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