One day left to buy tickets for St. Patrick’s Ball 2009

[ March 13, 2009 7:00 pm to March 14, 2009 2:00 am. ] The Dubai Irish Society St. Patrick’s Ball 2009 will be held on Friday March 13th at the Intercontinental Dubai Festival Centre.  Final sale for remaining tickets (if any!)  is Wednesday, March 10th. Please contact Mary Mulqueen on 050-2514624.
 
Paid-up members of the society will be sold tickets at a reduced cost. To become a member of [...]

Consular Clinic Fri 13th

[ March 13, 2009; ]

A consular clinic will be held at the Irish Visa Facilitation Office in Dubai, this Friday 13 March from 10am to 2pm. Mr. Robert O’ Driscoll, Second Secretary at the Embassy of Ireland in Saudi Arabia, will be available to meet with members of the Irish Community on Consular. If you would like to meet [...]

Pure Irish Craic @ The Westin

[ March 17, 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Declan O’ Sullivan and his band, Pure Irish Craic, will play at Senyar in the Westin hotel on St. Patrick’s Day. Live music from 7 pm til late.

St. Patrick’s Mass Saturday March 21st

[ March 21, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ]
Fr Eugene has agreed to say Mass for St Patricks Day on Saturday 21st March 2009 at 10.00am in the Parish Hall at St. Francis Church Jebel Ali.

Fr. Eugene, currently the parish priest at Jebel Ali, once served in Ireland at the Capuchin College in Rochestown, Cork. 

Visit http://www.stfrancisjebelali.ae/loc.htm for a location map. 

If you are willing [...]

5 Days of St. Patrick’s Day festivities at The Irish Village

This Year’s St. Patrick’s Day is part of a five days extravaganza. The week starts off with the return of one of Ireland’s favorite sons – Sir Bob Geldof, who will perform live on Friday 13th March. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets 100 AED.
The festivities go on as below:
Saturday [...]

Craic Attack @ Fibbers Monday 16th March

[ March 16, 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Fibbers Comedy Club on Sheikh Zayed Road is hosting Craic Attack with Ardal O’ Hanlon and Mark Walker on Monday 16th March. Fibbers is offering discount for members of Dubai Celts and Dubai Irish Society.
Discounted tickets @ 75 dh are limited and on a first come first basis.

Etihad GAA Interprovincial Hurling Championship Saturday 14th at Ghantoot

[ March 14, 2009; 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ]

ETIHAD TO BRING MAJOR HURLING FINAL TO ABU DHABI
Etihad Airways, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, will bring Abu Dhabi its first taste of Irish hurling when Connacht and Leinster face off in the M Donnelly Interprovincial final in Abu Dhabi at Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club on March 14th.

Connacht booked their place [...]

Aslan play at SLOBFEST, Friday 20th March

[ March 20, 2009; 12:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_237" align="alignright" width="453" caption="SLOBFEST at Le Meridien Village, FRIDAY 20th March all day Mini Festival, IRELAND's NO1 Band ASLAN supported by 5 local bands and 3 solo acts, Ticket revnue for charity!!!"][/caption]

On Friday 20th March, Aslan will play at the all day Slobfest Mini Festival. at Le Meridien Village.

 Aslan will be supported by 5 local bands [...]

Dubai Rose of Tralee 2009 - Applications Deadline 22nd March

[ March 22, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] The Rose of Tralee International Festival celebrates modern young women in terms of their aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage. Click here to read more about this event.

Are you the 15th Dubai Rose? Would you like to represent Dubai at the 50th Rose of Tralee International Festival? Click and download the application form [...]