St. Patrick's Day Magazine 2018

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ST PATRICK’S DAY 2018 A celebration of Ireland in London - March 16, 17 & 18

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he Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has revealed plans for this year’s London’s St Patrick’s Day Festival, which is set to be the biggest yet with festivities planned in all of London’s 33 boroughs over three days.

As part of the Mayor’s #BehindEveryGreatCity campaign, this year’s festival will celebrate the achievements and success of London’s Irish women.

From open air Irish dance performances in Enfield and jazz in Hackney to music classes in Croydon and children’s art and crafts workshops in Haringey, Irish culture will pop up across the capital, all inspired by the Emerald Isle and energised by London’s large Irish community.

The festival will culminate on Sunday, March 18 with the world-renowned parade and stage line-up. The colourful procession of Irish marching bands, energetic dance troupes, including some from the US, and spectacular pageantry will begin at Green Park, passing some of the capital’s most iconic locations from Piccadilly to Whitehall.

“I was so proud to join Londoners from all backgrounds at the biggest St Patrick’s Festival the city has ever seen last year and am

delighted that this year’s festivities will be even bigger, with celebrations in every single London borough,” said Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

“For centuries, the Irish community has enriched our city, and contributed hugely to its success. The community is open, resilient and lively – all traits that reflect the best of London.

“This year we will also celebrate the achievements of Irish women in London and I’m pleased to see such a rich cultural line up over the course of the weekend. A very Happy St Patrick’s Day to everyone celebrating here, in Ireland and around the world.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!”

“This year’s Festival, the biggest yet, expresses a diverse, inclusive and confident sense of Irish culture and community,” added Gary Dunne, Creative Programmer of London’s St Patrick’s Cultural Festival.

“Whichever part of this great city you’re in, you will find opportunities to get involved. Join hundreds of dancers, singers, poets and artists as they electrify London with vibrant Irish culture. London is home to the biggest Irish population outside of Ireland, and this is when we gather to celebrate!”

WHAT’S INSIDE DESIGN PROJECT Competition time Page 7 EMERALD STREETS Irish on parade Page 8 PARADE MAP Route for March 18 Page 10 GRAND MARSHALS Two icons lead the way Page 12 TIME FOR TEA Afternoon tea bus Page 14 MUSIC MAN Meet the MC Page 16 TRAFALGAR SQUARE Concert line-up Page 18

ARTS & CRAFTS Meet the community Page 20

ON THE BIG SCREEN Irish film festival Page 32

OUT & ABOUT 33 Borough Project Pages 22-23

ÉIRÍOCHT New music Page 33

FUN FOR ALL Family zone Page 24

WORK OF ART Artist Pauline Bewick Page 34

MAYOR’S MESSAGE A celebratory note Page 26

#IAMIRISH Photo exhibition Page 35

CAMDEN TOWN Hit the music trail Page 28

FEAST FIT FOR A SAINT Irish Street Food Market Pages 38-39

HISTORY WALK Irish women in focus Page 30 GOING UNDERGROUND Busking and poetry on the Tube Page 31

WHAT’S ON Best of the events around London Pages 40-41 10 MINUTES WITH...

Singer Lisa Lambe Page 42

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Schools‘Design a Banner Competition’and Exhibition - City Hall and Festival Parade

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hildren from throughout London’s primary schools were invited to design a banner for the London St Patrick’s Day Parade.

The competition was sponsored

by Cara Stationery.

The winning banner by Ava from St Francesca Cabrini Roman Catholic Primary School, will be proudly carried on the parade on Sunday, March 18 as it winds its

way through central London.

All 12 shortlisted banners will be exhibited in City Hall from March 10 until April 14. There were no specifications of what the theme for the banners should be, except for the obvious proviso that it should be connected to St Patrick in some way or another.

So expect the traditional items usually associated with our Patron Saint — lots of green,

shamrocks (of course), maybe a few snakes being given their marching orders, and of course a crozier or shepherd’s crook: St Patrick’s official title is 1st Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh, Apostle of Ireland. But unlike most bishops who carry a crozier, St Patrick actually was a shepherd, or at least a pig-herder in Co. Antrim. Other anomalies in St Patrick’s life might be depicted in

the banners: was he a Roman from Scotland or Wales? Or did he come from further afield? And why is he patron saint of Nigeria?

Other banner designers might take the sporting route: there are reckoned to be more sporting clubs named after St Patrick than any other saint. Saints preserve us!

That could be a very fertile, ahem, field for anyone designing a banner.

St. Patrick’s Day Mass and Breakfast, March 18 The Council of Irish Counties will be hosting Mass at 9am at the London Irish Centre, Camden on March 18, celebrated by Fr. Gerry McFlynn.

The service will pay tribute to the religious significance of the Apostle of Ireland, his missionary work, and his importance in the story of Christianity.

St Patrick’s message served as a template for transforming Ireland into ‘the Land of Saints and Scholars’.

During the Dark Ages, Rome lay sacked, London was a muddy backwater, and Europe’s culture was torn asunder. Goths, Visigoths, Vandals and assorted barbarians laid waste to much of the continent’s

ecclesiastical and literary traditions.

The burning light of Christianity, however, was kept alive in the great monasteries of Ireland, and missionaries from places such as Armagh, Clonmacnoise and Glendalough subsequently journeyed throughout Europe re-introducing the Gospel. This is all part of the legacy of St Patrick.

At the Council of Irish Counties Mass music will provided by Gina Mackey on the harp, and the Irish Ambassador Adrian O’Neill will be in attendance.

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EMERALD STREETS Join the Irish in London for a colourful, vibrant and celebratory parade in the city Sunday, March 18 he world’s first St Patrick’s Day Parade was probably held in 1601 in St. Augustine, in Florida, research has suggested. We know for definite that in 1737 a St Patrick’s Parade took place in Boston.

From there the idea has spread all over the world —everywhere it is a celebration of Irishness, and a way for members of the diaspora to renew their links with home.

The St Patrick’s Day Parade in London is not quite as old as the Massachusetts extravaganza, nor as big as the New York parade, or indeed Chicago’s celebrations — these include dyeing the Chicago River green for the festivities.

The Thames may not be dyed green for the London St Patrick’s Day celebrations, but large swathes of the rest of London go distinctly emerald in honour of St Patrick.

The parade itself is every bit as spectacular as its American counterparts, and has become a key event for the Irish in Britain community.

Now in its 17th year, over 50,000 people

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will line the streets of central London, from Piccadilly to Trafalgar Square, to watch this celebration of Irish culture.

As the parade makes its way past the statue of Eros and along a 1.5 mile route down towards Pall Mall, the sound of Irish music will fill the air. Marching bands from across Britain, Ireland and the USA will strut and skirl their stuff, and elaborate floats will present flamboyant pageantry and imagery from Ireland. Sports clubs and Irish dancing schools and community organisations will be pooling their resources to make this a St Patrick’s day to remember.

This year the theme is Behind Every Great City (#BEGC) and gender equality - so the parade will be led by two prominent Irish women (see page 12), surrounded by a group of leading Irish women in London.

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GRAND TOUR

Two Irish icons will lead out this year’s official parade in London. Actress Imelda Staunton and broadcaster Gloria Hunniford will join forces on Sunday, March 18 as Grand Marshals for the St Patrick’s Day Festival, which this year is celebrating the success and contribution of Irish woman

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rom Portadown in Co. Armagh, Gloria Hunniford has been one of Britain’s most popular interviewers and presenters for more than 50 years. She is a warm, but always incisive figure, on our radio and television airwaves.

Gloria started her broadcasting career as a local radio journalist on Good Evening Ulster, and since then has gone on to appear on programmes as diverse as Loose Women, Rip Off Britain, Call My Bluff and Strictly Come Dancing. For 10 years she presented her own daily show on BBC Radio 2, the first woman ever to have her own show on that station.

