A payment scheme about the financial payments and health support for those who spent time in Mother and Baby and County Home institutions in Ireland.
Category: Community, Family & Sport
The Walk of the Bronze Shoes
Commemorative 'bronze-shoe' walk along Ireland's National Famine Way to Liverpool, fundraising for Liverpool Irish Famine Trail.
New Festival Chair announced
John Chandler passes the Chair of Trustees role to Dr Ann Hoskins after 21-years of Liverpool Irish Festival service.
Tony Birtill scholarship 2024
Details of how to apply for the 2024 Tony Birtill Scholarship, geared to assist one person per year to learn and share the Irish language.
Song commission: open call
We seek a creative to write a (choir ready) song that honours the people, legacy and resilience of those that came through An Gorta Mór.
Irish language teacher appeal
Keep Gaeilge alive! Conradh Na Gaeilge Learpholl seeks new teachers to help spread the grá (love). Can you help?
Statement on the war in Gaza
Liverpool Irish Festival opposes the attacks on Gaza and requests greater diplomacy, aid and humanitarian thinking.
Anniversary (our Festival long read)
This is the Festival's 'long read'. The article sets up what anniversary means to us and why it is important in 2023.
Liverpool’s football transformed by Irishman
Ireland Reaching Out traces the Irish heritage of a man who would change the shape of football in Liverpool forever (John McKenna 1855-1936).
McAleese, institutions and survivors 10-years on
Writer, Caelainn Hogan, reflects on The McAleese Report at 10; as Ireland's redress scheme for institutions, schools and laundries continues.
The 1923 dinosaur egg find
A dinosaur egg find aniversary prompts Irish language enthusiast, Alan O Raighne, to think about language and connection with heritage.
Tony Birtill – an ongoing Irish legacy for Liverpool
Thomas Ryan, Conradh Na Gaeilge Learpholl, reflects on the legacy left by friend, peer and fellow Gael, Tony Birtill.