Mary McNeilly, IYM Recording Clerk
@marymcneilly-iym.bsky.social
Recording Clerk for Quakers in Ireland.
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The impact of #Quaker Meeting for Worship...
A moment that changed me: My unbearable grief kept growing – until I found solace in a silent community | Life and style | The Guardian share.google/pG6rWemq1L9t...
A moment that changed me: My unbearable grief kept growing – until I found solace in a silent community | Life and style | The Guardian share.google/pG6rWemq1L9t...
A moment that changed me: My unbearable grief kept growing – until I found solace in a silent community
After my dad died, I tried to cope by keeping busy: a day job, a side hustle, socialising and working out. But I kept bursting into tears in public. At a Quaker meeting, it was as if someone had turne...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The impact of #Quaker Meeting for Worship...
A moment that changed me: My unbearable grief kept growing – until I found solace in a silent community | Life and style | The Guardian share.google/pG6rWemq1L9t...
A moment that changed me: My unbearable grief kept growing – until I found solace in a silent community | Life and style | The Guardian share.google/pG6rWemq1L9t...
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This Remembrance Day, Dixe Wills reminds us that true peace will be built through bread, not bombs. And that the original understanding of remembrance was that the best way of honouring the dead was to ensure that the Great War was 'the war to end all wars.' 🕊️🕯️👇 www.quaker.org.uk/blog/bread-n...
Bread Not Bombs
Remembrance Day blog looking at how we can bring an end to all wars.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This Remembrance Day, Dixe Wills reminds us that true peace will be built through bread, not bombs. And that the original understanding of remembrance was that the best way of honouring the dead was to ensure that the Great War was 'the war to end all wars.' 🕊️🕯️👇 www.quaker.org.uk/blog/bread-n...
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Denise Gabuzda represented Quakers in Ireland today at the Inauguration of Catherine Connolly.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Denise Gabuzda represented Quakers in Ireland today at the Inauguration of Catherine Connolly.
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This year’s fundraising sale in support of Irish Quaker Faith in Action will take place at 11am-3pm on Saturday 6 December at the Monkstown Meeting House.
More information about how to contribute items for the sale will be distributed in due course.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
More information about how to contribute items for the sale will be distributed in due course.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This year’s fundraising sale in support of Irish Quaker Faith in Action will take place at 11am-3pm on Saturday 6 December at the Monkstown Meeting House.
More information about how to contribute items for the sale will be distributed in due course.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
More information about how to contribute items for the sale will be distributed in due course.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
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Three Irish Friends joined German Yearly Meeting at Quakerhaus in Bad Pyrmont last weekend, at the celebrations for 100 years of German Yearly Meeting. IYM was represented by Andrea Ward (Monkstown) and was joined by Will Haire who was representing FWCC-EMES and Bronwen Haire (South Belfast).
October 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Three Irish Friends joined German Yearly Meeting at Quakerhaus in Bad Pyrmont last weekend, at the celebrations for 100 years of German Yearly Meeting. IYM was represented by Andrea Ward (Monkstown) and was joined by Will Haire who was representing FWCC-EMES and Bronwen Haire (South Belfast).
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Join Eustace Street Friends for testimony from second-generation Hiroshima survivor Kyoko Gibson along with Irish voices on peace and nuclear disarmament. Co-hosted by Afri, Irish CND, and Dublin Quakers. This event is free but you must register at the link below.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Join Eustace Street Friends for testimony from second-generation Hiroshima survivor Kyoko Gibson along with Irish voices on peace and nuclear disarmament. Co-hosted by Afri, Irish CND, and Dublin Quakers. This event is free but you must register at the link below.
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This talk, led by Rob Goodbody, explores the wider Quaker response across Ireland.
Monday 13th October 2025, 8pm Donaghmore Heritage Centre Admission: £5 (or through membership (£20)- Pay at the door. Tea and chat afterwards🔗 Zoom link bookable via EventBrite
This talk, led by Rob Goodbody, explores the wider Quaker response across Ireland.
Monday 13th October 2025, 8pm Donaghmore Heritage Centre Admission: £5 (or through membership (£20)- Pay at the door. Tea and chat afterwards🔗 Zoom link bookable via EventBrite
Quaker Relief During the Great Famine
Quaker relief in the Great Famine: seed, aid, survival. A story of compassion and courage across Ireland with lasting impact.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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This talk, led by Rob Goodbody, explores the wider Quaker response across Ireland.
