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John McNichol took a break from his performance at the Southwark Irish Festival, over the weekend, to visit the Carlow stall at Peckham Rye.

We are still running our 100+ club. We now have 11 monthly draws for just £1 per month or £10.00 if paid in advance. 50% of takings go in prizes and 50% goes to our Welfare Fund. You can join at anytime. Just contact our PRO Christine O’Brien or email her to peterobrien35@tiscali.co.uk. If you… Continue reading 100+ Club

Committee members of London’s County Carlow Association will celebrate their upcoming 40th anniversary by organising a 40-mile sponsored walk in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, over the Irish Bank Holiday Weekend of 31st May / 1st June. The County Carlow Association of London will be raising money for the Friends of Calcutta, the humanitarian charity, founded in… Continue reading Carlow Celebrates 40th with 40 Mile Walk

It is with deep regret that we announce the death on 1st May after a short illness at St James’ and St Vincent’s Hospital Dublin of Sr. Pascal Richardson of the Brigidine Convent Tullow. Sr. Paschal (Alice) originally from Togher, Co. Cork was instrumental in producing the Carlow Association Banner that is carried at the… Continue reading Sister Paschal Richardson RIP

24 year old Derek Ryan originally from Garryhill and a regular at our London get-togethers was a hugely popular winner of the Tipperary International Song Of Peace with his song ‘You Give Me Peace’ on 26th April. Hundreds of entries were submitted from International and from home grown sources. The 10 entrants for this year’s… Continue reading Carlow Man Based in London wins Tipperary International Song of Peace

This year’s London Saint Patrick’s Parade (Sunday 16th March 2008) started from Hyde Park Corner at 12 noon passed Piccadilly Circus, Lower Regent Street, Trafalgar Square and finished in Whitehall. The Parade included approx 4,000 participants made up of marching bands colourful costumes, community groups, Irish dancing schools, pageantry and floats with Irish music, costumes… Continue reading London Saint Patrick’s Parade

Carlow Emmigrants still have a spring in their step! The passion felt for Carlow was evident in South London recently when the County Carlow Association London held their Spring event on Friday 29th Feb 2008. Two hundred people danced the night away to the tunes of ‘Cupla’. As the advert said, ‘On tour from Garryhill’,… Continue reading Carlow Dance

Visitors to the London Carlow Association website who use Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) may be experiencing some problems relating to the way the website is displayed. IE7 users users may notice that the boxes that appear on the left and right-hand of the webpage have gaps within them and are also not parallel to one… Continue reading Internet Explorer 7 Users

Our AGM was held on Tuesday 3rd April at The Irish Centre and was very well attended, in fact, the best for some years.  It was great to see so many long standing members turn up and the event proved to be a great opportunity for some of us to catch up with old friends.… Continue reading 2007 AGM Held

The Carlow association helped to celebrate a fantastic 2007 Saint Patrick’s Weekend at the Irish Centre on Sunday 18th March. The mass at the Irish Centre was a wonderful celebration, with a traditional harpist playing and parts of the service in Gaeilge. The Irish Ambassador, Daithi O’Cheallaigh and his wife attended also. John Connolly, Chairman… Continue reading Saint Patricks Parade and Mass