Gloria’s first brush with the entertainment business came as a young girl in Co. Armagh she would spend several evenings each week singing in local church halls.

Those early years of performance gave her a confidence in appearing in front of audiences and developing a genuine interest in people, and connecting with them. Her family background may have helped - her father was a newspaper man by day, and a conjuror by night, and from an early age Gloria would go along to his shows.

She began appearing at local variety shows, and a singing career seemed to beckon, perhaps even as far afield as Canada. But UTV began advertising for staff, and Gloria became a production assistant in Belfast. It was a short step from there to a appearing in front of the cameras.

Gloria successfully combined a career as a successful radio and television personality with being a wife and a mother - married to Don Keating (whom she met at UTV) they had two sons and a daughter. Sadly, Caron - who had followed in her mother’s career footsteps and was a television presenter - died after a seven-year battle with cancer. Gloria subsequently set up a cancer charity in her daughter’s name; the Caron Keating Foundation. Today Gloria’s warm Co. Armagh brogue continues to entrance viewers and listeners the length and breadth of Britain.

Through a career spanning over 40 years Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton has consistently refused to be typecast, moving effortlessly from playing the likes of the sassy Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, to the oppressed Sonya in Uncle Vanya.

She is good, she says, at doing sorrow without sentiment partly, she reckons, due to her Irish background.

But she can do happy too.

Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Imelda appeared in a vast number of high profile plays and musicals in London, including The Wizard of Oz, Entertaining Mr Sloane and Good People.

In 2015, Imelda starred as Rose in Jonathan Kent’s revival of Gypsy, to rave reviews and for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. More recently, she has appeared as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the Harold Pinter Theatre and as Sally in Follies at the Royal National Theatre.

In total her drama work has earned her 11 Olivier nominations and four Olivier Awards.

Imelda Staunton was born in Archway, north London, the only child of Bridie (née McNicholas), a hairdresser from Ballyvary Co. Mayo, and Joseph Staunton, a labourer from Bohola, Co. Mayo. The family lived above Bridie’s hair salon.

As well as being a hairdresser, Bridie Staunton was a talented musician. She could master almost any tune by ear on the accordion or fiddle and played in céilí bands, seisúns, and showbands. On Desert Island Discs Imelda chose a recording of her mother playing fiddle with her friends in Alexandra Palace to take with her to the desert island.

Imelda Staunton speaks of having had a happy Irish family upbringing, although leading a solitary lifestyle. She was an only child, and while her mother was working downstairs in the hair salon Imelda would create a world of her own in her room.

The world of screen and stage would soon benefit from that imaginative, creative mind. Because today, Imelda Staunton, is one of the most celebrated and respected actresses worldwide.

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ea for two and two for tea is usually how the song goes, but this March 18 it will be a case of afternoon tea for 44 pensioners from Ireland.

This year for the first time, a special bus will chauffeur representatives from the city’s Irish elders groups and organisations along the city’s parade route.

Thanks to sponsorship from J Coffey Construction guests will be able to tuck into a selection of delicious cakes, sandwiches and hot drinks as they wind their way past some of the capital’s most recognisable sights.

Irish OAPs from all of London’s boroughs will be among those who have been invited to take part including Southwark Irish Pensioners, the London Irish Centre, Brent Irish Advisory Service, Haringey Irish Pensioners and Irish in Britain.

A HISTORY OF AFTERNOON TEA The first Afternoon Tea was believed to have been created by Anna Russell, the 7th Duchess of Bedford in the 1830s.

At the time it was the norm for people to eat just two main meals a day – breakfast and dinner. However, the Duchess - suffering from ‘that sinking feeling’ and keen to indulge in a light snack - asked for nibbles and a pot of tea to be served in her boudoir in the afternoon.

Soon friends were asked to join her midday feast at Woburn Abbey – a popular practice that was continued when she returned to London. And thus a tasty tradition was born!

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MUSIC MAN Eoghan McDermott will MC this year’s Trafalgar Square main stage concert

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V presenter and broadcaster Eoghan McDermott is one of Ireland’s biggest stars.

As a fluent Irish speaker, he’ll be hosting this year’s main stage St Patrick’s Day Festival concert in Trafalgar Square as Gaeilge and as Béarla having made a name for himself as a radio host and presenter back home.

The charismatic Irishman now heads up his own music show for Ireland’s 2FM radio station - a job that sees him interviewing some of the most famous faces in the world.

He is also MC for Ireland’s prestigious Choice Music Prize.

His stellar career to date comes, perhaps, as little surprise for the former professional dancer and choreographer, who has previously performed all over the globe, supporting some of the world’s biggest music acts including Rhianna and The Pussycat Dolls.

McDermott is also no stranger to British shores, having previously worked in London for radio station XFM , which in the past has been the launch pad for personalities such as Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand and Dermot O’Leary amongst others.

His dynamic and fresh approach has garnered him a host of loyal fans and a growing listenership in Ireland.

Also an actor, McDermott has previously played the lead role of DJ Pete in all four series of the popular TG4/ BBC NI teen drama, Seacht.

Tribute to Dolores

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The late Cranberries star Dolores O’Riordan will be honoured with a musical medley in London on March 18. This year’s stage line-up at Trafalgar Square will see performers join forces for a special tribute to the Limerick singer, who died suddenly in the capital in January aged 46.

The Festival House Band plus female musical guests including Lisa Lambe, Sinead Egan, Orla Gartland and Michelle Revins who was mentored by Dolores - will be among those singing some of the artist’s biggest hits Linger, When You’re Gone and Zombie. O’Riordan was one of Ireland’s most disctinctive voices.

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osted by RTÉ 2FM presenter Eoghan McDermott, the Trafalgar Square main stage line-up is the culmination of three days of the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. The main concert takes place on Sunday, March 18. The community event will showcase the astounding diversity, creativity, talent and breadth of the Irish community in London. Well-established stars and emerging talent will be showcased, céilí music will be played and danced to, and performers from a wide range of styles and genres will take the stage

in a celebration of Irishness. Special features will include the forging of new partnerships such as the collaboration of community choirs from London and Dublin, the Big St Patrick’s Céilí, the festival house band and a showcase of leading Irish female artists. Performers will also pay their tribute to Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan who passed in London in early 2018. This year’s main stage festival will be hosted in English and Irish to celebrate Bliain na Gaeilge 2018 (the official year of the Irish language).

Trafalgar Square concert line-up ■ KÍLA - Electrifying traditional music from Ireland ■ London Lasses and Chris O’Malley Traditional Irish music ■ #IAmIrish - A celebration of diverse and inclusive Irishness ■ Songs in Key of D - Dublin community choir celebrate Irish female talent ■ #MyIreland - A powerful reading from Stephen James Smith ■ Big Irish Céilí - Trafalgar Square gets transformed into a hopping Irish céilí ■ Irish dance - High energy showcases from the city’s leading schools ■ Trad Gathering - Showcase from a BBC-commissioned young people’s project ■ Special guests Lisa Lambe, Orla Gartland and Landless - New folk from Dublin ■ Track Dogs and special guest - roots music ■ Festival house band and guests

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MEET THE COMMUNITY...

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ots of Irish community groups will be taking art in this year’s festival, here’s a few to look out for in Trafalgar Square on March 18…

The Irish Cultural Centre: The centre promotes Irish culture and arts. Exhibitions, concerts, workshops and classes take place throughout the year. An advice centre and an extensive education programme is also provided.

The London Irish LGBT Network: The organisation provides a safe, inclusive, knowledgeable and social space for all Irish LGBT people in London.

The aim is to help develop a broader more inclusive Irish diaspora community across Britain.

Irish in Britain: Irish in Britain speaks for the whole Irish community in the UK. Their remit covers everything from community development to campaigning on Irish issues and lobbying parliament on behalf of the Irish community.

