PolskaÉire 2015

To champion the diversity that Polish people bring to Ireland, PolskaÉire 2015 has been established as a nationwide festival to coincide with the UEFA Republic of Ireland vs. Poland qualifier on the 29th of March.

This initiative is led by the Minister of State for New Communities, Culture and Equality, Aodhán Ó Rí­ordáin T.D. (Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Department of Justice and Equality), the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin and the Football Association of Ireland. The festival is supported by Dublin City Council and other local authorities, along with many Polish organisations and cultural, community and sporting groups across the country.

You can download the full programme through the following links:

https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/poland/news-and-events/2015/polskaeirefestivalireland21-29march2015/

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/WP15000051

 

Dom Polski has a  full programme of events as well, see flier below. Of particular interest is the talk by eminent linguistics professor Jan Miodek. If anyone would like to read some poetry in Polish, or would otherwise like to be involved in the evening on 21 March, please email
joannajamie@gmail.com

To conclude PolskaÉire, the Lighthouse Cinema runs a Polish film festival from 30 March. It is not billed as such on their website, but you can find the relevant films here:
http://www.lighthousecinema.ie/index.php?sDate=all  

Unrelated, but also of potential interest is the Silk Road Festival, 18-22 March 2015.
http://silkroadfilmfestival.com/