Saturday 21 December 2013
GIG In the Press
Andy on Svt
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/a
Catheine in expressen Me on radio
http://www.expressen.se/gt/kul
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/a
Catheine in expressen Me on radio
http://www.expressen.se/gt/kul
Marie Grundström Profile
Marie Grundström
Hej! I am originally Swedish and have spent ten years living in Dubin. There i met my "Sambo" Phil and we moved back to Gothenburg where I got a
position as a phd student (doktorand) at the Univesity. My research involves measuring air quality and its likely health effects in Gothenburg and suggesting how it can be improved. I support the dubs and like dance music. Btw doing a phd in Sweden is fabelous. It is well paid and lasts for five years so one has plenty of time to do reseach properly and get papers published. There is usually a chance to do teaching as well. Get on to me if you want to know more. My slogan is, Heja Irland :)
Mail: shallowstream @ hotmail.com
Hej! I am originally Swedish and have spent ten years living in Dubin. There i met my "Sambo" Phil and we moved back to Gothenburg where I got a
position as a phd student (doktorand) at the Univesity. My research involves measuring air quality and its likely health effects in Gothenburg and suggesting how it can be improved. I support the dubs and like dance music. Btw doing a phd in Sweden is fabelous. It is well paid and lasts for five years so one has plenty of time to do reseach properly and get papers published. There is usually a chance to do teaching as well. Get on to me if you want to know more. My slogan is, Heja Irland :)
Mail: shallowstream @ hotmail.com
Billy Finn Profile
Billy Finn
How are the lads, I came to Gothenburg town in 1999 seeking adventure and got a job at volvo. Between getting to know this new city I my lovely wife Courtney and we both got working at a childcare centre called ABC. ABC is an english language daycare for a mix of Swedish and expat kids from age 1 to 7. In my spare time I run Gothenburg GAA club and am also director of the European Hurling league. I am currently Scandanavian puc fada champion, how about that. My slogan is, C'mon Limerick :) Give me a shout if ya think I can give you any tips about moving to or settlin in to Gothenburg.
Mail: billy.finn @ gmail.com
How are the lads, I came to Gothenburg town in 1999 seeking adventure and got a job at volvo. Between getting to know this new city I my lovely wife Courtney and we both got working at a childcare centre called ABC. ABC is an english language daycare for a mix of Swedish and expat kids from age 1 to 7. In my spare time I run Gothenburg GAA club and am also director of the European Hurling league. I am currently Scandanavian puc fada champion, how about that. My slogan is, C'mon Limerick :) Give me a shout if ya think I can give you any tips about moving to or settlin in to Gothenburg.
Mail: billy.finn @ gmail.com
Malachy Keena Profile
Malachy Keena
Allright there a chairde, I am from Dublin town and moved over here with my sambo Hanna and our daughter last year. Just like Andy the facilities for childcare were the main factor. We found it hard to find somewhere to live in Gothenburg so we ended up moving to a town outside of the city called Alingsås. It is quiet but the nature is amazing and there is easy access to everything. A safe place to bring up kids to be sure. I am a book binder by trade and I got a start at a big printing works here a few months ago. The language is coming along nicely, its not really that different from english. In my spare time I play GAA and have gone from playing Dublin senior club A1 divsion with Parnells to European shield with Gothenburg. Sthill its good craic to meet the lads once a week. Give me a shout if you want to hear more. My slogan is, up the Dubs :)
Mail: mjkeena77 @ gmail.com
Allright there a chairde, I am from Dublin town and moved over here with my sambo Hanna and our daughter last year. Just like Andy the facilities for childcare were the main factor. We found it hard to find somewhere to live in Gothenburg so we ended up moving to a town outside of the city called Alingsås. It is quiet but the nature is amazing and there is easy access to everything. A safe place to bring up kids to be sure. I am a book binder by trade and I got a start at a big printing works here a few months ago. The language is coming along nicely, its not really that different from english. In my spare time I play GAA and have gone from playing Dublin senior club A1 divsion with Parnells to European shield with Gothenburg. Sthill its good craic to meet the lads once a week. Give me a shout if you want to hear more. My slogan is, up the Dubs :)
Mail: mjkeena77 @ gmail.com
Andy Hardiman Profile
Andy Hardiman I came here in 2001 as a love refugee. That means I am
part of the 99%. 99% of Irish people end up in Sweden as they meet their
partners in Ireland or in Australia or the like. So that happened to me
in my native city of Galway, and then because of the fantastic natal
and childcare facilities in Sweden there really wasn't any choice about
where to move. Now Isabella and Seamus are aged 13 and 9 and we live a
nice "Svensson" life in a wooden house in Lindome. I work as a tree
surgeon and set up my own business soon after coming here and work
within a 50KM radius of Gothenburg. It is a bit seasonal but well
sometimes
it is hard when one comes here not knowing the language to find something.
Now I know the language so well I guess things have worked out. My slogan
is, Up Galway City
it is hard when one comes here not knowing the language to find something.
Now I know the language so well I guess things have worked out. My slogan
is, Up Galway City
Phil Wong Profile
Phil Wong
Howayis, I'm Maria's sambo and I landed in this city two years ago without a word of Swedish. I got work as a cook in a thai restaurant. So if there are any new arrivals in the city looking to get into the catering trade over here i may be able to give some pointers...The social relations here are different to home so that takes some getting used to. The infrastructure is fantastic though so I guess you can't have it all. In my spare time I am a techno dj and was resident in Switch in Dublin for a number of years. My slogan is, YNWA :) mail: talktophilwong @ hotmail.com
Howayis, I'm Maria's sambo and I landed in this city two years ago without a word of Swedish. I got work as a cook in a thai restaurant. So if there are any new arrivals in the city looking to get into the catering trade over here i may be able to give some pointers...The social relations here are different to home so that takes some getting used to. The infrastructure is fantastic though so I guess you can't have it all. In my spare time I am a techno dj and was resident in Switch in Dublin for a number of years. My slogan is, YNWA :) mail: talktophilwong @ hotmail.com
Carpool Gbg-Rygge-Gbg Christmas 2013
Hi all,
We have been talking about some of fixing a carpool upp and back from Rygge for Christmas this year. Various plans have been discussed, including renting a minibus if any one particular day is popular.