Irish Film London: The organisation presents the latest, and the finest, Irish film and

animation to a British audience in a year-round programme of events and workshops. Every November it celebrates Irish film with a five-day festival of screenings workshops and talks.

Irish Film London also grants awards to outstanding Irish talent.

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Craft Stalls North Terrace, Trafalgar Square

Enjoy the best of Irish crafts at this year’s St Patrick’s Day Festival at Trafalgar Square on Sunday, March 18 Wild Irish Skincare specialise in handmade soaps and skincare. The products are all vegan-made using Irish seaweed and other natural ingredients such as raw organic Shea butter or raw organic cocoa butter.

Scents of Galway feature natural Galwayinspired soaps, candles and perfumes. These are 100 per cent natural and handmade.

Spirit of Ireland Arts have a wide range of Connemara marble jewellery and souvenirs, as well as Irish water and nature charms.

Artists Fiona Concannon and Martina Furlong present paintings and limited edition Giclée prints, plus wildlife and landscape scenes of Ireland. Prices range from £3 for greeting cards up to £200 for original paintings.

Mella’s Fudge from Co. Cork will be selling their butter fudge, as well as devilish confectionary such as salted caramel bars, rum and raisin fudge pouches or their wonderful Irish cream liqueur fudge pouch.

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SPONSORS Meet the sponsors on the North Terrace: AER LINGUS One of the oldest and most respected airlines in the world, Aer Lingus now flies to over 90 destinations worldwide.

THE IRISH POST The Irish Post has been serving the Irish community in Britain since 1970. Irishpost. co.uk is a daily news and entertainment site for the global Irish that keeps people throughout the world connected to their roots.

TOURISM IRELAND Tourism Ireland is

promoting and developing Irish sport. They also promote many cultural activities too.

Council of Irish Counties Association: The Council of Irish Counties Association has a long history in maintaining ties between Irish immigrants to Britain and their counties back home.

responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas as a holiday and business tourism destination. A global audience of up to 600million people each year are told about the attractions of Ireland, from the Giant’s Causeway to Book of Kells, and from the Wild Atlantic Way to the glories of Ireland’s Ancient East.

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MORIARTY HAULAGE Moriarty Haulage was founded in 2007. It now operates a fleet of 60 truck mixers and a daily hire fleet.

CULTURE IRELAND Culture Ireland promotes Irish arts worldwide., supporting Irish artists and companies at strategic international festivals and venues.

BORD BIA Bord Bia works to develop markets for Irish suppliers and to bring the taste of Irish food to more tables worldwide.

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St Patrick’s Day in ever From open-air Irish dance performances in Enfield to music classes in Croydon and children’s art and crafts workshops in Haringey, check for local events in your borough this month.

WHAT’S ON Bacon and Cabbage Tea Dance (Bexley) March 16 Irish Community Services are holding a big bacon and cabbage tea dance with live Irish music from Tipperary Tony for Irish elders at Falconwood Community Centre, The Green, Welling DA16 2PJ. It is a ticketed event, to book call 020 8854 4466.

St Patrick’s Day Session (Croydon) March 7, 14 & 17 Have you always wanted to join in with an Irish music pub session?

Here’s your chance. Join friendly experienced musicians and singers at a beginners training sessions on March 7 and 14 and then on the evening of St Patrick’s Day for a low pressure twilight session. You can go on to other events as it ends 8pm. All ages welcome. Venue: The Orchard, 114 Cherry Orchard Rd, East Croydon CR0 6BA March 7, 7–8.30pm: training classes March 14, 5-6pm: rehearsal March 17, 6-8pm: session Fr Murphy’s Festival of Ladies Gaelic Sports (Ealing) March 16 Fr Murphy’s camogie and ladies footballers will play Bros Pearse and St Mary’s University respectively for The Monica Dee Cup and Shield, as part of the City of London St Patrick’s Festival.

A hot Clonakilty buffet will be available in the club house afterwards.

Venue: Fr Murphy’s Camogie & Ladies Football Club London, Twyford Avenue, Acton W3 9QA Feith an Cheoil Street Performance (Enfield) March 17 Feith an Cheoil School of Irish Traditional Music will be entertaining the Enfield community with a showcase of Irish traditional music, song and dance from 2pm-4pm at the Fountain in Enfield Town Centre.

Join in with the dancing or just enjoy the energy and finesse of Irish culture

In Lewisham, for example, the Irish Community Centre is working in partnership with Lewisham Foodcycle to provide an Irish themed three-course meal with traditional Irish music song and dance. The

on St Patrick’s Day from the talented students of Feith an Cheoil. See www. feithancheoil.co.uk for more details.

St Patrick’s Day Ceili (Greenwich) March 17 Back by popular demand, The Borough Hall is the only place to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in true Irish fashion with a night of lively céilí dancing, live music from Threepenny Bit and an expert caller to guide you through the steps. Join for an unforgettable céilí, with upbeat arrangements of traditional and original tunes played with infectious energy by this dynamic band. The beautiful 1930s Art Deco Borough Hall is the perfect setting for social dancing. Everyone is welcome at these fun events, from complete beginners to the more advanced.

Come on your own, with a partner, or bring a whole troop of family and friends – just don’t miss the party!

Special Offer: 10% discount off group bookings of 10 or more. Price: £12/£10.

Booking required. Venue: Greenwich Dance, Royal Hill, Greenwich SE10 8RE St Patrick’s Day with Hackney School of Folk and the Irish Pensioners Choir (Hackney) March 16 An evening of intergenerational Irish musical performances by Hackney School of Folk and the Irish Pensioners Choir. This will be a wonderful concert, hearing from musicians and singers, young and old, solos, and group performances. From Raglan Road to the Kerry Polka! All welcome. Price: £5. Venue: Hackney School of Folk Music, St Thomas More 9 Henry Road, Hackney N4 2LH. www. hackneyschooloffolk.com for more details.

Children’s St Patrick’s Day themed Arts and Crafts workshop (Haringey) March 17 St Patrick’s Day celebrations at HICC include an afternoon of live music and dancing and traditional food for all to enjoy. To ensure the younger members of the community are also

included, there is also a wonderful St Patrick’s themed arts workshop. Led by the wonderfully creative folk at Haringey Play Association, children can take away a little memory of their cultural heritage and will be encouraged to wear/display their fine work at the London St Patrick’s Day parade (Haringey Irish Cultural Centre is entered as a walking group) Price: Free. Time: 2.30 – 5.30pm.

Venue: Pretoria Road, Tottenham, London N17 8DX See www.haringey-irish.com for more details.

dance to Irish music. There will be traditional Irish food and drinks on offer. The centre is also giving young musicians an opportunity to perform and build up an audience. The hope that the event will then become a regular one on the calendar. The aim is to raise awareness for the Whittington Park Community Centre and the ongoing refurbishment of our old building.

Time: noon-3pm.Venue: Whittington Park Commuity Centre, Yerbury Road N19 4RS. See www.whittingtonpca. org.uk for more details.

Eire Play (Harrow) March 17 Get into the St Patrick’s Day joy with our micro Ceilidh, featuring traditional Irish music and some soft shoe dance from local Irish dance schools – live on the high street.

Time: 2-4pm Venue: By The Royal Oak, 84 St Ann’s Road, Harrow HA1 1JP From more details see www.harrowarts.com and www.harrowtowncentre.co.uk

St Patrick’s Day Free Community Meal (Lewisham) March 17 Lewisham Irish Community Centre are working in partnership with Lewisham Foodcycle & Rushey Green Time Bank to provide an Irish-themed three cours meal with traditional Irish music, song and dance. The event will provide a fre meal to the local community while sharing and celebrating Irish culture in the London borough of Lewisham.

