Friday 12th of March On Friday 12th of March, we will begin by celebrating St. Patrick’s Day Mass with Fr. Anthony Megalan Sellam at 11:00. This will be followed by a music concert performed by Jean and Fiona Kelly, family and guests. Jean and Fiona […]
It’s almost a year since we closed our doors and began working remotely. It’s been a very challenging time for LICC particularly financially in that we have lost about two thirds of our unrestricted income however the combination of the furlough scheme, business grants, bounce bank […]
A chara / Dear friends, We hope you and your family had a restful break. Thank you for all your support in 2020. Though an extremely difficult year for everyone we have been overwhelmed by your support and kind donations. We have built a strong team […]
We will be closing the Centre services from 23rd December until 5th January 2021 for the Christmas Break. On behalf of everyone at the Lewisham Irish Centre we wish you and your family a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.
A small group of elderly Centre users were treated to a fabulous performance by the Kelly Sisters – local residents, volunteers and strong supporters of the Lewisham Irish Centre. The Sisters – Fiona (Flute) and Jean (Harp) – are accomplished and highly sought after classical concert […]
A chara, We hope you are all safe and well. We wanted to give you an update on some of the work we’ve been doing for the local community during this very difficult time. We’ve been overwhelmed with the communities generosity of spirit and resistance and we’re glad […]
Some of you will remember about 10 years ago when many of us got together and knitted a large quilt which we raffled and donated to St. Christopher’s hospice, we would like to begin this project again, this time you will need to knit the squares […]
We visited the Church where my Mother was married;Many years ago.A towering, gloomy placeEmpty and cold inside. I told my daughter a story of that wedding Uncertain to come to the alter,She married a day late;Family and guestsobliged to come back. Red hair spilling from under […]
I watchedas from the dark sweetcrumbling soil rising from his forkappeared potatoeswhite and hard. He dropped them in the bucket.“Take these to your mo’r”.A man of few words. In the kitchen she waswaiting with a boiling pan.A scrub of spuds A sprig of mintand soon their […]
We are planning an online zoom session for Thursday 30th July at 12:00 noon, this will be an opportunity to meet up with some familiar faces from the Centre (the club) and have an opportunity to join in with a yoga and Zumba class. If you […]