Folk-Rock. They only use acoustic instruments. Together with their close harmony vocals, theyíve got a unique sound. The music is comparable with the Pogues, Waterboys, FlogginíMolly and The Levellers. The songs they play are traditionals from Ireland and Scotland and covers from their favourite bands, but this band also has got the quality of writing brilliant songs that are catchy and enjoyable. ... Read full story

InSpain Inspain (Irish Network Spain) with Dónal Thompson. “Poetry brought me to Spain”, Dónal tells us. Poetry? There are many reasons why Irish people have chosen to come to Spain, but nobody had ever given me such an answer. But, quite literally, he did come because of poetry: “Alfred Bradley was a radio producer for the BBC. When he died, his family created a prize for all those people who wrote something which might be transmitted by radio. I sent away some poems before leaving England and I was called. The idea was to work as a writer for the radio, but I emigrated. The prize money helped me to emigrate and this had more of an impact on me than any other thing”. .. Read full interview   Cáirdean, a celtic music group from Córdoba plays at the International Music Festival, ‘Enraizados en el Viento'. The second edition of the “Enraizados en el Viento” international music festival took place in Cordoba on the 16th of January last. The main objective of this festival is to delve deep into the roots of the different music of the world, but from the point of view of its’ integration into other cultures. Music seems to be one of the artistic manifestations which, because of its malleability, can put down roots so easily in other cultures. The schedule was made up of four performances: Kashi Duo (hindu music, from USA-Spain); Taraf de Alubia (klezmer, from Italy, France, Bolivia and Spain); Taylan Polat and Eduardo Traasierra (flamenco, from Turkey and Spain); and Cáirdean (Celtic music, from Spain). .. Read more

Czech Republic New Czech Literature Portal website in English. "The mission of the portal first of all lies in the promotion of Czech literature abroad. In this respect, our aim is to reach scholars, students, translators, editors, literary centers, organizers of literary events, journalists, compatriots and, last but not least, the general public interested in Czech literature,"says Jaroslav Balvín, who was responsible for translating and launching an English-language version of the site. "The portal reads as a virtual survey of Czech literature, with an illustrated database of literary links and bibliographies. Perhaps more importantly, however, the site offers English-language readers an introduction to many contemporary Czech writers, whose work might otherwise be lost in translation." ... Read more

Poland ISTA Feis in February in Cracow. ISTA - one of the most known Irish danincing schools in Poland invites everyone to the third annual ISTA feis in Cracow. This year the event is to be hold on February 27th-28th in the same fantastic place: NCK in Cracow. Once again there will be three wonderfull adjudicators from Ireland and UK, and an excellent Musician. This year adjudicators are: Tanya Dirrane Hobbs ADCRG, London Gerrard Meehan ADCRG, Essex Christopher Ryan ADCRG, Cork ... Read full story

Sweden An Eitre Music and Theatre Tour of Sörmlands. Celtic band An Eitre will be beginning a music and theatre tour of Sweden on 15th March and running until 28th. An Eitre are a spectacular five piece band who have their own interpretation of Irish traditional music. Driving Irish instrumental dance tunes and ballads and stories from the vast store of Irish and Scottish songs. Eitre have played together since January 2003 frequently touring Sweden and Germany, and Belgium lately. ... Read full story

Denmark Irish and Scottish Music Concert in Denmark. Kenny Speirs and Judy Dinning will perform their style of Scottish and Irish music in concert on 19th February at 8pm. They will go onstage in Copenhagen Folk Club and will be joined by Tom Rose Bourg and Claire Mann on piano and violin respectively. Expect a warm atmosphere and a bunch of beautiful songs, with old and new tunes creating an eclectic mix. This event is hosted by the Danish Irish Society and looks like a wonderful night out for any folk fans out there! ... Read more

Hockey Irish Women Head To Spain for Training Camp Ireland’s Women’s hockey team will board the plane to Alicante Spain tomorrow, Friday 22nd January, to commence a week long training camp as they continue to build towards their World Cup Qualifier taking place in Chile from 24th April – 3rd May. Coach Gene Muller is clearly looking forward to the camp which will afford the squad quality and intense training time “Our WCQ preparations kick off with a week-long training camp in Alicante. This affords us the opportunity to train without distraction and competing demands for a week. We have settled on a World Cup Qualifier squad of 24 players so for these players the hard work is just beginning. We have a series of short competition events after we return from Spain which does not include a large training component, so this makes our time in Spain event more significant.” ... Read full story

Rugby: The Connacht team to play Olympus Madrid in the final pool game in the Amlin Challenge Cup tomorrow. Victory in Spain will ensure that Connacht finish as No.1 seeds in the qualification for the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup. ... Read Full Story