Lewisham Foodcycle & RGTB provide a delicious free meal each week made from surplus food. The initiative promotes social and community engagement, facilitates new friendships and sense of belonging an actively reduces social isolation while reducing food waste.

Time: 1-4pm. Venue: London Irish Community Centre, 2a Davenport Road London SE6 2AZ

St Patrick’s Day Celebrations – A Cultural Afternoon March 17 An afternoon of Irish culture for children aged 4+ hosted by Scoil Rince Rochford. Irish singing, dancing, music and storytelling.

Dancers from the school will also perform for everyone before heading out to two local nursing homes to entertain the residents Price: £5. Time: 11 – 2pm. Venue: Leeway Close, Hatch End, Greater London HA5 4JB For more details see www.rochfordirishdance.uk Craic, the Gaelic gathering for all ages! (Islington) March 16 Enjoy this traditional Irish gathering with food, drinks and live music for the local community with a strong intergenerational approach. A lot of the older members of this lunch club are of Irish origin and they enjoy listening and sometimes have a little

East London Irish Pensioners Forum St Patrick’s Day Celebration (Newham) March 15 This is a very special St Patrick’s Day celebration of music and song, run by older Irish people who are rooted in their heritage. It is an important event which is open to all, and brings together older people to enjoy a culture of song, traditional music and traditional Irish food. The event is an annual one and brings enormous joy and happiness to those who come along. It is hosted by the Irish Pensioners Forum of East London, an older Irish group which runs a month

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Price: £10 (Sold out). Time: 2–4pm.

Venue: Durning Hall Community Centre, Earlham Grove, E7 9AB. St Patrick’s Celebrations – Sutton Social Group March 7 A fun-filled afternoon full of live music, dancing and a good old sing-song for this very special St Patrick’s social group event. We’ll even be finishing up the day with Irish themed bingo. Tea, coffee, sandwiches will be available on the day, and everyone is welcome. The Sutton Social Group runs fortnightly, so for more information please contact the London Irish Centre.

Venue: Granfers Community Centre, 73-79 Oakhill Rd, Sutton SM1 3AA Film Screening: The Commitments (Waltham Forest) March 18 This St Patrick’s Day weekend at Vestry House, Walthamstow, Film Bites presents The Commitments - one of the most immersive, delightful, feel good movies of all time, thanks to the brilliant writing of Roddy Doyle, scriptwriters Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais, perceptive direction from Alan Parker and the inspired semi-pro casting of genuine actor-musicians. One of the biggest films of the 90s, The Commitments is the perfect way to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Join in the beautiful surroundings of Vestry House garden - grab a Guinness, tuck in to a hearty pot of home-made Irish Stew and settle down to enjoy the film. Film Bites brings an eclectic programme of classic cinema to the local community, accompanied by film inspired food and drink by local suppliers at iconic venues across Waltham Forest.

Time: 2pm. Venue: 4K screenings, the Garden Room, Vestry House, Vestry Road E17 9NH. See www.filmbites.co.uk for more.

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FUN FOR ALL Family Zone, Pall Mall East Trafalgar Square Sunday, March 18 | noon - 6pm

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t the St Patrick’s Day extravaganza in Trafalgar Square on March 18, a lively, no-alcohol, family zone will pitch up on Pall Mall East. This road runs off the Square to the west — it’ll be well sign-posted.

As well as featuring an activity area for games, arts and crafts of every conceivable type will be on offer. The zone will also include walkabout performers who will bring the great mythical heroes of Ireland to life for one afternoon only!

The Pirate Queen Gráinne Ní Mháille, or Grace O’Malley as she is sometimes known, will be strutting her stuff in SW1, an area relatively new to her. But look out — she’ll undoubtedly be searching for fellow buccaneers to join her merry band back home in Connacht. So, heave-ho me hearties and look sharpish with those cutlasses!

The giant Fionn Mac Cumhaill, or Finn Macool, is also due to make an appearance. He’ll be full of tales of derring do, of wailing banshees, and how things are back home in his old stomping ground of ancient Ulster. Fionn has a reputation for turning dogs into human form, so just be careful if you bring Rover along.

If all that excitement tires you out — and let’s be honest here, the kids will probably still be tearing about — a picnic area with benches for a quieter eating space could provide a very welcome oasis.

What’s on offer?

Stilt walkers Bubble shows Roaming magicians Balloon modelling Children’s entertainment Bodhrán workshops Irish music & dance Storytelling

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Blacks Road, London W6 9DT Tel: 020 8563 8232 The Irish Cultural Centre is based opposite Hammersmith Tube Station. It is dynamic, diverse and progressive and has a distinct reputation as a leading Irish Cultural Centre

The Irish Cultural Centre - St. Patrick’s Events LITERATURE A novel affair – Irish writers night THURS 15th MARCH A Novel Affair In association with London Writers’ Eclective Four Irish novelists MUSIC An oíche eile FRI 16th MARCH The Irish Jam Presents “An oíche eile”, a night of alternative music on St. Patrick’s Eve performed by a wonderful collection of exciting Irish artists: Delorentos, Pillow Queens, Video Blue and Tayne.

TICKETS | £10 Earlybird / £15 STARTS | 7.00pm St Patrick Tea Dance Saturday 17th March from

Room Hire When the centre is not being used for our own activities, we rent the halls and rooms for training seminars, meetings, conferences, private parties, workshops, rehearsals etc.

The Centre is a brand new modern building, with plenty of natural light and air-conditioning. It also features easy-access and good facilities for disabled visitors. It is also very well located, situated 2 minutes walk from the tube and bus station.

There are a number of rooms available for hire. Details of each room are featured under ‘Hire Rates’.

For all enquiries please contact Frances Cahill. roombookings@ irishculturalcentre. co.uk or call 02085638232.

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1.30pm – 4.30pm Music: Declan Gaynor Tickets: £5.

St Patrick’s Night Party with Hungry Grass SATURDAY 17TH MARCH St

Patrick’s Night Party with London’s Hungry Grass who have performed at venues throughout Europe Doors 7.30pm, Starts 8pm TICKETS | £15 full £13 conc.

Trafalgar Square March 18 Drop on by to the ICC’s community stall at Trafalgar Square on St. Patrick’s Parade Day to say hello!

Upcoming events FILM

Sean O’Casey – Under A Coloured Cap WED 21ST MAR Exploring the life and work of the great Irish playwright Sean O’Casey.

Directed by Sean’s daughter, Shivaun O’Casey.

Following the screening there will be a Q&A with Shivaun O’Casey.

TICKETS | £7 STARTS | 7.30pm Ireland on Screen SAT 28th APRIL A Celebration Of The Films of One of Irelands Leading Documentary Film-Makers, Sé Merry Doyle. A Screening of ‘Alive Alive O – A Requiem for Dublin’ STARTS | 7pm

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FRIDAY 6 APRIL Kevin Doherty, Ciarán Tourish and James Delaney The dynamic and exuberant Irish music trio bring you some of the tightest, high energy, fast driving Irish trad tunes you are likely to find; mixing this with a touch of blues, jazz and rock n roll,.. this concert promises you buckets of musical magic!

Doors Open 7.30pm. Tickets £12.00 / £10.00 SAT 14th APRIL Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, fiddle player and Irish singer with the Irish band Altan, with members of her family band Na Mooneys. Comprising of two generations, and they will be joined by their neighbour and friend, acclaimed Irish musician Manus Lunny (bazouki and keyboards).

TICKETS | £18 full £16 conc.

DOORS | 7.30pm SAT 21st APRIL Flook FLOOK are the flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen,

the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly.

Flook weave and spin traditionally rooted tunes into the breathtaking sounds.

Early booking advised TICKETS | £18 full £16 conc.

DOORS | 7.30pm TRAD Session EVERY FRIDAY Our weekly trad session with Tad Sargent runs on a Friday from 5.00pm - 8.00pm. The beginners session runs from 5.00pm - 6.00pm and then there is a full session from 6.00pm. Everyone is welcome!

