Join us to celebrate Bloomsday in Oslo
18th June 2024 from 17:30
Café MIR, Toftes gate 69
From 17.30
Register here: Bloomsday Oslo 2024 Tickets, Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite
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Singing workshop
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Let’s Sing workshop: This is a social event where you can learn some basic Irish language words and join the choir in learning a new Sean Nos song. You’ll have the opportunity to perform it at a concert with Aoife Ní Fhearraigh at Féile Oslo in August, if you’re interested!
Venue: Posten building, Biskop Gunnerus’ gate 14A. 3. Stage, Innovation Hub.
Time & Date: 12:00 – 16:00, Saturday 13th April 2024.
Organised by: Mná Oslo Irish Choir
When you arrive: Sign in at Posten building reception & we will bring you up to the training area
12:00 – 13:00 Lunchtime – Sandwiches, scones, cake and drinks (water, saft, tea/coffe) will be provided. Bring your own lunch if you have any specialities. 
13:00 – 16:00 Room: Innovation Room
- Learn a “cúpla focal” (a few words) of Irish language to help sing songs in Irish with Gearóid Mac Aodha. You might even earn a Cúpla Focal badge
– 50 min.
- Learn a new Sean Nos song with Cecilie Stensrud as instructor & Brendan Monaghan as musical accomplement. We will all prepare & sing this song at a concert with Aoife Ní Fhearraigh in August ‘24 in Oslo on the first day of Féile Oslo. https://www.feileoslo.com/.
Guest male and female singers are very welcome to join Mná Oslo Irish Choir for this session
Tickets cost 250 kr. Accept this event invite – https://fb.me/1Qwc9pFiKrcnE3X and PM Nollaig McBrien Johansen (95063315) or Annalisa Reuter if you have any questions.
PAYMENT: Please make payment (250kr) to Annalisa to secure your place by Tuesday 9th April ’24 – Vipps to 97764816
PS: It is not a requirement that you can speak any Irish but if you want to sing with us but it’s very helpful if you can sing in tune
3 Days to go !!
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Please join us on Saturday at Jernbanetorget the 16th of March @12:00 for our Annual St Patricks / Paddy’s day parade .
Here is all the info that you need to book your place at the party….
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The Dinner
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So we do not want to keep you in suspense for any longer…..
St Patrick’s Day Parade 2023
Join us for our 21st annual Oslo St Patrick’s Day parade this coming 18th of March. Starting at Jernbanetorget at 1200 sharp, we shall proceed up Karl Johans gate to Universitetsplassen where there will be speeches and entertainment.
Norwegian Irish Society Kids’ Halloween Party 2022
Mass for St Patrick – Friday 18 March 2022
For the first time since 2019, a special Mass for the Feast of St Patrick will be celebrated in St Olav’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Akersveien 1, 0177 Oslo, on Friday 18 March at 1800 hrs. The Mná na hÉireann Choir will sing at the Mass, which will be concelebrated by, among others, the Bishop of Oslo, Msgr Bernt Eidsvig and the two Irish priests in the Oslo Diocese, Fr Rory Mulligan and Fr Joseph Mulvin. The Irish Ambassador HE Keith McBean will also participate.
Everyone is welcome – of all denominations or none! Come for that Irish community feeling, the music, the wonderful singing by the Mná na hEireann choir, and to express our hopes for a better future for the world.
Light refreshments – coffee, tea, home-made cakes and chat – will be served afterwards in St Sunniva Skole, across the road from St Olav’s.
Nora Nordan, Veronica Harrington, Annmarie McDermott More info: Nora Nordan – nora-nor@online.no or send a PM
St Patricks Day Parade 2022
The Norwegian Irish Society is happy to announce that all the neccessary permissions are in place and that there will be a St Patricks Day parade on March the 19th, 2022.
We hope you can join us, for what is sure to be a great day of fellowship and entertainment.
The parade leaves Jernbanetorget at 1200 sharp.
After three long years it will be geat to see you all again.
St Patricks Day Family Dinner 2022
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Booking for this years St Patrick’s Day Family dinner is officially open. See details below. We request that you pre-book by Sunday, March 6th. Make sure to book early as places are limited.
All are welcome. You don’t need to be Irish to party like the Irish 🙂
Date: Saturday, 19th of March 2022.
Venue: Grand Hotel Oslo, Karl Johans gate, 31, 0159 Oslo.
Time: 1400 – 1700.
Food: Buffet.
Prices: Adults – NOK 345, Children – NOK 175 (under 12 years).
Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking. Drinks can be purchased at the bar.
Pre-booking:
Important – We request that you pre-book by March 6th. Bookings after that date will not be accepted due to constrictions imposed by the proprietor of the venue.
To pre-book:
a) Please pay directly into account number 6012.06.32054 (Norwegian Irish Society). In the message field, please write your full name so that we can track the payment easily and give you a hearty welcome when you arrive at the event.
b) Also, please send an email to sales@irishsociety.no to confirm your payment and the names of those you have just paid for. We will need this on the day to ensure that admission runs smoothly. Also for statistical reasons, we ask you to tell us the nationalities of all the members of your party.
This event has been generously sponsored by the Emigrant Support Fund in association with the Embassy of Ireland.
This event is hosted by the Norwegian Irish Society, a not-for-profit organization. All payments made go directly towards covering costs for food, venue and entertainment on the day. Any inquiries to sales@irishsociety.no
After three long years we are looking forward to seeing you there.
