- The IX edition of the Babieca Folk Festival in Burgos will be taking place from 18-25 November, with some acts from Ireland performing. Please see here for a full line up of events
- The Bloomsday Society will host their monthly reading in the Ateneo de Madrid on November 29 at 19h. Everyone is welcome to join. The Society is always looking for readers, singers and musicians, so please email them if you are interested [email protected]. The monthly meetings usually take place on the last Wednesday of the month. You may be particularly interested in their traditional reading of The Dead, on 27 December. You can contact them directly for the full programme of readings.
- The Spanish Irish Business Network will be hosting an informal end of year networking evening on Thursday November 30 from 19h until late at the Irish Rover Pub, Avda de Brazil 7 Madrid (Metro Cuzco/Santiago Bernabeu). They have reserved the stage area below the main stairs which is on your right as you walk through the front door. Attendees will pay for their own drinks and/or food. Everyone welcome along.
- Irish playwright Marina Carr´s Girl on an Altar (La niña sobre un altar) has been published in Spanish. It is the 4th book in a collection entitled Escena Irlanda with Ediciones Antígona. More details can be found here
- LagunCara will host their Christmas Fiesta on Saturday 16 December at 14h. Please see here for more information.
- Join Snow White and the Madrid Players this December on a magical journey of jokes, songs and fun theatre for all the family, for their Madrid Christmas Panto, from 15-17 December in Teatro Salesianos Estrecho.
- TheHispano-Irish Association and the Council of Culture in Valladolid have organised an Irish Christmas Eveningon Friday, December 22 at 19h, in the Patio Casa Zorrilla. The evening will feature Irish storytelling, violin and uileann pipe music, a choir performing Irish Christmas carols, and a performance by international musician David Joyce. Drinks and cookies will be served. Everyone welcome to join.
- Irish comedian Joe Rooney (aka Fr. Damo in Father Ted) will be performing in Teatro de Las Aguas in Madrid, on December 30. For more information on how to buy tickets please consult here
- Please find a link here to an interesting podcast with Irish actor, director and writer Denis Rafter, in conversation with Marisol Morales, professor of English and Irish Literature in the Universidad de Álcala, which was done for the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies.
- Many thanks to all of you who supported the ELC Las Rozas Road to Ireland fundraiser tournament in June of this year. We are delighted to let you know that, thanks to your support and the hard work of the ELC Las Rozas team, their Special Skills Football Team travelled to Dublin in October to take part in a Special Olympics Football Blitz tournament, hosted by Glasnevin Football Club. Their visit to Ireland was part of a wider exchange programme between ELC Las Rozas and Glasnevin FC, which also saw the Glasnevin Under 11s team come to Madrid in July, and is helping to build stronger ties between Spain and Ireland through the medium of sport. The Embassy had the pleasure of hosting a reception for the Special Skills team and their family and supporters, to wish them luck before they set off for Ireland, and we hear that they did Madrid proud with their performance both on and off the field! Special thanks also goes to our friends at Dublin Bus, who sponsored the team’s transport while in Dublin.
- And last but not least, as we are approaching the holiday season and possible travel plan, don´t forget to check the validity on your passport! If you need to renew it before your trip, you can do so online here
Difundido por José Antonio Sierra
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