TIME | 5.00pm - 8.00pm

STORYTELLING

FRIDAY 23rd March ‘Around The Fire’ Storytelling with Kate Corkery and special guest Sef Townsend TICKETS | £7 DOORS | 8.00pm

COMEDY/THEATRE

SATURDAY 24 MARCH Frank Carson: If I Didn’t Laugh, I’d Cry This is the story of the life of the late Frank Carson. The much loved Northern Irish comedian, written and performed by Mike McCabe. Mike, a stand-up himself, met Frank in the late seventies on the set of the TV show the Comedians.

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MAYOR’S MESSAGE I

’m incredibly proud to host the most impressive St Patrick’s Festival London has ever seen.

The celebrations will be the biggest yet, with events across the city – showcasing the best in Irish culture, food and dance – bringing the unique charm of the Emerald Isle to every single London borough. From open-air Irish dance performances in Enfield and jazz in Hackney to music classes in Croydon and craft workshops in Haringey, the whole capital will be celebrating this St Patrick’s Day! I am especially delighted that this year we will also celebrate the achievements of Irish women in London – as part of my #BehindEveryGreatCity campaign, marking 100 years since the Representation of the People’s Act, which gave some women the right to vote. You’ll be able to enjoy walking tours throughout the city, shining a light on the rich history of Irish London, and focusing on the lives of Irish women in the capital including Countess Markievicz, the first woman to be elected to Parliament.

For music fans, a line-up of breakthrough Irish women artists will be entertaining the crowds with live open-air gigs and intimate performances in locations throughout Camden Market and cinemas around the West End will be screening the very best of Irish cinema.

At City Hall, we’ll be hosting two exhibitions of works from acclaimed Irish artists - Pauline Bewick, presenting her journeys across Ireland, Wales, England, Tuscany, China and the South Pacific and Lorraine Maher, whose exhibition

‘#IamIrish’, has been inspired by the lack of representation in the art world of the Black Irish experience.

The culmination of the celebrations takes place in Trafalgar Square with performances by some of London’s brilliant female Irish talent, alongside a tribute to the great Dolores O’Riordan, frontwoman of the Cranberries, who died earlier this year.

The Irish community in the capital has helped to enrich London over many generations, making our capital a livelier, warmer, more vibrant place to live, work and visit. London’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations are not just open to the city’s Irish community.

All Londoners are invited to take part in the festivities and soak in the atmosphere. For me, that’s what’s special about London – everyone coming together to embrace and celebrate each other’s cultures, showing that London is truly open to all – regardless of nationality or background.

However you choose to celebrate, my family and I would like to wish you a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone celebrating here, in Ireland and around the world.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!

Sadiq Khan Mayor of London

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his is my first St Patrick’s Day in Britain and since my arrival last August I have been looking forward to celebrating our national day in Britain.

I have been repeatedly warned by members of the community here that I will need to save my energy for the busy period ahead! Despite the snowy start to March, my Embassy colleagues and I are match fit and ready for the festivities.

The tradition of celebrating our patron saint has a long history – indeed we may be one of the few countries in the world where the national day celebration pre-dates the founding of the State itself.

Despite its long history, I am conscious that in previous years the celebration of St Patrick’s Day was not as widespread and high profile as it has now become. I would like to express my gratitude to those who continued

to mark the occasion through challenging times for the community here, and who continuously strived to celebrate their pride in their Irishness and showcase the best of our culture.

Of course relations between our two countries have transformed since that time, to the point that it’s now a major celebration across the country.

The warm relationship we now enjoy with our closest neighbour has a solid foundation, and though it might be tested by recent events that relationship will no doubt endure.

The celebration of St Patrick’s Day will this year take place across all 33 boroughs of London, and all over Britain. This takes a huge effort from organisers and volunteers, as well as great support from local authorities. I want to thank all those involved in making St Patrick’s Day such a celebration of Irishness.

I have already met many members

of the community here and am keenly aware of your commitment and dedication – not least at this time of year. I salute your efforts and look forward to continuing the celebrations throughout March.

Here in the Embassy we started the season in style by marking St. Brigid’s Day with a celebration of the creativity of women. I also look forward to celebrating Irish culture throughout this year through a series of high-profile and innovative events taking place under the umbrella of Culture Ireland’s GB18 programme In the meantime, my wife Aisling and I would like to wish you all the best for the upcoming celebrations and hopefully a good result in Twickenham!

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir!

Adrian O’Neill Irish Ambassador to Britain

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ST PATR I C K ’ S FE STI VA L 16 - 18 March 2018

Enjoy Irish music, dance, and food across London, plus a festival at Trafalgar Square. london.gov.uk/St-Patricks

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n St. Patrick’s Day March 17, Music from Ireland will host a Music Trail in Camden Market from 1-5pm followed by an evening showcase in the Dr. Marten’s Boot Room, Camden Market from 5-7pm and then a night-time showcase in the London Irish Centre from 8.30pm.

The trail and concerts will highlight Camden Town’s reputation as the epicentre of Irish traditional music, as well as being a place whose pubs have played host to some of the greats of the Irish rock, pop and punk world.

But it’s Irish traditional music that most people associate Camden Town with. Contrary to popular belief, the pub session is no more than 70 years or so old, and is conclusively a product of London immigrant life.

The session was a spontaneous response to alienation in a strange country. During the 1940s, dance halls became more and more showbandorientated, and the céilí bands (drums, accordion, piano) virtually disbanded in the face of this opposition from this more popular dancing form.

Thus the immigrants were deprived of an important connection with home. Those from rural areas who were used to hearing traditional music now had to find an alternative. Most were labourers living in digs or rooming houses — sessions in front of the fire were not an option. So they set up shop in local pubs in London, places such as Camden Town, Kilburn

and Fulham; this was the first time Irish music was ever played in such establishments.

It’s a tradition that Camden Town, and London, has cherished ever since.

As well as highlighting numerous traditional sessions, Music from Ireland will also feature Molly Sterling, Keeva and Erica Cody at the London Irish Centre on March 17.

Growing up between Jordan, Co. Laois, and London, Keeva absorbed many of the great traditions of these islands — plus a few from that lovely island off the west coast of Ireland, a little place called America. This promises to be one high-octane performance.

Erica Cody is a 21-year-old singer, songwriter and producer from Dublin.

Paving the way for the next generation of music artists coming from Ireland, Erica brings 90’s R&B up o the present with some modern elements.

Molly Sterling is a singer-songwriter who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song Playing with Numbers. From Tipperary, her style might loosely be called pop with a bit of an alternative twist. Ideally suited for Camden Town on a St Patrick’s Day.

IRISH TALENT: Keeva

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WALK THIS WAY Irish women will take centre stage at this year’s walking tours across the city of London with blue Badge guide Tony McDonnell. There are three fantastic strolls to choose from but places are limited so please make sure to book in advance by emailing tonymcdonnellbbg@hotmail.com

TAKE A STROLL INTO HISTORY: Countess Markiewicz with a companion in June 1922 (Photo by Walshe/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

TERRIBLE BEAUTY Friday, March 17, 2pm The 1916 Rebellion in London, death and rebirth, love and loathing, independence and empire, this tour has it all. After Dublin, London was the city most connected to the Easter Rising. Not just as the seat of government from which the rebels fought to break free but through the deep connections many of them held with this city.

This lively tour will turn the walk from Trafalgar Square to Whitehall into an amazing journey through the vortex of change released by the rebellion. This is the London side of the 1916 story.

Find out about Countess Markievicz the first woman to be elected to Parliament and an active participant in the 1916 uprising as a member of the Irish Citizen Army. She was born across the road from Buckingham Palace.

