Long time supporter of Aisling, Deirde O’Callaghan, who supplied many of the photographs on this website, has a new project – THE DRUM THING – which is a fascinating look at the world of some of world’s greatest drummers – great candid photographs as well as insightful interviews. More info on Kickstarter
News
Kairos Community Trust reports on the work of the Aisling project
For one Kairos man, this was his first trip home in sobriety. “It was a momentous visit for him,” says John Glynn, the Aisling outreach worker who led the trip. “It had been many years since he had visited Ireland sober. We enabled him to travel by train to see his mum in the north-west… Read More
Aisling at Glastonbury
Aisling will be 20 next year and for most of that time we have been working with the Workers Beer Co. (WBC) through the summer at music festivals around the country raising money for the charity. How it works is: WBC has contracts for many of the biggest festivals in the country and other events… Read More
Suitcase of Paper
Hello there My name is Jennifer Byrne and I am a folk singer/songwriter fromWexford,Ireland. I just wanted to make contact to share some personal news with you at Aisling. I have been interested and moved by the stories on your website for a very long time now. As a student in North London, I met many… Read More
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
Aisling volunteer models the latest in Eurovision wear
Peter Doyle, long time Aisling client and volunteer is pictured here wearing the famous showbiz jacket worn by Fr. Dick Byrne in the Song for Europe episode of Fr. Ted. The jacket was successfully bidded for on Ebay by a Ted fan from Cork and the sum made up to £1,000 by Jimmy Mulville co-founder… Read More
Father Ted Charity Auction
Hat Trick Productions who are the producers of the Father Ted television series have very generously donated to us a rare and wonderful piece of memorabilia from the award winning show. This is your opportunity to own a piece of tv history. The Aisling Project is delighted to be able to offer at auction the… Read More
New Film – Men Of Arlington
Alex McDonnell comments on the new film featuring the homeless Irishmen in what was once Europe’s largest hostel, Arlington House, in London’s trendy Camden Town. The Men of Arlington (BBC Northern Ireland) Dir: Enda Hughes Men Of Arlington had its first screening in a very appropriate venue on 27 January, the Big House itself, although… Read More
Remembering Arlington Exiles
Arlington House is a large hostel for single men in Camden Town. It has been home to many thousands of workers, poets and visionaries over the 105 years of its long history. Among those who have spent the night under its Victorian gothic roof are George Orwell, Brendan Behan, Ho Chi Min and Patrick Kavanagh… Read More
As Arlington House gets a revamp, Aisling gets mentioned in The Economist
“JOSEPH STALIN stayed in a Rowton House in 1907. Jack London and George Orwell both wrote of these workingmen’s hostels. Arlington House, the last and the biggest of them, was built by the philanthropist Lord Rowton in Camden in 1905, and has been home to more Irish labourers than any other building outside the Emerald Isle, an Irish charity… Read More