But of course, we have to know when people are travelling and if they already arranged transport.
Please fill in the following Doodles if you are travelling to Ireland and want to join:
Gothenburg -> Rygge between dec 18th and dec 24th http://doodle.com/
Rygge-> Gothenburg between dec 27th and jan 5th: http://doodle.com/
I'm traveling on the 27th and back on the 31st, if enough people are travelling those days I am definitely thinking about renting a minibus.
//P.
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OK,
Final list for the bus to Rygge is
Am I missing anyone?
As we didn't fill the bus, it will 300 kr per person. There are two places remaining if anyone else needs to get to Rygge.
We will meet at the back door of Centralstation/ Nils Ericsson bus terminal at 6 am sharp.
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We have been talking about some of fixing a carpool upp and back from Rygge for Christmas this year. Various plans have been discussed, including renting a minibus if any one particular day is popular.
But of course, we have to know when people are travelling and if they already arranged transport.
Please fill in the following Doodles if you are travelling to Ireland and want to join:
Gothenburg -> Rygge between dec 18th and dec 24th http://doodle.com/
Rygge-> Gothenburg between dec 27th and jan 5th: http://doodle.com/
I'm traveling on the 27th and back on the 31st, if enough people are travelling those days I am definitely thinking about renting a minibus.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OK,Final list for the bus to Rygge is
Paul Curley
Malin Kentsdotter
Delia Ho
Adrian Kelly
Eoin O Brion Ed FlanneryMalin Kentsdotter
Delia Ho
Adrian Kelly
Am I missing anyone?
As we didn't fill the bus, it will 300 kr per person. There are two places remaining if anyone else needs to get to Rygge.
We will meet at the back door of Centralstation/ Nils Ericsson bus terminal at 6 am sharp.
Irish Christmas Drinks....
Hej Alla
Myself, Eoin, Vincent and
Catherine (M) are meeting for a bite to eat and a few Xmas drinks next
Friday, the 20th Dec at 7 in Pustervik, Järntorget. It will also be a
farewell for me as I am finishing up in Gothenburg University after 4
years, and moving back to Ireland.
So hopefully we'll see some of you there!! If not, Happy Christmas!!
Catherine (H)
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Hi Cat!
Sorry to here your leaving us here in Gothenburg. Even if we didn't meet so often it was nice bumping into you now and again and also to hear your wondeful music.
Clement
Sorry to here your leaving us here in Gothenburg. Even if we didn't meet so often it was nice bumping into you now and again and also to hear your wondeful music.
Clement
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Hi all!
Thanks for the invite. We shall be down in Skåne on the 20th but would loved to have joined you!
Anyhow, a very Happy Christmas and New Year to you all!
Michael
Thanks for the invite. We shall be down in Skåne on the 20th but would loved to have joined you!
Anyhow, a very Happy Christmas and New Year to you all!
Michael
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Howya now,
I'll be out for a bite to eat with work beforehand, but I'll catch up with ye during the evening. I'll text Eoin when I've gotten rid of the work crew.
See you then,
//P.
I'll be out for a bite to eat with work beforehand, but I'll catch up with ye during the evening. I'll text Eoin when I've gotten rid of the work crew.
See you then,
//P.
An Irishmans account of life in Sweden...
written, wait for it... 51 years ago!
It's astounding but a good fun read... He does not like what he sees...
http://archive.spectator.co.uk
You have to use the zoom panel and "zoom" around the page to read it...
One of the claims made is that the welfare state is funded a lot by revenues from the state off licences and bars. Now theres is a model for
Ireland. Why didn't anyone there think of that before ;-)
Here is a letter in responce wanting to hear more about Des' experiences with promoscuity:
http://archive.spectator.co.uk
Thanks to VC for putting me on this author!
Eoin
It's astounding but a good fun read... He does not like what he sees...
http://archive.spectator.co.uk
You have to use the zoom panel and "zoom" around the page to read it...
One of the claims made is that the welfare state is funded a lot by revenues from the state off licences and bars. Now theres is a model for
Ireland. Why didn't anyone there think of that before ;-)
Here is a letter in responce wanting to hear more about Des' experiences with promoscuity:
http://archive.spectator.co.uk
Thanks to VC for putting me on this author!
Quizmaster needed
Hello all
Last year , Billy was the quizmaster every wed night during the winter at the American SportsBar in Viktoriagatan. This year he can not due it and he is looking for someone to replace him.
The questions are in English: general knowledge but a few Swedish ones as well (30 questions). Billy has loads of questions on backlog so no issues there or you can create your own. You need to be able to handle a crowd of stubborn swedes in a pub setting !!!!! It is good fun though !!!
If you yourself are interested or you know someone who is , let Billy know by mail or text so you can discuss terms ..
tks
Billy Finn.
Last year , Billy was the quizmaster every wed night during the winter at the American SportsBar in Viktoriagatan. This year he can not due it and he is looking for someone to replace him.
The questions are in English: general knowledge but a few Swedish ones as well (30 questions). Billy has loads of questions on backlog so no issues there or you can create your own. You need to be able to handle a crowd of stubborn swedes in a pub setting !!!!! It is good fun though !!!
If you yourself are interested or you know someone who is , let Billy know by mail or text so you can discuss terms ..
tks
Billy Finn.
Tuesday 12 November 2013
RE: St Patrick's Day 2014 (fwd)
Hej all!
The embassy has confirmed the day of the meeting to discuss ideas for SPD 2014. See below. Anyone who is interested to attend or to discuss with them get in direct contact with Marianne.
Btw the Samhain Celtic Concert worked out beyond our wildest expectations. There were 150 paying guests and a further 20 musicians there. Great photos here if ya can get someone to log you in to fb:
https://www.facebook.com/stefa
Slán,
Eoin
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Hi everyone,
Thanks to those who have already responded. I think Wednesday, 27 November is the date that suits most people so let's go with that. The meeting will take place at 17:30 at the Embassy, Hovslagargatan 5, Floor 4, Stockholm. Please invite anyone else along who would be interested in attending this meeting. Grateful if you could confirm your attendance to me by Friday, 22 November. I am looking forward to hearing your views on how we can celebrate SPD 2014 in Sweden.