Monday 13th October 2025, 8pm Donaghmore Heritage Centre Admission: £5 (or through membership (£20)- Pay at the door. Tea and chat afterwards🔗 Zoom link bookable via EventBrite
This talk, led by Rob Goodbody, explores the wider Quaker response across Ireland.
Monday 13th October 2025, 8pm Donaghmore Heritage Centre Admission: £5 (or through membership (£20)- Pay at the door. Tea and chat afterwards🔗 Zoom link bookable via EventBrite
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Belfast will be busy for World Quaker Day this Sunday! Pop along to South Belfast or Frederick Street Meeting to join in the fun, or find an event anywhere in the world: fwcc.world/event/wqd-20...
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #WorldQuakerDay
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #WorldQuakerDay
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Belfast will be busy for World Quaker Day this Sunday! Pop along to South Belfast or Frederick Street Meeting to join in the fun, or find an event anywhere in the world: fwcc.world/event/wqd-20...
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #WorldQuakerDay
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #WorldQuakerDay
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September 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It was a very poignant day yesterday, saying goodbye to my Meeting. As Friends reminded us all... another chapter begins. Delighted to see our resident fox pay us a visit too.
September 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It was a very poignant day yesterday, saying goodbye to my Meeting. As Friends reminded us all... another chapter begins. Delighted to see our resident fox pay us a visit too.
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You may already be aware that the decision has been made to lay down Rathfarnham Preparative Meeting with effect from 30th September 2025.
For further details, visit our website: quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/08/05/f...
#QuakersIreland #Quakers #FaithInAction
For further details, visit our website: quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/08/05/f...
#QuakersIreland #Quakers #FaithInAction
September 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
You may already be aware that the decision has been made to lay down Rathfarnham Preparative Meeting with effect from 30th September 2025.
For further details, visit our website: quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/08/05/f...
#QuakersIreland #Quakers #FaithInAction
For further details, visit our website: quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/08/05/f...
#QuakersIreland #Quakers #FaithInAction
A date for your diary.
Members, Attenders, families and friends are invited to a Dublin Area Quaker Community Summer Social. For more information, visit our website: quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/07/04/d...
#QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #Quakers
#QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #Quakers
July 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A date for your diary.
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You may already be aware that the decision has been made to lay down Rathfarnham Preparative Meeting with effect from 30th September 2025.
Friends are asked to send their memories of Rathfarnham Meeting to rathfarnhammemories@gmail.com. by July 31st.
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Friends are asked to send their memories of Rathfarnham Meeting to rathfarnhammemories@gmail.com. by July 31st.
quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/07/02/r...
Remembering Rathfarnham Meeting (Email deadline July 31, gathering 13th Sept.)
You may already be aware that the decision has been made to lay down Rathfarnham Preparative Meeting with effect from 30th September 2025. Friends are asked to recall their memories of Rathfarnham …
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July 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
You may already be aware that the decision has been made to lay down Rathfarnham Preparative Meeting with effect from 30th September 2025.
Friends are asked to send their memories of Rathfarnham Meeting to rathfarnhammemories@gmail.com. by July 31st.
quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/07/02/r...
Friends are asked to send their memories of Rathfarnham Meeting to rathfarnhammemories@gmail.com. by July 31st.
quakers-in-ireland.ie/2025/07/02/r...
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"There is a lot of despair, but we also heard stories of hope. Amazingly many people do maintain the hope that things will get better – they have to!"
FWCC EMES Executive Secretary Michael Eccles on his recent visit to Ramallah Friends School.
Full article: thefriend.org/article/so-c...
FWCC EMES Executive Secretary Michael Eccles on his recent visit to Ramallah Friends School.
Full article: thefriend.org/article/so-c...
So close: Michael Eccles of FWCC takes a pastoral visit to the Middle East | The Friend
‘People here feel the pain of Gaza.’| The Friend
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June 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"There is a lot of despair, but we also heard stories of hope. Amazingly many people do maintain the hope that things will get better – they have to!"
FWCC EMES Executive Secretary Michael Eccles on his recent visit to Ramallah Friends School.
Full article: thefriend.org/article/so-c...
