This talk will be given by Carmel O’Neill, an accomplished local historian who has completed much research on the local history of Blessington, Co. Wicklow. The talk will take place at the Coimin Centre in Blessington on March 19 at 7.30pm.
Paul Terrell, the Chairperson of the Blessington History Society, has extended an invitation to Friends to attend this talk free of charge.
You can find more information in this flyer.
Mary Leadbeater (December 1758 – 27 June 1826) was an Irish Quaker author and diarist who lived most of her life in the planned Quaker settlement of Ballitore, County Kildare.
The 200th anniversary of Mary Leadbeater’s death will occur on Saturday the 27th of June 2026. To mark this occasion, the Ballitore Burial Ground Restoration Group will be erecting an information sign indicating the location of Mary Leadbeater’s grave, and is offering local schools and youth organisations an opportunity to join or organise a guided tour of the Burial Ground around the time of the anniversary.
You can find out more in this leaflet.
Fr. David Neuhaus, a South African born Israeli Jesuit, will present the 2026 David Goodbourne Lecture, “Palestine-Israel: A Catholic Perspective”, online on 14 May 2026 during 7.00-9.00pm.
You can register using the link given in this flyer.
Join this online workshop with Revd. Dr. Inderjit Bhogal to learn about
Resources available to support local interchurch groups to promote and celebrate Sanctuary Sunday (liturgy, prayers, material for reflection and action).
What is involved in becoming a Church of Sanctuary
What support and resources are available to guide churches through this journey
How local ecumenical groups can encourage and support member churches considering this commitment.
The workshop will take place on 21 April 2026 10.00-11.30am.
You can find links enabling you to register on this flyer.
Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) is a gathering of young Friends and any young people interested in Quakerism in Ireland aged 14-18 (participants must be known to Quakers and must turn 14 by end of 2026). JYM 2026 will be taking place during 2-6 April 2026 at the Moyallon Centre near Portadown in Northern Ireland.
You can find more information in this JYM2026 flyer.
You can register for JYM2026 using this application and consent form. Note that the deadline is coming up on March 20!
The deadline for onsite accommodation bookings has passed! However, there remain a small number of rooms available. Please email office@quakers.ie if you wish to book one of these rooms. If more Friends wish to book than there are rooms available, preference will be given to those wishing to stay all three nights.
If you requested accommodation at the Dominican Retreat Centre earlier, you should be receiving confirmation of your booking soon (if you haven’t received it already).
The Dalkey Inter-Church Lent Course for 2026, “War and Peace – At Home and Abroad”, opened on the first Tuesday of Lent, March 3. There remain two talks in the course.
March 10, Michael Kirwan SJ of TCD,:
Psychology in Relation to War and Peace
March 24, Tobias Winright of Maynooth and Bridget Nichols of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute:
Just War Theory and Peace-building Work
Both talks will take place at Our Lady’s Hall, 36 Castle St, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin.
All welcome, with refreshments to follow at 9pm.
Free entry, with a collection to cover costs each evening.
Join the European and Midddle Eastern Young Friends for their annual Spring Gathering. This year it will take place in Poland. Registration ends March 7th – you can register using this link.
Witnessing Borders: Faith, Identity and Conscience
Our title for this year’s Spring Gathering is Witnessing Borders: Faith, Identity and Conscience. This title emerged through reflection on the conversations opened by last year’s focus on conflict, integrity, and faith.
We were drawn to borders as a theme as one that could be understood in many contexts: physical and political boundaries, but also social, economic, and spiritual divisions that shape how we see ourselves and one another.
The language of “witnessing” invites us not only to notice borders, but to consider what they demand of our faith and conscience, particularly when borders are upheld through exclusion or violence.
Together, we hope to explore how borders influence identity, how they evolve, and what it means, as a Quaker community that spans borders, to respond to the human cost of their enforcement.
In Friendship,
Spring Gathering Planning Committee
This EMES newsletter (March 4, 2026) includes items on
The subtitle to this day-long Lex Innocentium event is “Ireland’s Place in a Troubled World: Finding a Way Forward”.
The event will take place on Saturday 7th March 2026 during 10.00am-3.30pm at Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street, Dublin 1. Admission is free.
You can find more information, including a programme for the day, in this two-page leaflet.
quakers-in-ireland.ie 
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