We have been in touch with the Embassy of Ireland who have honoured us with their acknowledgement, offering their support and also including a link to the “Irish Society in Uruguay”, namely UruguayIreland.com, on their Embassy’s website.
The Embassy invites us to share with them a contact list of our registered member Irish and Irish descendants in Uruguay. Such list could be useful to evaluate the Irish community in our country and help them when defining strategies, bilateral relationships, etc. and also consider members of this community on events of interest.
No information will be disclosed without prior written authority. For this reason we ask of those interested to be included in this proposal to send an e-mail, duly authorising us to share their contact details registered in Uruguay-Ireland with the Embassy of Ireland.
We appreciate you disseminate this amongst your contacts who might be interested. You should send the e-mail to info@uruguayirlanda.com with the following:

Names:
Surnames:
Irish relationship:
E-mail:

Optional -
Occupation:
Address:
Telephone:

Through this we will have the privilege of starting the first Uruguayan-Irish community officially registered at the Embassy of Ireland.

Rugby Six Nations World Cup 2009 !

21 Mar 2009 - Millenium Stadium, Cardiff - Ireland won 17 - 15 against Wales on the finals of the Six Nations Rugby World Cup. Obtaining the title for the first time in 61 years! The team managed to turn the score from losing 0 - 6 to end up winning with a heroic dropkick from O'Gara.

Over one hundred registered members !

18 months after this project began we are glad to count with over one hundred registered members who have shown their interest in the community. Though slow, this registration is constant and sustained. The specific interests differ but are mainly concentrated in the following topics:

- Search of Irish ancestors and relatives
- Interest in Irish language
- Irish traditions and culture
- Intellectual and commercial exchange

The community is slowly shaping up to what it will look like. We have received several offers to support and continue developing this project which we will happily implement in due course.

We want to highlight that we have received the support from the Embassy of Ireland in Buenos Aires in the name of Ambassador Mrs. Philomena Murnaghan who has shown great interest in the Irish community in Uruguay. The Federación de Sociedades Argentino Irlandesas has also offered their support and experience which they have acquired by coordinating the activities of more than 40 Argentine-Irish Societies. Thank you Messrs. Patricio Sullivan and Dickie McAllister.

Old Christians travel to Ireland !

We greet this interaction amongst both communities very positively.

http://www.skerriesrfc.ie/news_190108_03.html

The Generation Game por David McWilliams

In May 2007, we organised the first “Uruguay-Ireland" gathering at The Shannon Irish Pub in Montevideo. On such occasion we received a team from Tyrone Productions who, together with RTE Television of Ireland, filmed some sequences for a documentary conducted by Irish economist David McWilliams. Towards the end of the same year “The Generation Game” book and video were issued with material David and the team of Tyrone Productions had collected from their travels to various corners of the planet including their visit to Uruguay.

You can access an internet version on the following link:

17 March is the National celebration of Ireland Saint Patron's Day. As well as in Ireland itself it is a popular celebration in the main cities all around the world and here in Montevideo it has become a popular celebration the last few years. It is also celebrated in some places other than our capital city with Irish style dance and music. On St. Patrick’s Day it is a tradition to wear something green and the Saint’s symbol: the shamrock. The shamrock was used by St. Patrick to represent the Holy Trinity in his Christianising mission of the Irish Celts. He was the first Christian Church Bishop in Ireland for some thirty years. After retiring he died in Ireland on a 17 March around the year 460. You can read more in the "Tradition" section.