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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 6h

🔥 Kíla are BACK in Liverpool next Friday! After 8 years away, the Dublin seven-piece return for an intimate show packed with uilleann pipes, fiddle, bodhrán, brass, guitar, Gaeilge and more. 🗓 8pm, 16 Oct 📍 Philharmonic Music Room 🎟 £32 / £30 conc - last few tickets available!

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🎶 Round off the official #LIF2026 dates with Emmy Award-winning five-piece The Shamrocks. Expect harmony-led Irish songs, multi-instrumental musicianship and favourites including Danny Boy, The Wild Rover and Whiskey in the Jar. 🗓 26 Oct, 7.30pm 📍 Philharmonic Hall 🎟 £22–£43, booking required ⬇️

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🤝In 1847, the Choctaw Nation donated money to help people starving in Ireland, just 16 years after beginning their own forced removal. Shared Lands, a project and now a lecture, explores the connected histories of famine, displacement, food and survival. 📅 26 Oct, 6pm ⬇️ Booking required via link

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🎃 Celebrate Samhain with Comhaltas and Armagh Rhymers! Expect music, games, dancing, costumes and spooky fun. Children aged 4–12 particularly welcome - and everyone from 13–113 can join in! 🗓 4pm, 25 Oct 📍 Liverpool Irish Centre 🎟 Free, just turn up #LIF2026

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🕯️ Join us at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church for a service marking the Great Hunger of 1845–1852 and its legacy in Liverpool and beyond. There will be speeches, performances, a minute’s silence and shared singing. 🗓 1pm, 25 Oct 🎟 Free, donations welcome #LIF2026

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🕊️ Opening this Saturday, 3 October: The St Brigid’s Arms A fictional pub created by and for women of Irish heritage across the North of England. Explore art, music, dance and personal stories of migration, identity and belonging. 📍 October - April 2027, VG&M 🎟 Free #LIF2026

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🕯️ Join Liverpool Irish Festival for our annual An Gorta Mór Vigil. Starting at Clarence Dock, where Irish Famine migrants arrived, we’ll walk to the Great Hunger Commemoration Memorial at St Luke’s. 🗓 10am, Sun 25 Oct 🎟 Free, donations welcome #LIF2026 #LivIrishFest #IAmHere #AnGortaMor

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚶 Take a deeper dive into Liverpool’s Irish Famine history with John Maguire. This two-hour walk explores Famine Trail sites including Clarence Dock, where more than 1.8m Irish Famine migrants entered Liverpool. 🗓 2pm, 24 Oct 🎟 Free, donations welcome

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎸Celtic punk comes to Liverpool! The Phogues bring the songs of Shane MacGowan and The Pogues to Liverpool Irish Centre, celebrating 40 years since Red Roses for Me. 🗓 8pm, 24 Oct 📍 Liverpool Irish Centre 🎟 £15, booking required

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎻 One last tune? The second #LIF2026 seisiún at Peter Kavanagh’s is your chance to bring an instrument, bring your voice or simply settle in for an evening of Irish traditional music. 📅 9.30pm–late, Fri 23 Oct 📍 Peter Kavanagh’s 🎟️ Free, just turn up! #LivIrishFest #Trad

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🕊️ This Thursday, Greg Quiery launches The Lost Streets of Scotland Road, exploring the streets, characters and stories of Liverpool’s Irish community. 📍 Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council 🗓 6pm, 24 Sept 🎟 Free, booking required

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎶 Celebrating 25 years on the road, Téada bring their vibrant take on Irish traditional music to Liverpool. The Sligo-based ensemble have played major festivals around the world - now it's our turn. 📅 7pm, Fri 23 Oct 📍 Philharmonic Music Room 🎟️ £22/£18 conc, book below ⬇️

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

✨ Opening next week: In the Window at Bluecoat Display Centre. Irish makers Adam Frew and Maureen Lynch bring together clay and silver in this free exhibition. 🗓 from 10am daily, 1–31 Oct 📍 Bluecoat Display Centre #LIF2026 #IAmHere

