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Founded in December 1996, the Irish Canadian Society is a voluntary membership organisation that arranges/supports social, cultural and sports events -- from a Canada Day Picnic -- to a traditional Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner - to trips to Belfast Giants hockey games -- and numerous one-off receptions and events -- to provide opportunities for individual and family fellowship for the Irish Canadian community in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Through such events and this Web site, ICS also promotes awareness of the Irish and Canadian cultures and Irish-Canadian connections, and provides information to help Canadians planning to visit or move to Ireland or Northern Ireland.
ICS members hail from diverse parts of Canada, Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Canadians include students, retirees and everything in between. The Irish members have lived in Canada and/or have relatives there or other Canadian connections. In addition to an Annual Events Calendar, ICS also sponsors one-off projects. A particular source of pride was an ICS colour party, including two Mounties, which appeared in the 2004 Dublin St Patrick's Day parade. ICS's 2005 special project was the refurbishment of the Canada Room at the Glencree Centre for Reconciliation with the assistance of a very generous donation ICS obtained from the Belfast-based Bombardier Aerospace (Northern Ireland) Foundation. For more on Canada's involvement with Glencree see Footprints. ICS also supports activities and events of the Canadian Embassy and Irish-Canadian academic, business, cultural and other groups, including providing on this Web site links to their Web sites. Also provided are links to comprehensive sources of entertainment and other events that might be of interest to both visitors and those resident in Ireland and Northern Ireland. |
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