This year John had arranged for Jim to stay with his sister in Cavan. On our way to the ferry we picked Jim up from his home in a quiet little street in Cricklewood, a nondescript terrace off the main road where all of the traffic in London seems to be ploughing through on its… Read More
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Irish Post Aisling Campaign – Own a Unique Irish Artwork and support a great Irish Charity
See http://www.irishpost.co.uk/index.php/component/content/article/5-stories/396-limited-edition-irish-prints-on-sale-in-aid-of-aisling-charity-appeal Celebrated illustrator David Rooney has donated a limited edition print to the Aisling charity mini-bus fundraising campaign. The resident Irish Post artist has donated this striking but poignant piece, pictured above, from the recent Ardal O’Hanlon guest editor edition to help raise the £28,000 needed for the charity’s Return to Ireland project. There… Read More
Among the Wicklow Hills
We were less than an hour away from Holyhead and in good time to make the ferry. John and Mary and the gang in the other minibus were well behind and would be lucky to get to the ferry on time. These days we only have one minibus and had to borrow another one from… Read More
Aisling Comedy Benefit Night – Sun 12th February 7.30pm – BOOK NOW!
This is the 14th annual charity fundraiser organised by the Aisling Project’s patron Ardal O’Hanlon and Noel Faulkner of the Comedy Café in Shoreditch. Ardal will be the host for the evening with the superb line-up of Ed Byrne, Andrew Maxwell and Ian Stone on hand to provide a great night’s entertainment. Sun 12th Feb… Read More
Race Night – Benefit Event for Aisling
We are having a Fundraising Race evening on Sunday 13thNovember at 4 p.m. at the Sheephaven Bay pub, poster attached. It is £50 to sponsor a race for which you will get good publicity or £10 to sponsor a horse and you will get a bottle of champagne if it wins. If you or anybody… Read More
Here to Clare – Homecomings happy and sad on Ireland’s rockiest shore
We are trying out a new format these days organising more sharply focussed trips which can deliver high impact solutions for our clients in smaller more cohesive groups (as it says here in the new Aisling business plan – ‘Working Together for On-going Solutions in the Next Irish Millennium’). Sorry, but I’ve just been to… Read More
Tricycle Theatre Presents The Absence of Women 13 Sept – 8 Oct
The Absence of Women is a funny and poignant play about the journey of two ordinary and lonely Belfast men. It’s a tale of life and its endless possibilities, missed opportunities and how one man’s choice, in one instant, can alter the path of his life forever. [Based on research in Arlington House] The Absence… Read More
UK Premiere – Men of Arlington, Tricycle Theatre Kilburn, Sept 25th
Awarded Best Irish Documentary by Dublin Film Critics Circle at Dublin International Film Festival 2011. Nominated ‘Best Factual Single’ at Celtic Media Festival 2011. Uk premiere plus Q+A with the Director, Enda Hughes. This powerful documentary tells the story of Arlington House, established in London’s Camden Town in 1905, through the lives of the emigrant… Read More
Water Boys on Tour -Alex McDonnell writes of his and John Glynn’s annual Aisling ‘dry’ trip to Waterford with a group of recovering alcoholic emigrants.
We took a group of water-only boys to Waterford this year for the Tall Ships sailing race. The Waterboys were playing at the festival celebrating the sea and that’s a lot of water under the bridge. Interestingly for the first time since it was built we discovered that there may be a point to the… Read More
United States of Home – Report on Latest Aisling Trip to Donegal
Kieran was adamant that he was not going home to see his family. He was only coming along for a holiday and that was that, even if it was 37 years since he was last home. We picked him up at his house in Cricklewood on the Friday evening on our way to the M1…. Read More