the chinese community in ireland
The Chinese community in Ireland is one of the longest established migrant groups in the country and have been living in Ireland in significant numbers since the 1950s. It is estimated that in 1986 there were 1,000 Chinese people in Ireland while that number today stands at approximately 60,000, possibly the largest minority ethnic community in the country. There are hundreds of Chinese restaurants in Ireland, as well as dozens of Chinese cultural, sports and community organisations, and even a Chinese language newspaper.
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Dublin City Council has run a very successful Dublin Chinese New Year Festival (DCNYF) in recent years and are committed to celebrating Sino-Irish relations and showcasing Chinese culture and heritage to a new and wider audience and supporting integration. The 2010 DCNYF Festival celebrated the year of the Tiger in the 4708th year of the Chinese calendar. |
Useful Links
| Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ireland (Dublin) http://ie.china-embassy.org/eng |
| Chinese New Year in Dublin www.dublin.ie/cny |