GFS - Ireland

GFS - Ireland GFS is a Church of Ireland youth organisation active in 80 branches throughout Ireland.

The Girls’ Friendly Society was founded in London in 1875 by an Irishwoman – Mrs Elizabeth Townsend to provide support and skills training for girls who came from the country to work in the city. It was a society for friendship and recreation in which all girls might share, bound together in a fellowship of Christian love and service. The movement spread rapidly all over England and came to Irelan

d in 1877 and also to America and Australia about the same time. The Girls’ Friendly Society is the oldest Church of Ireland organisation for girls and women. Now over 135 years later our Society has broadened its scope and offers an even wider appeal. The motto, purpose and prayer has not changed down the years but one generation after another has found fresh inspiration in it. Today the Girls Friendly Society is active in eighty branches throughout Ireland, a wide spectrum of interest is covered in the badge syllabus, which includes a study of the natural world, the community and the church, handcrafts and skills, information technology, sports and outdoor pursuits, as well as participating in fund raising to demonstrate our will to help others, both locally and globally.

11/07/2026

GFS World Council 2026 Day 9

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Tune into the closing ceremony for World Council 2026 in Colombo at 5.30am Irish time.🌎Missed it? Click the link the wat...
09/07/2026

Tune into the closing ceremony for World Council 2026 in Colombo at 5.30am Irish time.🌎

Missed it? Click the link the watch it back after!

At Cathedral of Living SavioColombo, Sri lanka

GFS World Council 2026🌎Take a look at some more photos of our brilliant time in Sri Lanka so far!🥳GFS World
06/07/2026

GFS World Council 2026🌎

Take a look at some more photos of our brilliant time in Sri Lanka so far!🥳

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06/07/2026

World Council 2026 Day 5

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04/07/2026

GFS World Council Day 3!

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GFS World Council 2026We are having a great time in Sri Lanka during World Council. It is great reuniting with old frien...
03/07/2026

GFS World Council 2026

We are having a great time in Sri Lanka during World Council. It is great reuniting with old friends and meeting some new too! Take a look at some photos of our time so far!

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05/04/2026

Happy Easter everyone! 🌼🐣

Today we celebrate a very special and happy day—Jesus is alive! ✝️💛
Easter reminds us that love is stronger than anything, and that God is always with us.

We hope your day is filled with joy, laughter, and maybe even a few Easter eggs too! 🐰🥚

Read a special Easter greeting from our Central President, Myra Moody, on the GFS Ireland website now: https://www.girls...
03/04/2026

Read a special Easter greeting from our Central President, Myra Moody, on the GFS Ireland website now: https://www.girlsfriendlysociety.ie/easter-greetings-from-central-president/ 🌱

“Let us give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from the dead. This fills us with living hope.” Peter 1:3

Dear GFS Members, “What we start with hope, will blossom and expand with love” Easter is often seen as a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. New life is […]

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