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🍀 Join us for another chance to explore The St Brigid’s Arms and hear from the people behind this unique exhibition celebrating Irish women's stories. 📅 Thurs 22 Oct, 11am 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free #LIF2026 #IAmHere @irishinstitute.bsky.social www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/the-s...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎭 What if listening could change everything? The Great Indaba explores the little-known story of Nelson Mandela’s role in bringing Northern Irish political leaders together in South Africa in 1997. 📅 2pm, Fri 23 Oct 📍 Museum of Liverpool 🎟️ Free, book via the link below ⬇️

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

💚 What does it mean to arrive, to belong and to say: I am here? Over 50 musicians and dancers from across Merseyside come together at Sefton Park Palm House for a spectacular evening of Irish music and dance. 📅 Thurs 22 Oct, 7pm 📍 Sefton Park Palm House 🎟️ From £5 #LIF2026 #IAmHere

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

💚 Join us as we remember Tony Birtill - a much-loved member of Liverpool's Irish community. This annual memorial marks the anniversary of his passing and celebrates his extraordinary contribution to Irish life in Liverpool. 📅 7pm, Tues 20 Oct 📍 Liverpool Irish Centre 🎟️ Free

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📰 The Choctaw Gift and the Power of Recognition 🍀 Our latest blog explores the Shared Lands project and the enduring connection between Choctaw and Irish communities — through famine, solidarity, recognition and shared history. 🔽 Read: liverpoolirishfestival.com/choctaw-gift... #LIF2026 #IAmHere

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🍀 Step inside The St Brigid’s Arms and discover the stories of Irish women across generations. Follow the exhibition tour, with a Q&A exploring the project and the importance of preserving these stories. 📅 11am, Tues 20 Oct 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/the-s...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📚 Discover the remarkable life of Eva Gore-Booth - poet, activist, pacifist, champion of Irish independence and pioneering thinker on gender and sexuality. Professor Sonja Tiernan explores her life and legacy. 📅 6pm, Mon 19 Oct 📍 The Black-E 🎟️ Free www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/sonja...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚶 Discover the Irish connections woven through Hope Street and Rodney Street. Researched by Greg Quiery, led by historian John Maguire, this two-hour walk reveals the characters and stories behind Liverpool's historic streets. 📅 3pm, Sun 18 Oct 📍 St Luke’s Bombed Out Church 🎟️ £15/£12 conc

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📚 Who will take home this year's John McGahern Annual Book Prize? Now in its seventh year, the £5,000 award celebrates the best debut work of fiction by an Irish writer. 📅 2.30pm, Sun 18 Oct 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free, booking required www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/john-... #LIF2026 #IAmHere

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📚 Discover the life of one of Ireland's great writers. Professor Frank Shovlin discusses his new authorised biography of John McGahern, drawn from more than two decades of research. 📅 11.30am, Sun 18 Oct 📍 VG&M 🎟️ £8/free students #LIF2026 www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/frank...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

⚽ Ireland, Liverpool and a lifetime of football memories. Geraldine Moloney Judge's one-woman play explores Ireland's World Cup journeys, Liverpool's football history, Hillsborough, racism, sexism and the ties between Liverpool and Ireland. 📅 7pm, Wed 21 Oct 📍 Hope Street Theatre 🎟️ £15/£12

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚶 Explore one of Liverpool's most famous Irish neighbourhoods. Discover St Anthony's Church, the Scottie Press and The Rotunda's history display on this guided tour of Scotland Road. 📅 10am, Sun 18 Oct 📍 Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council 🎟️ £20/£15 conc www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/scotl...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📰 180 years on: Coranna... versus the Horsemen of the Apocalypse 🏇 Our latest #LIF2026 article takes us back to 1846 and the remarkable story of George Henry Moore and his horse. After winning the Chester Gold Cup, Moore used the winnings to help people affected by An Gorta Mór.