Best regards,
Marianne
Marianne Bolger | Second Secretary | Embassy of Ireland
The embassy has confirmed the day of the meeting to discuss ideas for SPD 2014. See below. Anyone who is interested to attend or to discuss with them get in direct contact with Marianne.
Btw the Samhain Celtic Concert worked out beyond our wildest expectations. There were 150 paying guests and a further 20 musicians there. Great photos here if ya can get someone to log you in to fb:
https://www.facebook.com/stefa
Slán,
Eoin
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Hi everyone,
Thanks to those who have already responded. I think Wednesday, 27 November is the date that suits most people so let's go with that. The meeting will take place at 17:30 at the Embassy, Hovslagargatan 5, Floor 4, Stockholm. Please invite anyone else along who would be interested in attending this meeting. Grateful if you could confirm your attendance to me by Friday, 22 November. I am looking forward to hearing your views on how we can celebrate SPD 2014 in Sweden.
Best regards,
Marianne
Marianne Bolger | Second Secretary | Embassy of Ireland
ad in GP and other news
Hej!
GIG has been making plenty of appearances in the media today. Check out the links below!
Ad in Göteborgs Posten
Many thanks to everyone who kindly contributed money for the advertisement in the GP. In the end we managed to get together the 3750:- that we needed!. The advertisement was printed in the GP today in the evenemang section, around page 71. So keep your eyes peeled for that if you have a copy.
For anyone who made a donation: I'll be in touch soon about payment, and thanks again for your help :)
P4
Eoin O'Broin and a few others were on P4 radio this morning at 8:30am. They talked about the Samhain concert, played some tunes and explained the Celtic origins of Samhain and Halloween. See here:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/
Catherine MacHale was in GT yesterday and did a great interview. Be sure to check it out here:
http://www.expressen.se/gt/
Hope to see you tonight in Musikenshus at 7pm!
Slán,
Elaine
GIG has been making plenty of appearances in the media today. Check out the links below!
Many thanks to everyone who kindly contributed money for the advertisement in the GP. In the end we managed to get together the 3750:- that we needed!. The advertisement was printed in the GP today in the evenemang section, around page 71. So keep your eyes peeled for that if you have a copy.
For anyone who made a donation: I'll be in touch soon about payment, and thanks again for your help :)
P4
Eoin O'Broin and a few others were on P4 radio this morning at 8:30am. They talked about the Samhain concert, played some tunes and explained the Celtic origins of Samhain and Halloween. See here:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/
Göteborgs-Tidningen
Catherine MacHale was in GT yesterday and did a great interview. Be sure to check it out here:
http://www.expressen.se/gt/
Hope to see you tonight in Musikenshus at 7pm!
Slán,
Elaine
Message from the embassy
Hej all,
Marianne Bolger the new second secretary of the Irish embassy in Stockholm has sent me the message below. She has recenlty replaced Ragnar Almqvist whom some of us used to meet on the football pitch. I told Marianne that we are busy preparing for the samhain concert this Thursday
and had not thought about St. Patricks day yet. I said that in the last two years that the GAA club has organised a St. Patricks day party here.
Marianne said to forward her email to anyone who might be interested to
attend the meeting in Stockholm in November or to just email their thoughts
and ideas to her. So I think it is fritt fram as they say here to make contact.
Marianne's email address is:
Marianne . Bolger @ dfa . ie
Apart from that it's just three days to go to Samhain :) Looks like Catherine MacHale will be interviewed in Göteborg Tidningen (GT) on Wednesday and a few or us will be on P4 morgon radio at 8:30am on Thursday talking about Samhain and trad music.
Slán,
Eoin
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Hello there,
I know that I haven't yet met everyone on the list and look forward to doing so in the very near future. Now that November is fast approaching, I thought that it would be prudent to give some attention to events in March 2014. This year the Embassy , in collaboration with all the Irish organisations, artists and institutions based in Sweden, put together a very comprehensive programme of events in 2013 (attached for reference), which were very well received.
At this stage, it would be very useful to have your thoughts on what elements you thought worked best in 2013 as well as any ideas for next year so that we can develop a template of activities in 2014. I would be also grateful if you could let me know if you or the Society/Group that you represent have any plans for St. Patrick's Day. The plans do not have to be set in stone as this stage. Once received, I can compile a draft list of events that will feed into the planning process so it would be great to have a response by 4 November 2013. Many of you will already be aware that 2014 will the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf so this may possibly help to inform the theme of the celebrations in Sweden.
I would like to hold a meeting at the Embassy in mid to late November to further develop the planning process. Therefore, grateful if you could indicate your availability on the following dates at 17:30 at the Irish Embassy for a short meeting: Tuesday/Wednesday 19/20 or 26/27 November.
Please feel free to forward this email on to anyone else who I may have omitted.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Marianne
Marianne Bolger | Second Secretary | Embassy of Ireland
Marianne Bolger the new second secretary of the Irish embassy in Stockholm has sent me the message below. She has recenlty replaced Ragnar Almqvist whom some of us used to meet on the football pitch. I told Marianne that we are busy preparing for the samhain concert this Thursday
and had not thought about St. Patricks day yet. I said that in the last two years that the GAA club has organised a St. Patricks day party here.
Marianne said to forward her email to anyone who might be interested to
attend the meeting in Stockholm in November or to just email their thoughts
and ideas to her. So I think it is fritt fram as they say here to make contact.
Marianne's email address is:
Marianne . Bolger @ dfa . ie
Apart from that it's just three days to go to Samhain :) Looks like Catherine MacHale will be interviewed in Göteborg Tidningen (GT) on Wednesday and a few or us will be on P4 morgon radio at 8:30am on Thursday talking about Samhain and trad music.
Slán,
Eoin
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Hello there,
I know that I haven't yet met everyone on the list and look forward to doing so in the very near future. Now that November is fast approaching, I thought that it would be prudent to give some attention to events in March 2014. This year the Embassy , in collaboration with all the Irish organisations, artists and institutions based in Sweden, put together a very comprehensive programme of events in 2013 (attached for reference), which were very well received.
