Delighted to welcome Bernard Hensey as our new Honorary Consul in Seattle. A superb addition to Team Ireland in the Western USA.

The Consulate General of Ireland in San Francisco, whose consular region extends to Washington State, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Bernard Hensey as Ireland’s Honorary Consul in Seattle.

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Millions of Famine Irish emigrated to America as refugees and built a better life and made America stronger. Hundreds buried here in St Mary’s cemetery Oakland CA. ⁦Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco⁩ ⁦Global Irish ☘⁩ ⁦Glucksman Ireland House NYU⁩

Calling all South Bay Irish passport holders! Need help to renew or apply for your Irish passport? IIPC & @irelandinsf teams will be at IDA West Coast USA, 800 W El Camino Real, #450, Mountain View.on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. Book at linktr.ee/sfiipc

Join us and IIPC in Mountain View for assistance on your Irish passport application

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Join us and IIPC in Mountain View for assistance on your Irish passport application

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Great to join our EU colleagues also based in San Francisco for a productive and insightful meeting with San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.

Looking forward to collaborating further on crisis management and response, to best support all 🇪🇺 citizens in San Francisco in the case of an emergency.

Thrilled to host EU High Rep Josep Borrell Fontelles & Jovita Neliupšienė at Ireland/Europe House! A productive CG meeting followed by a joyful celebration of #EuropeDay with friends. Great work by Gerard de Graaf since opening their office. Strengthening ties & celebrating unity! 🇪🇺🇮🇪 🇺🇸 #EUintheUS

An inspiring inaugural Irish Roundtable, where tech leaders converged at Stanford University Faculty Club to share insights and explore future collaborations. 👏 Irish Echo and also thank you to all those who so supported and so meaningfully participated

Lefty O’Doul is now a member of the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame! His induction was presented by IABS member Paul Cunnie and overseen by Consul General Micheál Smith. The induction was accepted by Lefty O’Doul’s cousin, Tom O’Doul. ☘️⚾️

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The SFGiants lead in the bottom of the third of #IrishHeritageNight

At close of inaugural #IrishRoundtable in Valley bringing tech leaders from Ireland together with Irish American AI experts at Stanford University were Micheál Smith CG of Ireland in San Fran, Andrea Haughian of sponsor Invest Northern Ireland - Americas Harley Semple of Options in NYC & Seamus McAteer

CG Smith and the astonishing Pat Kinevane after last night's performance 'KING', Pat's acclaimed solo work. Get your tickets at sfiaf.org and see further KING tour information at fishamble.com
#SFIAF #KING #PatKinevane #Origin1stIrish

Great to be at this event today at @stanford, which is all about linking experts from across Ireland and Silicon Valley to discuss ever-evolving impacts of artificial intelligence.

organized by the wonderful Aisling Events Máirtín Ó Muilleoir

A full house at the Stanford Faculty Club for a round table forum on AI and Ireland. ⁦Bay Area Council⁩ ⁦Máirtín Ó Muilleoir⁩ ⁦Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco⁩

My deep thanks to Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco, Norah Piehl, and @bookshopwestportal (and everyone who attended!), for a generous and wonderful evening.

We were delighted to host an author reading with Irish author @EthelRohan for her new novel SING, I. In conversation with Litquake executive director Norah Piehl, she read a section of the book and discussed how her own personal story informed her characterization of Ester

ONE WEEK AWAY to IRISH HERITAGE NIGHT at the SFGiants on Friday, May 10!
Tickets are selling fast in our Club Left Field ($42) & Lower Box Left Field ($36) sections.
Get yours at linktr.ee/sfiipc
#sfiipc #sfgiants ⚾️ #IrishCommunity

Stellar lineup Sonoma Valley Authors Festival at the w/e included @amytan Doris Kearns Goodwin #colmtóibín with his much-anticipated #longisland sequel to #brooklyn . And a fab fireside poetry session with Jeffrey Brown. Don’t fret, he’ll be back 5/5 Union for International #CancerControl and 5/7 Kepler's Books Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco Ethel Rohan 🟧 🇵🇸#BLM #USCagesChildren #CreidimÍ

And that's a wrap on IAWF 2024! But wait there's more: SAVE THE DATES! Irish Arts & Writers Festival 2025
March 28-30 Presidio Theatre San Francisco — see you then!
Culture_Ireland Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco @diopleon Narrative 4 emer martin 🍉 🍉 🍉 Consul General Micheál Smith