Greetings! Beanachtaí!
What a long, long summer this has been! But we are finally heading into the fall of 2022. We’ve taken much longer to put our schedule together than in previous years. We appreciate your patience. The AIA Directors have been discussing the best and safest ways to continue to offer our programming going forward. In that regard, a questionnaire was submitted by email to the membership over the summer asking what people felt should be our course going forward. The result is to resume in-person events with important precautions.
Our first welcoming event will be Sunday, September 18th at 2 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 121 North Pleasant St. Entitled “An Irish Hooley,” members of our own Le Chéile will once again be on hand to deliver a rocking return to live events! There will be music, song and hopefully some long-overdue craic! Most importantly, there will be tea and scones once again with plenty of time to catch up on these last 2 years with other members.
As far as health precautions are concerned, mask wearing is recommended (except for presenters while speaking), vaccinations are also urged but will not be checked, windows will be opened for room ventilation and responsible social distancing is encouraged. If at all in doubt, we would suggest each member place your own personal safety first, especially concerning the wearing of masks. Mask wearing will be optional during tea and scones.
Our in-person events will be videotaped and subsequently posted to YouTube as we have done in the past. If CDC guidelines change over the course of the next few months, we may once again be forced to switch back to Zoom. We are certainly hoping that won’t be the case.
You can find our new event flyer below or you can download it here: /files/Amherst_Irish_Association_2022-2023.pdf.
Should anyone have any questions regarding any upcoming events, please feel free to email amherstirishassociation@gmail.com.
We hope that you will once again be able to join us as we resume in-person events that celebrate Irish history, culture and heritage. Stay well and we hope to see you soon!
The AIA Directors
AIA Program Series 2022-2023
You can download the flyer by choosing this link.
A statement from the Directors of the Amherst Irish Association
You can download the flyer by choosing this link.