At this stage, it would be very useful to have your thoughts on what elements you thought worked best in 2013 as well as any ideas for next year so that we can develop a template of activities in 2014. I would be also grateful if you could let me know if you or the Society/Group that you represent have any plans for St. Patrick's Day. The plans do not have to be set in stone as this stage. Once received, I can compile a draft list of events that will feed into the planning process so it would be great to have a response by 4 November 2013. Many of you will already be aware that 2014 will the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf so this may possibly help to inform the theme of the celebrations in Sweden.
I would like to hold a meeting at the Embassy in mid to late November to further develop the planning process. Therefore, grateful if you could indicate your availability on the following dates at 17:30 at the Irish Embassy for a short meeting: Tuesday/Wednesday 19/20 or 26/27 November.
Please feel free to forward this email on to anyone else who I may have omitted.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Marianne
Marianne Bolger | Second Secretary | Embassy of Ireland
GIG ad in Göteborgs-Posten (GP)
Hej alla!
In the run up to the Samhain concert we have discussed the possibility of having an advertisement in Göteborgs-Posten (GP)
next weekend. The concert will happen on the 31st October in in
Musikenshus in Göteborg (Eoin has already sent out an email about this).There are two reasons for the ad, firstly to advertise both the Samhain event and GIG. Secondly, in the hopes of making contact with elderly Irish people in Gothenburg. In some of the GIG meetings we've discussed that the best way to do this is an advertisement in the GP, that provides a telephone number and advertises some of our events.
We have 2000 crowns from other funding for this, but need the balance of around 1400 to afford the ad. We are wondering if people would like to donate a few krona towards this, from 100 up to 500. We would be really grateful for any donations,as the ad would hopefully be of benefit GIG. If you would like to do this, email both me personally (elaine . mchugh3 @ gmail . com) and Eoin Ó Broin (eoin @ skynet . ie) in the next day or so. Hopefully we can get enough to put in the ad.
The ad is attached to this mail (some more details to be added, but this is roughly what it would look like. It would also most likely be in black and white rather than colour). Any feedback/input about the ad itself is also welcome!
Many thanks!
Elaine
please help lobby Ryanair for a regular Got-Dub flight
Dear Swedish and Irish friends,
Ryanair is currently
taking suggestions regarding new routes. Please write a few sentences
telling them why you think a flight between Gothenburg and Dublin would
be a good idea (i.e. profitable!) Following the link below!
all the best, Mary
Samhain Celtic Halloween Concert 31st October
Hej Ireland!
It was revealed to us today by a reporter from Göteborg Tidningen that there are 162 Irish people "folkbokförde" in Göteborg Kommun. Not sure how Irish is defined or how they got the info but there you go. They were looking for someone to interview in their regular series about people from all over the World that live here in Göteborg. Let's see whom they interview!
They contacted us as they had heard about the Samhain concert here on the 31st of this month. The concert is organised by us, GIG, the Irish music society and TIMSIG, and is part of the Planeta festival. In that regard it is on a par with the headline concert of Planeta which is Gypsy Kings! It is a music event in Musikenshus in Göteborg and we would like to see you all there. Performing on the night will be Göteborgs Catherine Hayes band made up of Catherine and her three musician friends, Lasse, Ulf and Pedda. Others playing include Banbridge Towns own Gray Hawthorne who will team up with Trollhattens Biorn Landahl onstage, and Francie Conway who is travelling from Ireland for the weekend. The headline is Brian Burns from Stockholm
who sang Amhrán na bhFiann before the Ireland Sweden match in the Friends Arena in March. He assures us that his music will be more up tempo
than that ;-) The day after Brian and Francie travel to Stockholm to perform
in a smiliar Samhain concert there.
There were a few reasons for the concert happening. First Catherine MacHale said that in Sweden it is thought that Halloween is from the USA so why not expose its Celtic origins. Others agreed we should do something. Then a Samhain concert was being organised in Stockholm anyway and they and asked us if we would be interested to do the same in
Göteborg the day before. Then when we asked Musikenshus if we could hold it there they said yes great and we will include you as part of the Planeta World Music festival too. As we are holding it on a Thursday too it should not clash with any Halloween partys which are held in Sweden on Saturdays.
Tickets for the Göteborg event are 150 krona and can be bought at the door or in advance through Pustervikbiljetter. Andreas from TIMSIG has designed a lovely poster for the event, see below. If you want any to put up let me know. The question has been asked if it is fancy dress? It is not but don't let that stop anyone dressing up as the rubber bandits or the like. It is a music concert, with a few halloweeny and Celtic bits included. There is a full bar and restaurant at Musikenshus. Doors open at 7pm and the music will start soon after.
Hope to see EVERYONE there!
Vi ses,
Eoin
Poster:
http://www.timsig.se/samhain/
Event on Planeta:
http://planeta.se/torsdag/irla
Event on Musikenhus web, scroll down to 31st October.
http://www.musikenshus.se/
Event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/event
Stockholm event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/event
Brian Burns website:
http://www.burnsmusic.net/
Francie Conway website:
http://www.conwaygroove.com/
Great Photo of Catherine Hayes band:
http://www.falufolkmusikodans.
It was revealed to us today by a reporter from Göteborg Tidningen that there are 162 Irish people "folkbokförde" in Göteborg Kommun. Not sure how Irish is defined or how they got the info but there you go. They were looking for someone to interview in their regular series about people from all over the World that live here in Göteborg. Let's see whom they interview!
They contacted us as they had heard about the Samhain concert here on the 31st of this month. The concert is organised by us, GIG, the Irish music society and TIMSIG, and is part of the Planeta festival. In that regard it is on a par with the headline concert of Planeta which is Gypsy Kings! It is a music event in Musikenshus in Göteborg and we would like to see you all there. Performing on the night will be Göteborgs Catherine Hayes band made up of Catherine and her three musician friends, Lasse, Ulf and Pedda. Others playing include Banbridge Towns own Gray Hawthorne who will team up with Trollhattens Biorn Landahl onstage, and Francie Conway who is travelling from Ireland for the weekend. The headline is Brian Burns from Stockholm
who sang Amhrán na bhFiann before the Ireland Sweden match in the Friends Arena in March. He assures us that his music will be more up tempo
than that ;-) The day after Brian and Francie travel to Stockholm to perform
in a smiliar Samhain concert there.