WHERE THE STRING BROKE (IRISH CAMDEN TOWN) Saturday, March 18, 2pm From getting the start, going to the dance, finding a doss or just having a drink Camden Town could claim to be the capital of Irish London.

Discover ballrooms, pubs, churches, hostels and the characters that gave this amazing place its vibrant Irish reputation for so many decades.

Lumpers, impresarios, navvies, writers and musicians populate this fascinating walk.

Find out about Margaret Barry, proud member of the Traveller community, Ireland’s answer to Edith Piaf singing in the Bedford Arms in Camden Town or the Albert Hall - Bob Dylan’s favourite folk singer.

THE EMERALD CITY Sunday, March 19, 2pm Where better to celebrate Irish heritage and achievement than on the streets of London.

On this stroll down Ludgate Hill, along Fleet Street, into the Temple and finishing in Covent Garden, we will discover some amazing Irish connections and encounter some of the great names of the Irish past.

Stopping at pubs, churchyards, statues, courthouses and theatres - Irish London will come to life. Prime Ministers, politicians, press barons, poets, playwrights, revolutionaries and aristocrats will all have their part to play in this amazing story. A fierce craic altogether!

Find out about Peg Woffington the 18th century’s queen of the London stage. From Dublin’s back streets to the leading lady of Drury Lane and feted in the salons of Mayfair.

Enjoying an elegant retirement sponsoring other Irish talents.

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Bands and artists from the Irish community will be performing across a number of London Underground stations including Charing Cross, Tottenham Court Road and Southwark.

Expect to hear the enchanting sounds of Irish music underground from March 16 -18.

Lyrics of a different note will also be winding their way around corridors, up and down escalators and onto platforms with a number of well-known voices reading Irish poetry across the London underground network on March 17.

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ANIMATED: Late Afternoon by Louise Bagnall screens Friday, March 16

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

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rish Film London will deliver a celebration of Irish film and animation again this March, with film screenings, workshops and director’s Q&As at the Prince Charles Cinema and the London Film School, as part of the London St Patrick’s Day Festival.

The London Film School in Covent Garden kicks things off on Friday, March 16 with two free programmes of Irish short films.

The line-up will include Ian Power’s The Tattoo, Late Afternoon, directed by Louise Bagnall and Sinéad O’Loughlin’s Homecoming.

Screenings will take place in two programmes 1.30pm – 5pm.

Later that day, the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square will play host to the British Premiere of Damo & Ivor at 6.30pm.

The screening will be accompanied by a Q&A with the film’s director Ronan Burke and the lead actor Andy Quirke. Tickets are available from The Prince Charles Cinema website.

The festival continues on Sunday, March 18, with a return to the London Film School for a free family screening of Moon Man and a children’s shadow animation workshop.

Tickets are free but must be allocated in advance.

As the excitement of the Parade and Trafalgar Square comes to a close, stroll over to Leicester Square where the Prince Charles Cinema will screen the final film event at 6.30pm - the double British premiere screenings of An Béal Bocht and Kíla: Pota Óir, accompanied by a Q&A with director Anthony White and members of Kíla.

Tickets and more information are available from The Prince Charles Cinema website and www.irishfilmfestivallondon.com

BIG SCREEN: See Ian Power’s The Tattoo in Covent Garden

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ALTERNATIVE APPROACH THE LINEUP DAY 1 LINE UP From 6.30pm Izumi Kimura Colm O’Hara / David Lacey TRE: Francesco Turrisi / Nick Roth / Kate Ellis Shane Latimer

Éiríocht March 16 & 17

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iríocht is a radical alternative to traditional celebrations for St. Patrick’s Weekend 2018.

With curated performances by Diatribe Records, Ireland’s foremost record label for new sounds, this new festival features many of the leading figures on Ireland’s thriving sonic scene and is a significant opportunity to strengthen cultural interweaving between two neighbouring islands.

Diatribe Records presents their unique festival

showcasing new music from Ireland in the Vortex.

Taking place in one of the capital’s landmark venues for experimental music, this innovative festival presents audiences and critics with a wide-lens insight into the thriving Irish contemporary music scene, foregrounding collaborations and inter-connections between Irish and British-based artists.

The event is supported by IMRO and Culture Ireland as part of GB18: Promoting Irish Arts in Britain.

Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

DAY 2 LINE UP 1.30pm to midnight Benjamin Dwyer Olesya Zdorovetska / Keith Lindsay Laura Hyland / Peter Marsh Linda Buckley Mick O’Shea / Irene Murphy Seán Carpio Adrian Dunbar / Nick Roth – The Wasteland Lauren Kinsella / Kit Downes Umbra DJackulate

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WORK OF ART MAL ROGERS meets renowned Irish artist Pauline Bewick

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auline Bewick, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed artists, has had a life that the word chequered barely does justice.

“I was born in Newcastle in England in 1935,” she says. “When I was two my mother Alice Graham Bewick ran away to Ireland after her husband died of alcoholism.”

It’s a complicated story, but Pauline and her older sister Hazel came to know various parts of Ireland and England very well.

“We lived in a workman’s hut - you know, one of those roadside huts - a caravan, a boat, a hotel gate lodge, a castle, and a railway carriage. In her later years my mother also lived in a glass house that was used for growing tomatoes. That was in Glendalough.”

Eventually the family settled on a farm in Kenmare in Co. Kerry.

Pauline’s mother, always known as Harry, didn’t believe in formal education. She was a free thinker, a radical. Pauline’s education was therefore unconventional, attending ‘progressive’ establishments in England.

“We would be allowed to study what we wanted; so of course I started painting, and that’s what I concentrated on.”

In her teens, Pauline was accepted at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, and after graduation moved to London. During her time there she illustrated a children’s animated television series for the BBC, and also produced illustrations for books and magazines. On her return to Dublin, to bankroll her painting, she took jobs in singing and acting. In 1957 she opened her first exhibition at the Clog Gallery in Dublin. She was also immersed in Dublin’s artistic scene - there she met Luke Kelly and formed a relationship with him. “Dublin was a place where potters, painters and poets drank together

and everyone knew everyone.”

Subsequently Pauline married, and then leaving her husband at home, travelled across the world with her two children Poppy and Holly.

Her work is drawn from her adventures during spells in Wales, Tuscany, Turkey, China and the South Pacific. For more than 70 years Pauline has represented her life through various forms of art, from painting to pottery. These, and her sketchbooks, have recorded not just her observations, but her intellectual interpretation of what is going on round about her. Her life, basically, has been her inspiration.

“I don’t really have an artist who has been a huge influence on me. To be honest, probably my mother was my biggest inspiration. She encouraged me all the time; like, when I was at school she didn’t make me do my homework or housework; instead she’d let me paint.

She’d let it all flow out of me.”

Now 83, Pauline has recently suffered a stroke. “I now have a new thing happening in my brain. An unknown dark area in my brain has come to life... my paintings now come from all sorts of subjects. I just paint them, then try to analyse them afterwards.”

The stroke has left Pauline with a few physical ailments, but they haven’t affected her ability to paint.

“All difficulties disappear because I’m so interested, so excited in what I do.

“Before I had a stroke I would paint in a similar way, just letting it pour out. I’m not what you’d call an intellectual painter.

Pauline Bewick is probably best known for The Yellow Man, a series of work that represents a certain lifestyle and philosophy. She first exhibited the collection in the RHA in Dublin in 1996.

Around that same time she also started drawing The Grey Man. That came about, according to Pauline, because she was seeing a therapist at the time. During a session with her, she did a drawing that appeared as a dead figure. Going through the process of analysis she realised it was her father, who had abandoned her.

Pauline Bewick’s distinctive, sensuous style of art has divided critics. But then that is what art should be about - making bold statements through your work, and challenging people to think about the meaning. Creativity needs courage something that Pauline has an ample supply of.

