GREEK LANGUAGE WORLD DAY 2024

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Our school participated with great joy in the events for the World Day of the Greek Language, celebrated on February 9th. This year, the festive celebration was dedicated specifically to the first Greek Nobel laureate, Giorgos Seferis. Students of all ages from our school presented poems and songs by the esteemed Greek poet. The Ambassador of Greece, Mrs. Magdalini Nikolaou, and the Ambassador of Cyprus, Mr. Louis Telemachou, honoured us with their presence at the event.

The Greek School of Ireland celebrated the International Greek Language Day, 9th February 2023, with students of all ages in the presence of parents, teachers and the Greek Ambassador Mrs Nikolaou. 

Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα Ιρλανδίας, με αφορμή την παγκόσμια μέρα Ελληνικής γλώσσας εγκαινίασε την σειρά ανάγνωσης του Οδυσσέα του James Joyce και την διδασκαλία της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας με τα Ελληνικά που έμαθε ο Τζόις. H εκδήλωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 9 Φεβρουαρίου στο Sweny’s Pharmacy.

On the occasion of Culture night 2020, the Hellenic Community of Ireland is presenting two on-line events:

Thermopylae and Salamina
At 6:00 pm please follow the link

 https://www.facebook.com/helleniccommunityofireland/posts/656105228633679

Students of Greek School of Ireland are reading poems on the 2.500 from the famous battles in Thermopylae and Salamina in 480 BC

Melina Mercouri’s Songs
At 7:30pm please follow the link 

https://www.facebook.com/helleniccommunityofireland/posts/656111198633082 to celebrate Melina Mercouri’s 100th birth anniversary. 

Greek music performed by Iordanis Sidiropoulos. Iordanis is a young Greek compser/song writer and performer that lives in Ireland since 2017. Iordanis is going to play Melina’s songs as well as some of his own compositions.

 ‘Try a new language’

 ‘Try a new language’ event on Culture Night.  Greek will be taught at the following times – 7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm and 8.30pm.

https://ec.europa.eu/ireland/events/online-try-a-new-language-a-european-commission-languages-connect-culture-night-event_en
Please pre -book to participate to the Greek language event where the Greek language is being tought for the first time on culture night! 

Ulysses of Dublin
To celebrate Bloomsday on 16 June 2020, the Hellenic Community of Ireland is presenting “Ulysses of Dublin” online.

Paddy Sammon will talk about the Greek influences on Joyce’s Ulysses.

Fran O’Rourke will discuss James Joyce’s relationship with music and present some of the songs the writer loved and incorporated into his writings.

Polymnia Drakopoulou will present an extract from The Sirens, the most musical episode of Joyce’s Ulysses.

The event will be in the Greek language

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Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα Ιρλανδίας
στηρίζει ως χορηγός το 4ο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου που διεξάγεται στο Δουβλίνο από τις 18 έως τις  21 Οκτωβρίου και προωθεί στα μέλη και τους φίλους της,το αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα του Φεστιβάλ.

The 4th Dublin Greek Film Festival will kick off with the pre – festival screening of the movie ‘While You Live, Shine’ (2017) directed by Paul Duane. This mesmerising film uses its swirling music & beautifully choreographed camerawork to delve into the human need for communal experience through music and dance, as shown in the ancient ‘panegyri’ of Epirus in Northern Greece, a three-day festival of ecstatic music & dancing. The screening will take place at Chester Beatty on Saturday October 13 at 6pm followed by Q&A with Paul Duane and a wine reception sponsored by Gaia Wines. There is a limited number of tickets available for the Chester Beatty Members; please book here. 

Dear members and friends of the Hellenic Community of Ireland,

We are pleased to invite you to the Culture Night 2018 event “Aesop’s fables”, which will take place on Friday 21 Sep 2018 at Gutter Bookshop, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, from 5 pm till 5:45pm, where stories from this great storyteller will be read. This event is an initiative of Dr Franchesca De La Morgia, Mother Tongues Director, and Ms Aimee van Wylick, Culture Night National Coordinator.

We will have the opportunity to enjoy our teachers Xanthi Bakoyanni, Vassiliki Ploumbi, and Paddy Sammon reading stories in Greek (modern and ancient!) and more.

We would like to thank Mother Tongues and Culture Night, whom our Community is supporting, and also Mr Robert Johnston of Gutter Bookshop, for making this event possible.
Relevant links:
https://mothertongues.ie/events/culture-night-2018
https://culturenight.ie/event/the-gutter-bookshop
http://gutterbookshop.com/events.html

Author: Damian Mac Con Uladh