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

💃 A new generation of céilí! Movema and The Saltcutters bring Irish traditional forms together with multiple-heritage perspectives, live music and dances. No partner or experience needed. 📅 7–11pm, Sat 17 Oct 📍 St Bride’s Church 🎟️ £20 #LIF2026 www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/movem...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎭 Two sisters. One family. A lifetime of secrets. High Tea explores love, resentment, memory and reconciliation when two estranged sisters are brought back together. 📅 3pm, Sat 17 Oct 📍 Liverpool Irish Centre 🎟️ £10/£8 conc #LIF2026 www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/high-...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🏐 Following our Gaelic Football taster session, young players can get involved in blitz sessions and an underage tournament at Liverpool's only dedicated GAA pitch. 📅 2.30–4pm, Sat 17 Oct 📍 John Mitchel’s GAA pitch 🎟️ Free #LIF2026 www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/gaa-g...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🏐 Ever fancied trying Gaelic Football? Whether you're a seasoned player or have never touched a ball, John Mitchel’s GAA Club welcomes you to give it a go. 📅 1–2.30pm, Sat 17 Oct 📍 John Mitchel’s GAA pitch 🎟️ Free #LIF2026 www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/gaa-g...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📰 Our articles are HERE! 👀 As #LIF2026 gets closer, we’re sharing stories and insights from the artists, creatives and people making this year’s Festival happen. New articles every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 4pm! First up: I AM HERE 💚 Read below ⬇️ #LivIrishFest #IAmHere

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📚 Four events. Four voices. One remarkable day. From creative writing and borders to diaspora identity and punk memoir, #LIF2026 brings a brilliant line-up of writers to Liverpool Central Library. 📅 Sat 17 Oct 🎟️ Free, booking required www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/centr...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎻 Fancy a tune? Join us at Peter Kavanagh’s for the first of two #LIF2026 seisiúns. Bring an instrument, bring your voice or simply come along and listen. 📅 Fri 16 Oct, 9.30pm–late 📍 Peter Kavanagh’s 🎟️ Free, just turn up! #IAmHere

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📚 Three plays. Three evenings. One Dublin trilogy. Jim Stanton returns to explore Sean O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy at the Crown Hotel: 🎭 12 Oct – The Shadow of a Gunman 🎭 2 Nov – Juno and the Paycock 🎭 9 Nov – The Plough and the Stars Free! www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/ocase...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🎶 Eight years since their last Liverpool gig, Kíla are back! The legendary Dublin seven-piece bring their extraordinary mix of Irish traditional music, world rhythms and Gaeilge to the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room. Find out more now ⬇️ www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/kila/ #LIF2026

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Kíla - Liverpool Irish Festival

Dublin collective, Kíla, bring their music to Liverpool's Philharmonic Music Rooms as part of Liverpool Irish Festival 2026.

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🎨 Join Adam Frew and Maureen Lynch for an online conversation about their creative practices and how #LIF2026's theme, I Am Here, finds its way into their work. 📅 Fri 16 Oct, 11am 💻 Online 🎟️ Free/donations welcome www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/frew-...

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🕺 Dance like yourself! Explore sean-nós - Ireland's old-style percussive dance - with live musicians, Maria Malone and fiddle player Mikey Kenney. No experience necessary. 📅 Thurs 15 Oct, 4.30–6pm 📍 Liverpool Irish Centre 🎟️ £15 #LIF2026 #IAmHere www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/sean-...

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Sean-nós dance and music workshop - Liverpool Irish Festival

Learn about Sean-nós, an expressive, holistic dance style, in an inclusive setting with Movema's Maria Malone and Mikey Kenney.