There were a few reasons for the concert happening. First Catherine MacHale said that in Sweden it is thought that Halloween is from the USA so why not expose its Celtic origins. Others agreed we should do something. Then a Samhain concert was being organised in Stockholm anyway and they and asked us if we would be interested to do the same in
Göteborg the day before. Then when we asked Musikenshus if we could hold it there they said yes great and we will include you as part of the Planeta World Music festival too. As we are holding it on a Thursday too it should not clash with any Halloween partys which are held in Sweden on Saturdays.
Tickets for the Göteborg event are 150 krona and can be bought at the door or in advance through Pustervikbiljetter. Andreas from TIMSIG has designed a lovely poster for the event, see below. If you want any to put up let me know. The question has been asked if it is fancy dress? It is not but don't let that stop anyone dressing up as the rubber bandits or the like. It is a music concert, with a few halloweeny and Celtic bits included. There is a full bar and restaurant at Musikenshus. Doors open at 7pm and the music will start soon after.
Hope to see EVERYONE there!
Vi ses,
Eoin
Poster:
http://www.timsig.se/samhain/
Event on Planeta:
http://planeta.se/torsdag/irla
Event on Musikenhus web, scroll down to 31st October.
http://www.musikenshus.se/
Event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/event
Stockholm event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/event
Brian Burns website:
http://www.burnsmusic.net/
Francie Conway website:
http://www.conwaygroove.com/
Great Photo of Catherine Hayes band:
http://www.falufolkmusikodans.
Irish conversation (Ciorcal comhrá)
Just a reminder about the Irish evening this Wednesday (the 16th) at 6 o'clock. We're back in the Språkcafé this time.
Hope to see you there!
Catherine
PS If you're looking for an easy way to revise/learn a few Irish words, this site is great.
They
have a free service called "Focal an Lae" (Word of the Day). They send
you an Irish word everyday with a recording so you can hear how it's
pronounced.
Talk on writing and publishing in the Irish language today
This
is a great opportunity to hear Micheál Ó Conghaile, one of Ireland's
most celebrated writers and publishers, give his views on Irish language
and culture.
When: 10:00 on Friday the 27th September 2013
Where: University of Gothenburg, Humanisten, Room C364 (see below for directions)
Micheál Ó Conghaile established the publishing company Cló IarChonnachta (CIC) in 1985 and the company has since published over 400 books and 200 traditional
Irish music albums. He is himself a prolific and talented writer of
poetry, plays, novels and short stories and he has also worked as a
translator.
Micheál will talk about being brought up on a small island with a population of 40 people off the West of Ireland coast as a native Irish speaker, the state of the Irish language in Ireland today and his work as a creative writer and publisher in the Irish language. He will read one of his short stories.
Directions:
"Humanisten" (Humanities building) is located at Renströmsgatan 6, near Götaplatsen at the south end of Kungsportsavenyn.
Room C364 is just beyond the coffee shop when you come in the entrance on Renströmsgatan
Map:
Minutes Gothenburg Irish Group meeting 2013-09-04
Hi all!
Attached are the minutes from the GIG meeting on 4th September.
All the best,
Elaine
GIG Meeting 4th September (fwd)
Hej!
All welcome for the meeting tomorrow :)
Slán,
Eoin
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All welcome for the meeting tomorrow :)
Slán,
Eoin
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GIG Meeting 4th September
Hi all,
well you would think that there were 20000 Irish people living in this town judging by the level of activity possible in the next few months. See on the agenda. All welcome to come and discuss in the dubs on the 4th because as you know events don't happen by themselves... There is a trad session in Haket that night so some of us may go up there after.
Thanks,
Eoin
PS: There is a young irish lad looking for accomodation in town with his Swedish girlfriend. They live in Ireland at the moment but she has gotton a place in the university for the next term. If ya have anything short or long term or know of anything send him an email at:
Dónal Byrne
GIG MEETING AGENDA # 5
well you would think that there were 20000 Irish people living in this town judging by the level of activity possible in the next few months. See on the agenda. All welcome to come and discuss in the dubs on the 4th because as you know events don't happen by themselves... There is a trad session in Haket that night so some of us may go up there after.
Thanks,
Eoin
PS: There is a young irish lad looking for accomodation in town with his Swedish girlfriend. They live in Ireland at the moment but she has gotton a place in the university for the next term. If ya have anything short or long term or know of anything send him an email at:
Dónal Byrne
GIG MEETING AGENDA # 5
Thursday 20 June 2013
Minuted from GIG Meeting 29 May
Hello all
Please see attaxched minutes from last months GIG meeting....regds
Minutes_GIG_20130529
Irish conversation session (An Ciorcal Comhrá)
Just a reminder that there's an Irish conversation session on Thursday the 6th of June at 18:00 in the Dubliners on Järntorget.
"Colmán
met with Star Trek crew members Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe
Saldana and decided to teach the lads some key Start Trek phrases in
Irish.
(Bhuail
Colmán le réalta Star Trek Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto agus Zoe Saldana
agus chuir sé rang Gaeilge ar siúil le haghaidh na buachaillí.)"
GIG Meeting next Wednesday 29th 7pm
A Chairde,
attached is the agenda for the next GIG meeting. Venue this time is the dubs at Järntorget. All welcome.
For those interested the Ireland V England friendly international soccer match will be shown at 9pm in the same venue.
Slán,
Eoin
Agenda_GIG_20130529
attached is the agenda for the next GIG meeting. Venue this time is the dubs at Järntorget. All welcome.
For those interested the Ireland V England friendly international soccer match will be shown at 9pm in the same venue.
Slán,
Eoin
Agenda_GIG_20130529
GIG Meeting minutes of 17/04/13
Dear All,
GIG minutes, Wednesday 17th of April
Attached are the minutes from the last GIG meeting held in Haket on 17th of April.