Film & Conversation March 9, City Hall The Irish Cultural Centre and the Barbara Stanley Gallery present an evening of film and conversation with Pauline Bewick hosted by Dylan Haskins.

Maurice Galway’s 2012 film Yellow Man Grey Man examines the hugely successful series of work by Pauline Bewick known as The Yellow Man. The film will be followed by an interview and audience Q&A on Friday, March 9 from

6.30pm – 9pm, 9th floor, City Hall, London SE1 2AA. Bewick will be exhibiting her paintings as part of the St. Patrick’s Festival viewing daily from March 1-21 on the 2nd floor.

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OUR STORY #IAmIrish Photo Exhibition March 14 – April 18

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ity Hall hosts the acclaimed #IAmIrish Photo Exhibition after a very successful Dublin debut as part of Black History Month.

The exhibition is on display at City Hall March 14 – April 6.

The project was founded by Lorraine Maher Faissal, an Irish woman of mixed race.

“I don’t want to keep defending why I’m Irish,” she has said. “The reality is I grew up in Carrick-on-Suir, only knowing my Irish identity, my Irish history, my Irish heritage, that’s who I am: I’m Irish.”

The exhibition includes beautiful images of Irish people of colour.

It is, in effect, is a celebration of diversity within Ireland, as well as an answer to the question invariably asked of mixed race people in Ireland: “What are you?”

Founder of the Association of Mixed Race Irish Rosemary Adaser says: “This exhibition is an answer to that question: I am Irish, and that’s all you need to know,” she said.

The exhibition looks at all the different strands of what makes up Irish history, including the story of immigration as well as emigration. #IAmIrish Exhibition, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA

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11 facts you didn’t know about the Irish flag T

HE GREEN, white and orange (not gold!) of the tricolour have become synonymous with Ireland since 1916’s Easter Rising.

But how much do you really know about the Irish flag and its history?

AIDAN LONERGAN looks at 11 facts about Bratach na hÉireann and why it’s still so relevant today…

NOT OUR FIRST Before the tricolour, Irish nationalists flew a green flag with a harp on it. This older flag was first flown by Irish rebel leader Owen Roe O’Neill in 1642.

FOREIGN INSPIRATION The flag was inspired by both the tricolours of France, with blue, white and red, and Newfoundland in Canada, with green, white and pink.

FIRST FLOWN The tricolour was first flown publicly by Thomas Francis Meagher, leader of the Young Irelanders, in Waterford city on March 7, 1848.

EMBLEM OF PEACE With green representing republican Catholicism, and orange representing loyalist Anglicanism, the goal of the flag was to make peace and promote unity between the two traditions.

CENTRAL TRUCE On April 15, 1848, Meagher presented the flag to the citizens of Dublin, and said: “The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the ‘orange’ and the ‘green’.”

ORANGE, NOT GOLD Sometimes, the orange third of the banner is identified as being

gold or a shade of yellow.

However, the Department of the Taoiseach state that this is a misrepresentation of its meaning which “should be actively discouraged”, and that worn-out flags should be replaced.

FUTURE FORETOLD Meagher was convicted by the British after leading a failed rebellion in July 1848.

Before his trial, he told a huge crowd at Slievenamon in Co. Tipperary that future generations would one day see the tricolour flown proudly across Ireland.

SPECIAL RULES There are a number of official rules regarding the flag, the main one being that no other flag should be flown above it. Another is that the green side of the flag must always be closest to the mast/hoist.

IRELAND’S SYMBOL The tricolour became synonymous with Irish national identity after the Easter Rising in Dublin, when the the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army flew the banner above the GPO building in Dublin on Easter Monday, April 21, 1916.

ST PATRICK’S DAY The flag has achieved iconic status around the world in the last century thanks to its use at St Patrick’s Day parades from London to Chicago.

CONTINUED RELEVANCE With its colours representing peace and unity between Catholics and Protestants, Bratach na hÉireann is as poignant a symbol today as it was back in 1848 & 1916.

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A FEAST FIT Home Recipe: St Patrick’s Day Soup FOR A SAINT with Shamrock Cheese Croutons Irish Street Food Market Trafalgar Square, March 18

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ou’ll likely want a snack if you’re out celebrating the Saint’s day — no matter what the weather you’ll need to keep your energy reserves up. Fortunately, there will be plenty of Irish street food available. For the best, head for Trafalgar Square East.

Butchies will be providing their superb buttermilk chicken burgers. The unofficial chicken burger champions of London, they’ll have their produce sizzling away and ready for your attention.

Eat the Farm will be offering their American-style burgers using quality fresh produce, and sourcing ingredients direct from farmers and producers. It really does make a huge difference.

Pie Cart will have their individually handmade gourmet pies on sale, and the Salt Beef Brothers will be preparing their alluring sandwiches — substantial and delicious.

Clonakilty is to black pudding what Mozart is to Salzburg, or Michelangelo is Rome. In association with Home Town Rolls, they’ll be providing Clonakilty breakfast baguettes, wraps and more.

Serves 4 Recipe by Bord Bia Ingredients 60g butter 2 medium white onion, chopped 600g potatoes, peeled and chopped Salt and pepper 800ml vegetable or chicken stock 240g sorrel leaves, shredded Cheese Croutons 2 slices thick wholemeal bread Olive oil or melted butter to brush on 100g grated Irish cheese To Cook Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onion and potato and cook gently, covered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add salt, pepper and stock and

bring to the boil.

Simmer uncovered for about 5 minutes until the potatoes are tender.

Add the sorrel leaves and cook for 5 minutes more.

Liquidise the soup until smooth.

To make the Cheese Croutons Cut shapes from the bread and brush lightly with olive oil or butter. Grill on one side then turn over and sprinkle with the grated cheese and grill until cheese is melted.

Place on top of the hot soup.

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Loin of Bacon with Creamy Cabbage and Champ Serves 8 with leftovers Cooking time: 1½ hours Recipe by Bord Bia Ingredients 1 x 1½ kg loin of bacon 1 bay leaf 1 tsp peppercorns A dash of vinegar 1 tsp mustard 1 onion, peeled and chopped 2 tbsp butter 1 savoy or sweetheart cabbage, thinly sliced 1 dessert apple, peeled, cored and diced 100ml cream Salt and freshly ground black pepper Balsamic Glaze 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard 2 tbsp fresh rosemary or sage leaves, chopped Champ 4 scallions, finely chopped 8 tbsp milk 2 tbsp butter 10-12 freshly cooked floury

potatoes, cut into even-sized chunks To Cook Place the bacon in a large saucepan along with the bay leaf, peppercorns, vinegar, mustard and onion and cover with cold water. Put a lid on the saucepan and bring to the boil.

Then reduce the heat and gently simmer for about an hour.

Allow 20 minutes per ½ kg.

While the bacon is cooking make the glaze. In a small bowl mix together the balsamic vinegar, honey, wholegrain mustard and rosemary or sage.

When the bacon is cooked preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4, 180°C (350°F). Remove the bacon from the water and place in a baking dish lined with foil. Allow to cool a little. Then remove the rind and discard. Brush the bacon liberally with the glaze. Keep aside a tablespoon of the glaze to flavour the cabbage. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.

To cook the cabbage, melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add

the cabbage and apple and cook for about 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Then stir the cream and reserved glaze through the cabbage. Simmer uncovered until the cream has thickened. This will take 5-6 minutes. Taste and season.

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MUSIC, CULTURE & MORE Exciting events affiliated with 2018’s St Patrick’s Day Festival are taking place across the city. Here are our top picks...

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Darkness into Light Walk May 12th 4.15am from the Clayton Crown Hotel Cricklewood Registration opens soon www.dil.pieta.ie

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A NOVEL AFFAIR  IRISH WRITERS’ NIGHT In association with London Writers’ Eclective Four Irish novelists will read from and discuss their work as part of the St Patrick’s Festival at the Irish Cultural Centre on March 15.