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎨 Irish makers meet at Bluecoat Display Centre. Adam Frew brings porcelain from Co. Derry; Maureen Lynch brings finely crafted jewellery from Dún Laoghaire. 📅 1–31 Oct, during gallery hours 📍 Bluecoat Display Centre 🎟️ Free #LIF2026 #IAmHere

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🎭 What does it mean to make Irish work in Britain today? The Cultural Connectedness Exchange Network brings Irish and Northern Irish artists, creatives and cultural organisations together for a day of sharing, collaboration and conversation. 📅 Thurs 15 Oct, 10am–4pm 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free #LIF2026

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

💚 Step inside The St Brigid’s Arms - a fictional pub created by and for women of Irish heritage in the North of England. Explore stories of migration, identity, belonging and heritage through art, music, dance and more. 📅 From 3 Oct 📍 VG&M 🎟️ Free, during gallery hours #LIF2026

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💚 The Festival begins here! Join us at Liverpool Irish Centre to celebrate the start of #LIF2026, with music, stories and conversation from Enda McCabe. 📅 Wed 14 Oct, 6–9pm 🎟️ Free, book online to secure free drink! www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/festi...

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Festival preview and launch feat. Enda McCabe - Liverpool Irish Festival

Join us for the launch of Liverpool Irish Festival 2026 at Liverpool Irish Centre, with special musical guest, Enda McCabe.

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨 Work for Fréa! Our friends at Fréa are hiring a Head of Fundraising & Development. A great opportunity to join a unique partnership of three Irish charities. We’re proud to work with Fréa through Renewing Roots 💚 👉 www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/fr-a/he... #LivIrishFest

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🫵 Fancy getting involved with #LIF2026? 💚 We’re looking for volunteers to help bring 10 days of Irish arts, culture and community to life! Meet new people, build skills, get behind the scenes & be part of the Festival. 📅 15–25 Oct 📍 Liverpool www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/engage/volun...

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Volunteer - Liverpool Irish Festival

Find out about volunteering with Liverpool Irish Festival; we have two programmes and both can be applied for here.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

.@sonjatiernan.bsky.social’s landmark biography of Irish poet and activist Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) celebrates her life and work, and her significance as an unsung hero of LGBT+ history. Don't miss her talk at @livirishfest.bsky.social this October: www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/sonja...

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Sonja Tiernan: Eva Gore-Booth: Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer - Liverpool Irish Festival

Sonja Tiernan talks about her biography on Eva Gore-Booth, Irish poet and activist of the late 1800s/early 1900s.

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📣 #LIF2026 is here! 💚 This 15–25 October, 50+ artists and organisations come together across Liverpool for ten days of music, theatre, literature, film, heritage, family events, céilís & more. I Am Here. You are welcome here. 💚 🎟️ www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/?utm_... #LivIrishFest

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🌟 Liverpool Irish community champion! Shout‑out to the Liverpool Irish Centre Choir - bringing comfort, connection and the sounds of home. From The Ullaloo on our Famine Trail to Palm House events, they lift our community every time 🎙🏡 #LivIrishFest

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

⛅ Lughnasa - the Gaelic harvest festival honouring Lugh and giving thanks for the season’s abundance. Rooted in traditions of games, racing and old tales of Tailtu across Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Love to all celebrating 🫶 #LivIrishFest #Lughnasa

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Pride 2026! What a weekend with LCR Pride Foundation 🌈💚 Honouring our LGBTQ+ Irish community and celebrating identity, visibility and solidarity. Pride reminds us why saying I Am Here matters. More photos coming soon! #LivIrishFest #IAmHere #LGBTQIA

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🏳️‍🌈 I Am Here! LCR Pride brings a huge celebration to Liverpool this weekend. Liverpool’s Irish communities stand proudly with our Irish LGBTQIA+ members - celebrating identity, solidarity and belonging 🩷 Join us this Saturday to march with Pride. Sign up below ⬇️ prideinliverpool.co.uk

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Liverpool Irish Festival @livirishfest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

👩‍⚕️ Liverpool Irish history spotlight: Kitty Wilkinson 💚 Congratulations to Liverpool John Moores Uni on naming a building after Kitty Wilkinson. Born in Derry, she pioneered public health in Liverpool during the cholera outbreaks of the 1830s, a fitting tribute to an extraordinary Liverpool lady.

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