Latest Past Events

Shivaun O’Casey – 7 Oct

The Bloomsbury Hotel The Bloomsbury Hotel, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London

In the year of the centenary of the inaugural production of Juno and the Paycock we welcome Shivaun O'Casey, daughter of playwright Sean O'Casey and actress Eileen Carey, to speak at the Society to give insight into growing up in the O'Casey household, her father's work and her own work as a theatre director:"My parents never encouraged me to go ...

I Wouldn’t Start from Here – 30 Sept

The Bloomsbury Hotel 16-22 Great Russell St, London

The ILS is delighted to start its 2019-20 season with a showcase of second-generation Irish writers in Britain. Not quite British, not quite Irish, through their essays, fiction and poetry about music, family, and history these distinguished writers explore questions of identity and belonging and ask the perennial question: where is home – here or Ireland? When questions of authenticity ...

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Archive of the Irish in Britain visit – 16 Oct

Archive of the Irish in Britain 16 Goulston Street, London

We are delighted to announce a special members-only visit to the Archive of the Irish in Britain. The Archive consists of collections of documents, audio and video recordings, books, photographs and ephemera cataloguing the history of the Irish in Britain from the late nineteenth century to the present day.  Dr Tony Murray, the curator of the archive, will give an ...