Asian & Irish Community Connect

01/10/2026

🎉 AICC turns ONE today! 🎉

1 October marks one year of Asian & Irish Community Connect! 🥳

What a year! We came together to connect, collaborate, share, create and learn, building a sustainable sense of belonging while navigating a new land, culture and systems.

From community conversations, cultural celebrations and arts projects to language learning and our first annual conference, this year showed what's possible when we unite.

A huge THANK YOU to our founders, staff, board, volunteers, partners, collaborators, funders, artists, speakers, participants and supporters. None of this happens without you!

This is just the beginning 🚀. Here's to Year Two and more spaces where everyone can connect and belong. 🌱🥂

29/09/2026

Ten weeks ago, a group of learners walked into Liffey College with little or no Irish supported by Conradh na Gaeilge

This week we will wrap up our first course and continue into Level 2!

Read what our learners had to say and see what's coming up this autumn: the Gaelathon 5k, a céilí dance lesson, the Oireachtas in Killarney, and a Gaeltacht trip to Connemara.

Míle buíochas to our múinteoir Emily and to everyone who shared their story.

25/09/2026

🌕 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) is one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese culture. Celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, it is a time for family, reunion, gratitude and sharing.

Traditionally, families come together to enjoy a meal, admire the full moon and share mooncakes, whose round shape symbolises wholeness and reunion.

We may be thousands of miles apart from our families and places we grew up, but we can still look up at the same moon.

As the famous Chinese poem by Su Shi says:
“但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。”
May we all be blessed with longevity, and though miles apart, share the beauty of this moon together.

25/09/2026

Our director, Meishan Zhang, was very pleased to attend the Dublin City Council Culture Company Advisory Board meeting and to learn more about the work behind the Cultural Club activities.

We were particularly impressed by the effort to connect cultural partners with communities that can sometimes be harder to reach, creating more opportunities for people to participate in and experience Dublin’s cultural life.

This is something that really resonates with Asian & Irish Community Connect. We share a similar mission which is to create meaningful opportunities for Asian communities to engage with the wider cultural environment, while also helping Asian artists and creatives connect with broader audiences.

Thank you to Dublin City Council Culture Company for the invitation and for creating this space for dialogue and collaboration.

23/09/2026

Asian & Irish Community Connect was honoured to have been given the opportunity to chair Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)’s Network Meeting today. A big thank you to INAR for bringing organisations together and creating space for connection and collective action.

We’re also very proud of our Board Member Akangshya Bordoloi, who represented AICC and hosted the meeting, with our Director Gonchigkhand Byambaa also joining and contributing to the discussion.

19/09/2026

Travelling to China?

Our Travelling to China course is designed to help you feel more comfortable before you go.

Over 8 practical sessions, we’ll cover things like:

• Getting from the airport to your hotel
• Using maps and navigating around
• Paying and shopping
• Ordering food
• Taking high-speed trains
• Planning your trip
• What to do when things don’t go as planned

No previous Chinese needed, just come along and learn the things you’re likely to actually use while travelling.

Session 1: Arrival, Airport & Hotel

💻 Online via Zoom
📅 Thursday, 8 October
⏰ 7:00–8:30 pm
💶 €4.99 per session

Scan the QR code and book your first session.

Find the booking link in the comments.

Planning your first trip to China? Learn what you actually need to know before you go.

18/09/2026

We're delighted to have received generous support from Conradh na Gaeilge's Céad Míle Fáilte project, which gives us the opportunity to learn Irish and immerse ourselves in its rich culture.

We're excited to share this good news with the wider community and to let you know that our second class will start soon as well. Next time, you can participate in those events too.

Ps: Those events are only for our recent Irish Language students

✅ Interested in learning Irish with us? Fill out the form below to sign up.
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15/09/2026

Asian & Irish Community Connect is delighted to partner with the Céad Míle Fáilte project.

Following the successful first collaboration to create the vibrant Irish language, we are delighted to announce another class.

Conradh na Gaeilge Céad Míle Fáilte project continues to provide fully funded Irish Language classes for our new communities. The classes will be fun, interactive, and relaxed, and will offer an opportunity to socialize with others.
https://ceadmilefailte.ie/

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15/09/2026

This morning Asian & Irish Community Connect attended the Léargas's Adult Education impact report launch.

It was wonderful to hear directly from participants and their stories it's a real reminder of the benefits of lifelong learning.

Thank you to EPALE Ireland and other organizers for sharing this work and for bringing people together to do more.

05/09/2026

Lovely to attend the community networking event organised by Community Foundation Ireland!

It was great to meet so many people doing inspiring work across Ireland, share ideas, and make new connections.

A big thank you to the organisers for bringing everyone together and creating such a welcoming space. 💛