Sample activities
Here are just some of the events that the Society hosted/was involved in in recent years.
For a list of planned events, see the calendar
2017
- Newsletter with news of interest to the Swedish-Irish community (3-4 times/year)
- Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up (monthly)
- Paddies with Prams – coffee mornings for those with mini-members
- St. Patrick’s Parade (Saturday 18 March)
- Performance of "She Stoops to Conquer" by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group (April)
- AGM/årsmöte (May)
- Family Picnic, in conjunction with Stockholm Gaels (summer)
- Annual Crab Lunch (October)
- Hallowe’en Party for children (early November)
- Annual Christmas Party (December)
2016
- Children’s Christmas Party/Julgransplundring (16 January)
- Newsletter with news of interest to the Swedish-Irish community (ca 4 times/year)
- Competitions for tickets to see Tommy Tiernan perform live in Stockholm (February); Dorian Greys porträtt (October)
- Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up (monthly)
- Paddies with Prams – coffee mornings for those with mini-members
- St. Patrick’s Day Parade (19 March)
- Staging of “100″ by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group (23-24 April)
- AGM/årsmöte (May)
- Irish whiskey tasting evening (date to be announced)
- Family Fun Day in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club (6 June)
- Annual Crab Lunch (16 October)
- Hallowe’en Party for children (29 October)
- Hallowe’en film screening (31 October)
- Annual Christmas Party (10 December)
2015
- Kids Christmas Party/Julgransplundring (11 Jan)
- Newsletter with news of interest to the Swedish-Irish community
- Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up
- Paddies with Prams – coffee mornings for those with mini-members
- Competition to win free tickets to see “Lord of the Dance”
- St. Patrick’s Day Parade (15 March)
- Staging of “Another Peace” by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group, 17 & 18 April in Skarpnäck, Stockholm
- AGM/årsmöte
- Family Fun Day in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club
- Annual Crab Party (October)
- Halloween Party for children (October)
- Annual Christmas Party (12 December)
2014
- Kids Christmas Party/Julgransplundring
- St. Patrick’s Day Parade
- Staging of “The Cripple of Inishmaan” by Spuds & Sill, the society’s amateur drama group
- Meet-and-greet at Tommy Tiernan show (including raffling of free tickets for the show)
- Monthly Mingles – informal get-togethers held approx. one evening a month to encourage old and new members to meet up
- Family Fun Day in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club (6th June)
- A competition to win tickets to see international sensation “Riverdance” perform in Stockholm
- A special member’s discount for “RIAN”, a dance performance with Irish connections, in collaboration with Dansens Hus
- Family Fun Day II in collaboration with the Stockholm Gaels GAA club (13th September)
- Annual Crab Party (12th October)
- Spuds & Sill performance at “Samhain Celtic Festival” at Stallet, Stockholm (31st October)
- Halloween Party for children (1st Nov)
- Annual Christmas Party (6th December)