Draig Werdd – the Welsh Society in Ireland is an organisation based in the Republic of Ireland whose mission is to raise awareness of Wales and Welsh affairs across Ireland, and to provide a social network for Welsh people living in Ireland.
The organisation consists of individuals from differing national and cultural backgrounds who share the same concerns regarding the promotion of Welsh interests in Ireland, in response to the new era that exists in Welsh political, economic and cultural life following the establishment of the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff.
The gentle hand of understanding
across the water –
the story of our mission;
two hands over two sands
sharing a common kinship.
Two hands clutching quietly,
and two hands
keeping two lands in safety,
the two holding the same truth
on the same horizon, come what may.
Mererid Hopwood, St. David’s, August 2002 (transl.)
Latest news from BBC Wales:
- MP Jamie Wallis 'shared office' with sugar daddy website
- New Welsh prison wanted says Justice Secretary Robert Buckland
- Welsh police forces to bid for additional Tasers
- Horse rescue: Couple's sanctuary on the Gower
- Youth suicide: At-risk in Wales 'falling through gap'
- Conner Marshall: Parents vow to fight on over son's death
- Ex-Dragons player Richard Parks wept in Welsh flag at South Pole
- Knife crime: 'I fear for my son', says brother of stabbed man
- Food hygiene ratings: 'A zero isn't down to paperwork'
- Bryn Terfel's Faenol festival venue could be revived