Keep up to date with this months Embassy Newsletter
May 10, 2021
The monthly newsletter from the Embassy is a good resource to keep in touch
with what’s happening around the country.
This May newsletter includes all the latest Community, culture, commerce and Consular updates that are worth knowing about.
Read the
May 2021 Embassy of Ireland Newsletter here. Or head over to the
Newsletters sections of the Friends of Ireland Resources page to view past issues and subscribe.
How many of you whakapapa to Ireland? Are there similarities between the Irish and Māori stories? A love of rugby? Storytelling? Language revitalisation? A shared history of colonisation and resistance? In the link below you can watch as Moana travels to Ireland, the homeland of her mother’s whānau, to discover just how similar the Māori and Irish cultures really are in a special full-length episode. Funded and supported by Te Māngai Pāho and Whakaata Māori. Watch the full episode here
Matariki
The Tara Trust and Friends of Ireland would like to wish everyone a happy Bloomsday, in tribute to the works of renowned author James Joyce. June 16 is the day on which James Joyce’s groundbreaking Modernist novel, 'Ulysses', is set. In Dublin there is a whole festival dedicated to Bloomsday.
