Latest Past Events

Cahal Dallat walk – 19 Feb

Turnham Green Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick, London

On Sunday afternoon 19 February the ILS will be making an outing to Bedford Park for a walk led by the poet Cahal Dallat - members will remember Cahal and his accordion from our London Irish Poetic Tradition event back in November 2016. This is a members-only event which takes in the home of the Yeats family and considers, through ...

St Patrick’s Day event 2016

The Photographers Gallery 16–18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW, London

The Irish Literary Society will be celebrating St Patrick's Day 2016 with a members' only event at two galleries and a lunch. Reserve your place by contacting the ILS Hon. Secretary: irishlitsoc@gmail.com 11am - Tour and talk at Photographers' Gallery 12.30 - lunch 2pm - Tour and talk at Royal Society of Medicine We will be starting the day at ...

Kew, National Archives records of Dublin 1916

The National Archives Kew, Richmond, Surrey, , London

An exciting opportunity to engage with British primary sources documenting the 1916 Rising. This members-only event will take place in The National Archives in Kew. In a supervised 2-hour session ILS members will have an opportunity to examine newspapers, proclamations and court martial files. The event is limited to 30 places. Please contact the Honorary Secretary to reserve a place, ...