HK/Macau Irish Fest

Our 'Ding Ding' is an amazing way to travel around HK but @cathaypacific will bring you straight to Dublin. Wow!

Come to join us next Sunday everyone! The Irish Village ☘️☘️ Date: 17th of March, 2019 Place: Tamar Park Time: 2-8pm Let’s celebrate this wonderful festival together! 🎉🎉

William Butler Yeats or W.B. Yeats is one of the three Irish Nobel Laureates for Literature. The central theme in Yeats' poems is Ireland, its history and folklore. William Butler Yeats或W.B. 葉芝是三位愛爾蘭諾貝爾文學獎獲得者之一。 葉芝詩歌的中心主題是愛爾蘭，其歷史和民俗。

Do you like oysters? Ireland is known all around the world for the excellent oysters that come from the pristine Irish waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Ireland 🇨🇮hosts the oldest Oyster festival every September (the ‘Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival’ #oyster

The Irish are famous for their humour and comedians. One of the largest International Comedy Festivals takes place in Ireland; the ‘Cat Laughs Comedy Festival’. 愛爾蘭人以幽默和喜劇演員而聞名。 最大的國際喜劇節之一在愛爾蘭舉行; '貓笑喜劇節'。 #comedyfestival

There are several Irish dancing schools in Hong Kong so feel free to sign up or come to one of their céilí’s (dances) if you are interested in trying it for yourself! 香港亦有愛爾蘭舞蹈學校，如果大家有興趣可以參與一下。

Riverdance is a show that originated in Ireland and is based on Irish traditional dancing. You can watch a sample here. youtube.com/watch?v=HgGAzB… Riverdance是愛爾蘭傳統舞蹈。你可以按這裡看看: youtube.com/watch?v=HgGAzB…

Have you ever heard of Riverdance? 你知道Riverdance嗎?

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Uilleann piping was inscribed in 2017 as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is a musical instrument which uses a particular type of bagpipe to play Irish music. You can listen to some Uilleann piping in the link: youtube.com/watch?v=Zu-IGC… #Irishheritage

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=TEAbWr… (Source: Youtube) Photo source: joe.ie #Irishculture #gaelicfootball

愛爾蘭足球是愛爾蘭人其中一種喜愛的運動，它就像是足球和欖球的混合體。兩隊各有15名球員，他們把球踢進或打進對方的龍門，便得到三分，或中龍門上的兩支柱(2.5米以上)，便可得一分。香港亦有一隊名為the Hong Kong Dragons的愛爾蘭足球隊。 facebook.com/hkdragonsfootb…

They score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team’s goal (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar 2.5 meter (8.2 ft) above the ground (1 point).Hong Kong has a gaelic football team called the Hong Kong Dragons.

Gaelic football is one of the sports Irish people love to play. The sport is like a hybrid of soccer and rugby. Both teams have 15 people on each side.

Last week we’ve talked about the traditional Irish music. Today, we’ve chosen a more contemporary song. You may know 🇨🇮Irishman Niall Horan from ‘One Direction’. 🏞The video for ‘This Town’ features drawings from Mullingar his hometown in County Westmeath, Ireland #NiallHoran

如果你想在星期五晚輕鬆一下，你可能會對位於尖沙咀的Delaney’s Kowloon Irish Bar感興趣。這是香港五間最好的愛爾蘭餐廳其中之一。你可以吃到着名愛爾蘭菜式「Cead Míle Fáilte」，最重要的是，他們的愛爾蘭菜大獲好評，有機會一定要試試！

If you want to relax a little on a Friday night, you may want to go to Delaney’s Kowloon Irish Bar in Tsim Sha Tsui. You will receive the famous Irish ‘Cead Míle Fáilte’ (a hundred thousand welcomes) there. Do go try it! Photo from Delaney’s Bar website delaneys.com.hk/contact-us/

His beautifully unique work was inspired by both his Chinese heritage and Celtic symbols of Ireland. 他獨特的作品靈感源自他的中國傳統和凱爾特人的文化。 Photo from Vogue

John Rocha was born in Hong Kong but came to the fore as a designer while living in Ireland. 如約翰·羅查（John Rocha）出生於香港，在愛爾蘭居住時作為設計師。

The creative landscape of Ireland has helped inspire many fashion designers such as the wonderful John Rocha. 充滿創意的愛爾蘭景色激發了許多時裝設計師。

Irish Culture Showcase: Traditional Irish Music There are a lot of types of Irish music. Let us show you what traditional Irish music is like as performed by Flook. youtube.com/watch?v=WSqbba… 愛爾蘭音樂有很多種，讓我們為你介紹一下傳統愛爾蘭音樂