IRISH CLUBS' AND COMMUNITY NEWS Finland Spring Session Schedule for Irish Music Society of Oulu. A new Spring schedule of sessions is to be announced soon on the Irish Music Society of Oulu website. Keep an eye out for them! The next upcoming gig is on Saturday 23rd January when Cascade will perform at Tervasoihtu, at 10pm. Live traditional Irish music sessions are usually on at 17:00 in St. Michael's Irish Pub located on Hallituskatu 13-17 in Oulu City Center with free entry. The sessions are open for musicians to join in and play with us. If you're a musician playing Irish music coming to Oulu, and there are no sessions scheduled, please feel free to contact the organisers and suggest a date. .. Read more Norway Irish In Norway Facebook Events. The Irish In Norway Facebook page consists of a group for irish ex pats in Norway where members can keep up to date on what's happening around the place, promote irish related events or even arrange sessions. Members and non-members are welcome to view all events and information. Check back and keep an eye out for upcoming events and more news about Irish cultural happenings in Norway. ...Read more Belgium Irish Club of Belgium Play Bridge The last Thursday of every month at 19.15, the Irish Club of Belgium host Bridge. The next Bridge night is on 28th January. They hold duplicate bridge in the BCWC premises at Rue au Bois 509, Woluwe St. Pierre, 1150 Brussels. Play begins at 7.30 pm sharp so players are requested to arrive by 7.15pm if possible. ...Read more Spain The first Irish Association in Marbella (Malaga, Spain) It gives us great pleasure to inform our readers of the constitution of the first Irish Club Marbella, in Spain. The objective of this association is markedly social in nature and is none other than that of reuniting under the same organization the hundred of Irish people who reside in the area, as well as all other “friends of Ireland”. ... Read Full Story

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Next week's events: Select your Country (and date) to find what Irish events are Coming up. Among others: Austria - Lord of the Dance 7 shows in Innsbruck, Salzburg, Linz, Graz, Wiener Neustadt, Vienna Austria - Irish womens bobsleigh team at World Cup No. 8 / European championship in Igsl Belgium - Ceilí Moss live in Tubize Belgium - The Irish Club of Belgium holds duplicate bridge on the last Thursday of each month in the BCWC Czech Republic - Lord of the Dance 3 shows in Czech Republic - 4-6 Feb 2010, in Ostrava, Karlovy Vary, and Prague Czech Republic - Athletics: Grand Prix Olymp Prague Denmark - Lord of the Dance 10 shows in Denmark Randers, Viborg, Limfjorden, Ringsted, Aarhus, Vejle, Frederiksberg, Aalborg France - Lyon Lugdunum Irish club - Weekly Irish Music Sessions France - Altan in Paris France - AFIL EVENT: Party: Irish Dancing with Live Music by Shelta Germany - Flames of the Dance, January tour of Germany Germany - Magic of the Dance - 30 Spring shows across Germany Germany - Kieran Goss, 8-30 Jan 10, Tour Germany Germany - BATTLEFIELD BAND 2010!!, Kulturhaus Osterfeld, Pforzheim Germany - Indoor IAAF Athletics Meeting, Karlsruhe Hungary - Soccer: Republic of Ireland U17 Team V Hungary Ireland - Basketball - Irish National Cup Finals, National Basketball Arena in Tallaght Italy - Athletics: IAAF Cross Country, 78th Cinque Mulini, San Vittore Olona Netherlands - Martin Hutchinson, 20.00, Burg Netherlands - Maalstroom, Buiksloterkerk, Amsterdam Poland - Badminton - Polish International Junior Championships Kedzierzyn-Kozle Portugal - Amateur Golf: Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, at Oceanico O’Connor Romania - Athletics: Indoor Grand Prix Bucharest Russia - Athletics: Russian Winter - IAAF Indoor Meeting, Moscow Serbia - European Athletics : White Cross Cross Country, Belgrade Slovakia - Lord of the Dance 3 shows in Slovakia - Zilina and Bratislava Spain - Dancing at Lughnasa (Brian Friel) in Madrid Spain - Language exchange at O'Neill's (Madrid) Spain -O'Carolan Tour dates 2010 Spain - XX Media Marathon Internacional Villa de Santa Pola Spain - Athletics: ECCC Cross Country, Bilbao Sweden - European Indoor Athletics Meeting, Samsunggalan. Goteborg Sweden - An Eitre, 2010 First tour of 2010 will start in Germany and end up with "World Rythm Fest" in Östersund, Sweden Sweden - Badminton: Swedish International Stockholm 2010 Switzerland - BATTLEFIELD BAND 2010!!, Kammgarn, Schaffhausen Switzerland - Irish team at Europa Cup Women Bobsleigh St Moritz Switzerland - Junior World Bobsleigh Championships St Moritz Check upcoming events at: europeanirish.com/events.php More Irish Music and Cultural events for 2010 come flooding in. These weeks will be taken with filling our 2010 Calendar of Cultural Events and Music concerts and Festivals for the year. Do you know of Irish Festivals, Cultural events, Music, or Sporting events nearby this year? Are you in an Irish Club or Society in Europe, then contact us with your events and details. If you know of any event, be sure to add them now!

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