{"id":454120,"date":"2026-05-18T00:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454120\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T00:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:13:08","slug":"president-connolly-to-meet-irish-communities-during-visit-to-english-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454120\/","title":{"rendered":"President Connolly to meet Irish communities during visit to English cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of Ireland Catherine Connolly will engage with a range of Irish communities during a visit to London and Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>The president is making her first official visit to England since her inauguration in November, when she spoke about her commitment to engaging with the Irish diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Her three-day trip will begin on Monday with a visit to the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, where she will deliver an address as well as meet with those participating in an Irish language class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779060314518_1.jpg--.jpg\" width=\"640\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She will also view musical and dance performances.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish ambassador to Britain Martin Fraser and Deirdre Fraser will host a reception on Monday evening in honour of President Connolly and her husband, Brian McEnery, at the Irish embassy in London.<\/p>\n<p>The visit will continue on Tuesday when the president visits the Chelsea Flower Show and the London Irish Centre in Camden.<\/p>\n<p>It will conclude on Wednesday with visits to Leeds University and the Leeds Irish Centre.<\/p>\n<p>In Leeds, President Connolly will be briefed on the work of the Irish Health Centre there and will also meet representatives of other Irish centres in the region.<\/p>\n<p>It is the third official visit the president has undertaken since commencing her term of office, following visits to Northern Ireland and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President of Ireland Catherine Connolly will engage with a range of Irish communities during a visit to London&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[197091,12630,74122,197092,197093,61,60,197094,32653,197095,42209,197096,197097,99,197098,187165,43,136940],"class_list":["post-454120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-brian-mcenery","tag-camden","tag-chelsea-flower-show","tag-deirdre-fraser","tag-hammersmith","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-cultural-centre","tag-irish-embassy","tag-irish-health-centre","tag-leeds","tag-leeds-irish-centre","tag-leeds-university","tag-london","tag-london-irish-centre","tag-martin-fraser","tag-news","tag-president-catherine-connolly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}