Mungret GAA Hall in Co Limerick was transformed on Saturday 13 December when Kenyans living all over Ireland joined with their African and European friends and locals to celebrate Kenyan Indepen-dence Day.
The event – opened by Limerick County cathaoirleach John Gallahue along with deputy head of the Kenyan Mission in Dublin, Richard Lemoshira – brought a burst of colour to the GAA club, the room decked with Kenyan flags and the women dressed elegantly in the traditional costumes of their homeland.
Jacqueline Kennedy, Cather-ine Mahora, Virginia Wachi and Cecilia, who organised the evening, worked hard in the kitchen and served up a feast of traditional Kenyan dishes such as kikoy, kitenge and leso, which left a contented gathering – including people from Poland, Botswana, Congo and Iraq – nourished to enjoy the party late into the evening.
This was the final event of the Living in Limerick series supported by Doras Luimni and funded by the Community Foundation of Ireland under the theme ‘We are many cultures in one home.’
The series, which celebrated multinational and multicultural Limerick, culminated in an intercultural night at Limerick City Hall on Thursday 18 December to commemorate Solidarity with Migrants Day. This event was hosted by the Limerick City and County Integration Group and funded by the Office of the Minister for Integration, the Community Foundation of Ireland, Citizens Information Board and Doras Luimni.