Martina Evans, Paul McVeigh, Alan McMonagle and Aoibheann McCann will read from published and soon-to-be published works, followed by a panel discussion on the novel, the short story, getting published in 2018 and more. The evening will be chaired by Conor Montague.

Martina Evans is an Irish poet, novelist and teacher who grew up the youngest of 10 children in Co. Cork in a country pub, shop and petrol station.

Her first novel, Midnight Feast, won a Betty Trask Award in 1995 and her third novel, No Drinking No Dancing No Doctors (Bloomsbury, 2000), won an Arts Council England Award in 1999. A new collection, Now We Can Talk Openly About Men, will be published by Carcanet in June.

Belfast-born Paul McVeigh’s work has been performed on stage and radio, published in print and translated into seven languages. He

began his career as a playwright before moving to London where he wrote comedy shows, which were performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in London’s West End. Alan McMonagle is a writer living in Galway. In 2015 he signed a two-book deal with PICADOR and his first novel, Ithaca, was published last year and was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize for first novels.

Aoibheann McCann was brought up in Donegal but lives in Galway.

Her debut novel Marina to be published in April.

March 15 Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT Tickets: £7, Starts: 7pm

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AN OÍCHE EILE The Irish Jam Presents An Oíche Eile, a night of alternative music on St Patrick’s eve performed by a wonderful collection of exciting Irish artists Delorentos, Pillow Queens, Video Blue and Tayne.

Delorentos, pictured below, have proved themselves to be one of Ireland’s finest, most imaginative bands.

The four-piece Dublin-based melodic, harmonied guitar band strive constantly to better themselves and spread their collective musical wings to pastures new.

They will be releasing their much-anticipated fifth album in the next few months.

Having first come together in the autumn of 2016 on the basketball courts of a Dublin city park, the four members of Pillow Queens soon realised that making music together would be an equally productive group activity.

Within a few months they’d released their debut EP, Calm Girls, titled in an ironic nod to the band’s anxious nature.

Video Blue is a project by Dundalk native Jim O’Donoghue Martin.

Embracing ambient electronica and guitar driven alt-pop, all of the music is recorded in his east London bedroom. Debut album Love Scenes was released in 2017.

TAYNE is a London based Experimental, Pop, Noise, outfit created by Matthew Sutton.

TAYNE’s music is an aural assault that weld moody, atmospheric vocals, punishing guitars, and overwhelming electronics, to pulsating rhythms that create an intense listening experience that is uniquely their own.

March 16 Irish Cultural Centre, W6 9DT Tickets: £10/£15, Doors: 7pm 40 SHADES OF GREEN 2 A celebration of modern Irish culture in London

On St Patrick’s weekend, a selection of the current Irish crop who reside and ply their trade in one of the most culturally diverse capitals in the world will gather at 40FT Brewery.

This year, the music offering is spearheaded by Arveene, who has enlisted the help of Irish music blogger Nialler9. They will both be joined by hotly-tipped electronic act, Le Boom Live, the infamous Sing-A-Long Social live, LUMO Dj’s and young disco fiends Mix & Fairbanks.

March 17 40FT Brewery, 18a Ashwin St, London E8 KÍLA  ST PATRICK’S NIGHT SHOW Irish folk and world music legends KÍLA come to the London Irish Centre for a very special London show on St Patrick’s Day as part of a huge programme at the Camden centre.

Featuring Rossa Ó Snodaigh, Colm Ó Snodaigh, Rónán Ó Snodaigh, Dee Armstrong, Eoin Dillon, Seanán Brennan, Brian Hogan and Dave Hingerty, don’t miss this opportunity to see one of Ireland’s most innovative bands at the top of their game.

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KÍLA FAMILY SHOW For a number of years KÍLA have been presenting their kids show in theatres throughout Ireland.

Always jam-packed, this hour-long show has the kids interacting with the music from the very start.

Frontman Rossa asks them to create an ocean soundscape for the opening melody, and as the show proceeds they’ll clap along, dance and even do animal and popping noises to the music.

A special part of the show is where the children play three pieces from the multi award-wining and Oscar-nominated animation Song of the Sea, which KÍLA composed music for. You’ll be entranced to see music being performed live along to this beautifully animated film.

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LISA LAMBE Lisa Lambe is a critically acclaimed Irish vocalist and actor. She is a familiar face at London’s St Patrick’s Day Festival having performed at last year’s Trafalgar Square concert. She is currently on stage in Dublin’s Abbey Theatre for The Unmanageable Sisters, a new adaptation by Deirdre Kinehan, directed by Graham McLaren.

How do you usually celebrate St Patrick’s Day? Often it’s a really busy time with music and gigs celebrating all things Irish.

I’ve spent the last few years on tour on St Patrick’s Day. Last year I spent it performing in the Electric Ballroom Camden and at Trafalgar Square in London in association with the brilliant London Irish Centre, it was a complete dream!

How will you celebrate this St Patrick’s Day? This year I am in Ireland’s National Theatre - The Abbey Theatre doing a new play The Unmanageable Sisters - 15 women on stage - a little bit of Abbey history.

What’s your favourite St Patrick’s Day memory?

Trafalgar Square with the London Irish Centre last year and performing on Broadway Radio City a couple of years ago. I think especially when you are away from home on March 17 you really feel like an

Irish ambassador celebrating all that is great about this emerald isle.

Who are your heroes?

My parents, Joni Mitchell, Rosaleen Linehan, Paul Howard.

What’s been the best decade of your life so far and why?

This past decade. Since 2014 I have recorded and launched my first album and my music has really been evolving. I have carved real time for my music and given it a spotlight and development time alongside my acting.

Both of them are equally important in my life as an artist and they really enhance each other. I’ve signed a record deal very recently in the US so I’m really excited for all that is to come.

What book influenced you most?

Perfume by Patrick Süskind - scent is everything transporting , evocative.

This book is a bible...the

emotional meaning scents may have.

Which local star in any field should the world outside Ireland know about?

Simon Morgan and The Moorings. Their amazing project on reawakening the songs of the great Irish bard Thomas Moore - the way he himself would have wanted them to be made, sung and performed. The real deal. Check out themooringsmusic.com If you could change one thing in your life, what would it be?

To be away from my iPhone a lot more than I am. I rely on it hugely for work and travel. I would like to be less attached to it. I am trying!

What do you believe in?

Digging deep into yourself and finding your expression, your truth, kindness, expression, love, embracing a moment - all the moments. Taking time.

Slowing down.

Can you recommend an interesting website? cianmcloughlin.com What is your favourite place in Ireland?

The Burren, Co. Clare.

What Irish record sends a shiver down your spine?

Paul Brady; The Missing Liberty Tapes (1978) What is the best lesson life has taught you?

To be kind. The only thing that’s lasting in life is love.

What would you recommend as the perfect St Patrick’s Day film?

Something Irish of course The Snapper being one of my all time favourite Irish films starring the brilliant Pat Laffan and the fantastic Tina Kelleher, who I am delighted to be working with currently in the Abbey Theatre.

Where do you live and what are the best and worst things about that place?

I live by the sea in Dublin.

Best thing about it are swims in the 40 foot in

summer followed by a Teddy’s ice-cream and the worst....I guess something like commuting in traffic into the city in bad weather - it’s a slow, slow commute in the car.

What trait do others criticise you for?

I clean my house too much.

On what occasion is it OK to lie?

As an actress - we become someone else all the time.

This is my great transformative time. To think and become someone else under the magic of theatre.

What do you consider the greatest work of art?

Jack B Yeats ‘ About to Write a Letter What is your ultimate guilty pleasure?

Perfume and Cadbury’s creme eggs!

Who is the love of your life? My husband, my family, the theatre and music are my greatest loves.

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