Kind regards
Diarmuid
GIG minutes, Wednesday 17th of April
Craic and Ceol this saturday (and workshops!)
There will me a mighty night of craic and ceol this Saturday evening at
House of Win Win on tredje långatan where the Danish Irish folk trad
group extrordinaire Tradish play a concert.
Their catchy music leaves no one untouched so this evening is highly recommended. It has been a few years since they were here in Gothenburg and played with us so we are thrilled to be hosting them on this weekend. The evening is arranged in cooperation with The House of Win-Win. The event program is scheduled below. More about Tradish, including music and video, can be found on www.tradish.dk
Earlier on Saturday, Tradish will also hold workshops for fiddle, guitar/bouzouki and bodhrán. Registration for the workshops is done via email to (workshop . timsig * se). More info as time and location for the workshops will be posted here as soon as it is available.
____
Read more about TIMSIG: www.timsig.se
Read more about House of Win-Win: www.win-win.se
____
PROGRAM
======
14:00 - 16:00 Workshops (Pre booked only)
18:00 - Entré (150:-)
19:00 - 21:00 Konsert
21:00 - late. Session, mingel, party.
Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn!
Their catchy music leaves no one untouched so this evening is highly recommended. It has been a few years since they were here in Gothenburg and played with us so we are thrilled to be hosting them on this weekend. The evening is arranged in cooperation with The House of Win-Win. The event program is scheduled below. More about Tradish, including music and video, can be found on www.tradish.dk
Earlier on Saturday, Tradish will also hold workshops for fiddle, guitar/bouzouki and bodhrán. Registration for the workshops is done via email to (workshop . timsig * se). More info as time and location for the workshops will be posted here as soon as it is available.
____
Read more about TIMSIG: www.timsig.se
Read more about House of Win-Win: www.win-win.se
____
PROGRAM
======
14:00 - 16:00 Workshops (Pre booked only)
18:00 - Entré (150:-)
19:00 - 21:00 Konsert
21:00 - late. Session, mingel, party.
Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn!
GIG-Irish film night on Wednesday, May 8th
A Cairde,
At the last GIG meeting on Wednesday, 17th of April, we decided to hold
an Irish film night in the Haket pub on första Långgatan on May
8th. Mícheál has kindly offered to provide a choice of films to choose
from. I have created a doole poll, so that we can choose from 10 films.
If ye could limit your choices to two films so as to make things easier
that would be great.
We
haven't decided yet as to whether show one or two films for the
evening. There was a general feeling in the meeting that one film may be
too short whereas two may be slightly too long. We could show a
childrens movie prior to the main showing to accommodate families, or we
could show a short movie prior also. Suggestions are welcome (there is a
comments section in the doodle for any suggestions)
The below link is where your voices can be heard.
Looking forward to seeing you there,
Slán
Are ya coming to the GIG tomorra?
Gott folk!
Vi ses imorgon kl 19 på Haket for the third meeting of your favourite Irish association here in Göteborg. Since I sent the agenda out to the list last week one development is that there has been some contact with the Irish embassy in Stockholm where they have detailed for us how they can help out. All can be revealed tomorrow. I will print out a few copies of the agenda. As the plan is, after the meeting, we will adjourn
to another room at Haket where the TIMSIG Irish trad music session will be
in full shwing :)
Slán,
Eoin
Vi ses imorgon kl 19 på Haket for the third meeting of your favourite Irish association here in Göteborg. Since I sent the agenda out to the list last week one development is that there has been some contact with the Irish embassy in Stockholm where they have detailed for us how they can help out. All can be revealed tomorrow. I will print out a few copies of the agenda. As the plan is, after the meeting, we will adjourn
to another room at Haket where the TIMSIG Irish trad music session will be
in full shwing :)
Slán,
Eoin
Irish conversation III - comhrá Gaeilge na Goteborge a trí
Hi all those not facebooking,
Our next session to practice speaking your Irish is coming up again. This time we have changed the venue to the Dubliners on Järntorget at 17:30, this Thursday 18th. Just to show why alot of us Irish at any rate, need to start practicing our Irish have a look at this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Our next session to practice speaking your Irish is coming up again. This time we have changed the venue to the Dubliners on Järntorget at 17:30, this Thursday 18th. Just to show why alot of us Irish at any rate, need to start practicing our Irish have a look at this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
GIG Meeting Wednesday week 17th April
Hello all,
attached is an agenda for the next GIG meeting. The items on the agenda
should be self explanatory. The meeting is being held in Haket to coincide
with the trad music session there. The idea is that after our meeting we
can hang out at the session. The meeting will be in the cellar bar, while
the session is in the side bar. That session is organised by TIMSIG and you
will smile when you see what that stands for. If GIG is to have legal status as a society in Sweden, we can learn a lot from TIMSIG about how
to do it. For a start we would need a constitution (see examples in minutes)
and then we need a board. See how TIMSIG have a five person board and a few
other roles as well. So we would need people who want to take on such roles.
Let me know by Wednesday week if you are or just come to the meeting and
tell us there.
http://www.timsig.se/doc/
See you next wednesday 7pm. Any questions, don't hesitate to email me, or forward this email to others you think are not on the list. I will post to the GIG facebook page too:
https://www.facebook.com/group
Thanks,
Slán,
Eoin
Agenda_GIG_20130417
attached is an agenda for the next GIG meeting. The items on the agenda
should be self explanatory. The meeting is being held in Haket to coincide
with the trad music session there. The idea is that after our meeting we
can hang out at the session. The meeting will be in the cellar bar, while
the session is in the side bar. That session is organised by TIMSIG and you
will smile when you see what that stands for. If GIG is to have legal status as a society in Sweden, we can learn a lot from TIMSIG about how
to do it. For a start we would need a constitution (see examples in minutes)
and then we need a board. See how TIMSIG have a five person board and a few
other roles as well. So we would need people who want to take on such roles.
Let me know by Wednesday week if you are or just come to the meeting and
tell us there.
http://www.timsig.se/doc/
See you next wednesday 7pm. Any questions, don't hesitate to email me, or forward this email to others you think are not on the list. I will post to the GIG facebook page too:
https://www.facebook.com/group
Thanks,
Slán,
Eoin
Agenda_GIG_20130417
Irish conversation session II - comhrá Gaeilge na Goteborge a dó
Hi All!