FWCC EMES Executive Secretary Michael Eccles on his recent visit to Ramallah Friends School.
Full article: thefriend.org/article/so-c...
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Excited to be giving the Backhouse Lecture in Australia next month. Delighted that it already exists in paper form, at the Quaker Bookshop!
Lecture announcement: thefriend.org/article/tim-...
Print copy link: bookshop.quaker.org.uk/the-seed-is-...
Lecture announcement: thefriend.org/article/tim-...
Print copy link: bookshop.quaker.org.uk/the-seed-is-...
June 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Excited to be giving the Backhouse Lecture in Australia next month. Delighted that it already exists in paper form, at the Quaker Bookshop!
Lecture announcement: thefriend.org/article/tim-...
Print copy link: bookshop.quaker.org.uk/the-seed-is-...
Lecture announcement: thefriend.org/article/tim-...
Print copy link: bookshop.quaker.org.uk/the-seed-is-...
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Irish Quakers talk about the spiritual challenges around sustainability, where they find joy in the sustainability journey and what their one wish for change in Ireland would be in relation to sustainability.
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Quakers: The Spiritual Journey of Earthcare
YouTube video by Irish Quakers
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June 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Irish Quakers talk about the spiritual challenges around sustainability, where they find joy in the sustainability journey and what their one wish for change in Ireland would be in relation to sustainability.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Zc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Zc...
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New to Quakers?
Woodbrooke offers courses that cover the basics of Quakerism and many more specific courses on what it means to live the Quaker way.
Quakers are a fluid and open community.
Online worship, like all Quaker worship, is open to anyone.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/worship/new-...
Woodbrooke offers courses that cover the basics of Quakerism and many more specific courses on what it means to live the Quaker way.
Quakers are a fluid and open community.
Online worship, like all Quaker worship, is open to anyone.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/worship/new-...
New to Quakers? - Woodbrooke
Welcome to our website. Woodbrooke has helped people to explore the different aspects of living as a Quaker for over 100 years. We offer introductory
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May 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New to Quakers?
Woodbrooke offers courses that cover the basics of Quakerism and many more specific courses on what it means to live the Quaker way.
Quakers are a fluid and open community.
Online worship, like all Quaker worship, is open to anyone.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/worship/new-...
Woodbrooke offers courses that cover the basics of Quakerism and many more specific courses on what it means to live the Quaker way.
Quakers are a fluid and open community.
Online worship, like all Quaker worship, is open to anyone.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/worship/new-...
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Holding in the Light conscientious objectors around the world today. Your foresight and courage give us hope 🙏🕊️
May 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Holding in the Light conscientious objectors around the world today. Your foresight and courage give us hope 🙏🕊️
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Friends from all Meetings, and their friends, are once again very welcome to join Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee for their Silent Quaker Peace Witness on Saturday May 3rd 2025 from 11.30am to 12.30pm, outside the gates of St Stephen’s Green at the top of Grafton St, Dublin.
See you there!
See you there!
April 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Friends from all Meetings, and their friends, are once again very welcome to join Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee for their Silent Quaker Peace Witness on Saturday May 3rd 2025 from 11.30am to 12.30pm, outside the gates of St Stephen’s Green at the top of Grafton St, Dublin.
See you there!
See you there!
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A quote from Rufus Jones (1863-1948)
Jones was a highly influential American Quaker. He was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee and an instigator of the Quäkerspeisung feeding programme after the First World War.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
Jones was a highly influential American Quaker. He was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee and an instigator of the Quäkerspeisung feeding programme after the First World War.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
April 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A quote from Rufus Jones (1863-1948)
Jones was a highly influential American Quaker. He was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee and an instigator of the Quäkerspeisung feeding programme after the First World War.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
Jones was a highly influential American Quaker. He was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee and an instigator of the Quäkerspeisung feeding programme after the First World War.
#Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction
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Wherever you are in the world, Friends from #IYM2025 send you every good wish!
#QuakersIreland #FaithinAction
#QuakersIreland #FaithinAction
April 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Wherever you are in the world, Friends from #IYM2025 send you every good wish!
#QuakersIreland #FaithinAction
#QuakersIreland #FaithinAction
Greetings from #IYM2025 @ Friends' School Lisburn @quakerireland.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Greetings from #IYM2025 @ Friends' School Lisburn @quakerireland.bsky.social