Inis Oirr

Inis Oirr will be playing for the Official Visit of the President of Ireland to the UAE on February 4th.The reception, to be held at the Emirates Palace, will be attended by Sheikhs, Ambassadors, Irish business representatives and the Irish community living in the UAE.

The Irish community in the UAE and Abu Dhabi Irish Society is delighted and honored to welcome Her Excellency Mary McAleese, Uachtarán na hÉireann (President of Ireland), to Abu Dhabi next week. Following her visit to Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical University in Bahrain, Mrs McAleese will meet Irish residents and friends in the UAE at a reception hosted by Ambassador Tom Russell in the Emirates Palace hotel on February 4th, 2009 from 19:00 to 21:00.

(Quote from Abu Dhabi Irish Society Website)

Watch out for Inis Oirr in the Irish Village, Dubai and The Club, Abu Dhabi over the next few weeks.

• Inis Oirr are playing after the Dinner Theatre (pdf)  organised by the Abu Dhabi Irish Society in The Club on the 5th Feb from 11.15pm – 12.30am.
• The band are booked for 4 nights in the Irish Village, Dubai from the 14th-17th March.
• The band are playing at the cocktail reception for the St Patrick’s Day Ball  organised by the Abu Dhabi Irish society in the Crowne Plaza on 19th March from 7pm-8.30pm.
• Inis Oirr are booked in the Club bar on 19th March from 9.30-12.30am and there will be a guest appearance by one of Ireland’s best button accordion players, Bobby Gardiner.