This is just a reminder and to let those who aren't on facebook know
that we're going to have another evening of Fika and Irish chat at
språkcaféet. It will take place this Thursday, 21st of march at
17:30. Last months went really well so if you weren't there you are
more than welcome to come and try your hand some conversational Irish!
Fáilte romhat!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~¨
Dia do gach duine!
Nach bhfuil mé ábalta ag dul go dtí språkcaféet sa Deardaoin!
Is mise le meas,
Delia
This is just a reminder and to let those who aren't on facebook know
that we're going to have another evening of Fika and Irish chat at
språkcaféet. It will take place this Thursday, 21st of march at
17:30. Last months went really well so if you weren't there you are
more than welcome to come and try your hand some conversational Irish!
Fáilte romhat!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~¨
Dia do gach duine!
Nach bhfuil mé ábalta ag dul go dtí språkcaféet sa Deardaoin!
Is mise le meas,
Delia
St Patricks Day event
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just
a quick note to cordially invite you, your loved ones and friends to an
evening of trad music, dancing and Irish fare at the Portugeese Social
Club, Jättestensgatan 9 1 tr, 418 72 Göteborg Friday 15th of March.
Fun filled and easy going is the general ideal.
The evening is from 7 till late.
A rough outline for the evening is as follows:
7-9
arrival, then arrangement/serving of food ( If we have any real
fooodies out there dont be shy and bring one of yer creations along and
add to our mini banquet)
After
the food is finished at 9 we shall then embark on an evening of
shenanigans that will hopefully make you laugh, feel warmly sentimental,
start jigging and allow ourselves to be unashamedly tinted green.
Tickets
are priced at 100 sek and covers all the evenings goings on. Please
feel free to contact Kevin Higgins 0768778861, Billy Finn 0723704037,
Paul Curley 0702679305 regarding tickets. Proceeds go to Gothenborg GAA
Club.
Everyone is very welcome.
Is mise le meas
Kevin Higgins
Gothenborg Gaa
Dear all,
Excuse me, I forgot to say that entrance for students or without a wage is 50 sek for the St Pats evening event.
Best
Best
Kevin Higgins
Gothenborg Gaa
Bus to Stockholm to support Ireland vs Sweden in March.
There is one place left on the bus to Stockholm for the Ireland-Sweden match on March 22nd.
I'll fix tickets, a place on the bus up and down from Göteborg, and a spot in the hostel for the Friday night.
The first person to drop me a SMS at 070-2679305 with their official passport name and passport number will get the place.
C'mon the boys in green,
//P.
Comhrá - Irish conversation evening - språkcafeet Thursday 21st Feb
Hi!
Just sending out this for those who havent got facebook!
To all out there who want to converse in Irish (Gaeilge) We now have
an Irish language evening in språkcafeet in Gothenburg! The concept is
simple, a group sit around over fika and try their best to chat in
Irish.
The first evening will be Thursday the 21st of February, 17:30 and
will be co-ordinated by John McBride. John is a long time resident of
Gothenburg and is a language teacher and fluent speaker of Irish from
a Gealtacht in Donegal. You do not need to be fluent to come along, we
expect and want a wide range of levels from fluent to those who
haven't spoken Irish in ages or even those who are curious about the
language.
Fáilte romhat!
Just sending out this for those who havent got facebook!
To all out there who want to converse in Irish (Gaeilge) We now have
an Irish language evening in språkcafeet in Gothenburg! The concept is
simple, a group sit around over fika and try their best to chat in
Irish.
The first evening will be Thursday the 21st of February, 17:30 and
will be co-ordinated by John McBride. John is a long time resident of
Gothenburg and is a language teacher and fluent speaker of Irish from
a Gealtacht in Donegal. You do not need to be fluent to come along, we
expect and want a wide range of levels from fluent to those who
haven't spoken Irish in ages or even those who are curious about the
language.
Fáilte romhat!
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Gig meeting agenda
Hej!
Attached is a proposed agenda for the next gig meeting on the 31st of this month. Hope you can make it! It´s on the 31st as the 6th feb is too close to the proposed Irish day on feb 10th which is itself a first event for GIG!
Let me know if you anything else you want to bring up or change. Otherwise see ya 7pm there and I will post the agenda on the fb page on tuesday or so. Hope you are getting the emails to the list. If not send an email to:
gothenburg-irish-group+subscri
Slán,
Eoin
Attached is a proposed agenda for the next gig meeting on the 31st of this month. Hope you can make it! It´s on the 31st as the 6th feb is too close to the proposed Irish day on feb 10th which is itself a first event for GIG!
Let me know if you anything else you want to bring up or change. Otherwise see ya 7pm there and I will post the agenda on the fb page on tuesday or so. Hope you are getting the emails to the list. If not send an email to:
gothenburg-irish-group+subscri
Slán,
Eoin
The next GIG :)
Hej allihopa :)
I am writing to see what dates suit ye for a next meeting. I propose either Thursday 31st jan or Wednesday 6th Feb - at Haket in the celler there. Thursday seems to work well for people or did last time, while if we did it on the Wed we could hang out at the trad session after (See timsig.se). A rough agenda of things to follw up on and discuss are:
- An "Irish" day around one of the six nations rugby matches. Cormac suggested that the match against England on sunday 10th Feb would be a good one to watch. The idea from the last meeting was to start the day with the full Irish or brunch, watch the match and then do something
else after. Damian in the dubs said he could fix the full Irish anyway.
All up for discussion :)
- A bus and tickets to the Ireland Sweden soccer match in Stockholm on 22nd March. Nothing has been done on this so all up for discussion :)
- Ciorcail Comhrá gaeilge sa språkcafé ar esperantoplats. John and Damian are totally behind this so should be straightforward to arrange. Joe and myself can report on this.
- A premises for GIG. Barry and Peter were on to this.
- the facebook page, email list and webpage. Niall has been working on this.
- Setting up GIG as a föreningen (formal society with a skattenummer). Kevin, Patrick and Vince were on to this.
- St. Patricks Day party (and fundraiser for GAA). All up for discussion :)
- any other business. Mail me if ya want to bring up something else.
Mail me which of the dates suits ye. Then I will put together a proper agenda and send back to you and on the fb page too. I am just mailing those who were at the last meeting or showed an interest to get a date first.
Just a few intersting things from the facebookpage in case you didn´t see:
- Mark Whale was looking for people to go rock climbing with at Klatterlabbet
- Both David Burke and Cormac gave links to job vacencies in their repective software companies
Anyway If we manage half of that we will be doing well ;)
Vi hörs :)
Eoin
I am writing to see what dates suit ye for a next meeting. I propose either Thursday 31st jan or Wednesday 6th Feb - at Haket in the celler there. Thursday seems to work well for people or did last time, while if we did it on the Wed we could hang out at the trad session after (See timsig.se). A rough agenda of things to follw up on and discuss are:
- An "Irish" day around one of the six nations rugby matches. Cormac suggested that the match against England on sunday 10th Feb would be a good one to watch. The idea from the last meeting was to start the day with the full Irish or brunch, watch the match and then do something
else after. Damian in the dubs said he could fix the full Irish anyway.
All up for discussion :)
- A bus and tickets to the Ireland Sweden soccer match in Stockholm on 22nd March. Nothing has been done on this so all up for discussion :)
- Ciorcail Comhrá gaeilge sa språkcafé ar esperantoplats. John and Damian are totally behind this so should be straightforward to arrange. Joe and myself can report on this.
- A premises for GIG. Barry and Peter were on to this.
- the facebook page, email list and webpage. Niall has been working on this.
- Setting up GIG as a föreningen (formal society with a skattenummer). Kevin, Patrick and Vince were on to this.
- St. Patricks Day party (and fundraiser for GAA). All up for discussion :)
- any other business. Mail me if ya want to bring up something else.
Mail me which of the dates suits ye. Then I will put together a proper agenda and send back to you and on the fb page too. I am just mailing those who were at the last meeting or showed an interest to get a date first.
Just a few intersting things from the facebookpage in case you didn´t see:
- Mark Whale was looking for people to go rock climbing with at Klatterlabbet
- Both David Burke and Cormac gave links to job vacencies in their repective software companies
Anyway If we manage half of that we will be doing well ;)
Vi hörs :)
Eoin
The GIG is on!
Hello all!
Well the GIG is certainly on. Paul Curley has set up a facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/groups
and the mighty Niall O´Connor has set up an email list and a website/blogg:
https://groups.google.com/foru
http://gothenburgirishgroup.bl
If you have not signed up to the email list you should only get this email once from me. I am sending direct to the email addresses I have too as a reminder about the email list. Forward please to any people whom you think may be interested too.
I am sending, well I won´t call it a newsletter, but it is a summary of the posts on the facebook page since it started. GIG could have a monthly summary like this. Does not take long to put together.
GIG Summary December 2012
*Trad session tonight Tuesday at Haket. Last of the year: http://www.timsig.se
*Driving home for Christmas - well kinda
John McNally is driving up to Rygge airport for the direct flight to Dublin on the 23rd and driving back to Göteborg on the 27th. He is offering a lift for anyone who wants to share the "peteril" costs.
Stina Nypon is driving up to Rygge on the 21st for the same reason.
* Proinsias Roche is dj'ing in Rödasten on friday evening, the 21st, for the end of the world party there: http://www.facebook.com/collid
*GAA training on this saturday 22nd at 15.30 at Vahamra Stativshall in Partille: Contact Billy Finn Boston Irish folk / pogues inspired Dropkick Murphys play Gothenburg on 24th January!
http://www.eventim.se/dropkick
*Radio Andra - new great indie and alternative music station with in between banter all in English broadcast from Göteborg. There are links on their facebook site to online listening or catch them on FM 103.1. Website: www.radioandra.se Twitter: https://twitter.com/radioandra iPhone App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap
http://www.facebook.com/radioa
* Seven of us had good craic at the last TIMSIG session in Haket on 8th december!
*and last but not least a parody on the Irish abroad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
So sign up to the email list, forward this mail to others, and vi hörs in Jan/Feb for more of this :)
God jul,
Eoin
Well the GIG is certainly on. Paul Curley has set up a facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/groups
and the mighty Niall O´Connor has set up an email list and a website/blogg:
https://groups.google.com/foru
http://gothenburgirishgroup.bl
If you have not signed up to the email list you should only get this email once from me. I am sending direct to the email addresses I have too as a reminder about the email list. Forward please to any people whom you think may be interested too.
I am sending, well I won´t call it a newsletter, but it is a summary of the posts on the facebook page since it started. GIG could have a monthly summary like this. Does not take long to put together.
GIG Summary December 2012
*Trad session tonight Tuesday at Haket. Last of the year: http://www.timsig.se
*Driving home for Christmas - well kinda
John McNally is driving up to Rygge airport for the direct flight to Dublin on the 23rd and driving back to Göteborg on the 27th. He is offering a lift for anyone who wants to share the "peteril" costs.
Stina Nypon is driving up to Rygge on the 21st for the same reason.
* Proinsias Roche is dj'ing in Rödasten on friday evening, the 21st, for the end of the world party there: http://www.facebook.com/collid
*GAA training on this saturday 22nd at 15.30 at Vahamra Stativshall in Partille: Contact Billy Finn Boston Irish folk / pogues inspired Dropkick Murphys play Gothenburg on 24th January!
http://www.eventim.se/dropkick
*Radio Andra - new great indie and alternative music station with in between banter all in English broadcast from Göteborg. There are links on their facebook site to online listening or catch them on FM 103.1. Website: www.radioandra.se Twitter: https://twitter.com/radioandra iPhone App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap
http://www.facebook.com/radioa
* Seven of us had good craic at the last TIMSIG session in Haket on 8th december!
*and last but not least a parody on the Irish abroad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
So sign up to the email list, forward this mail to others, and vi hörs in Jan/Feb for more of this :)
God jul,
Eoin
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