CICBA's December 2025 Newsletter - published on November 30, 2025 Click the image of the Newsletter to read the entire issue.

Chip sits in his creative loft at home in Tuchoměřice William F. Doehring III (a.k.a. “Chip”), tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m a baby-boomer born in 1964, and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and except for some holidays and U.S. Army camps and schools, I remained a resident Baltimorian until I was 22 years old. In classic American fashion, my ancestry on my mother’s side is Irish, my father’s side being German. While attending the Maryland Institute College of Art (

John McCollum's Sausage Rolls with redcurrants pictured - a delicious Christmassy treat! Sausage Rolls Sausage rolls are great finger food - so perfect for the Christmas period.  Usually they are made with sausage meat which you buy direct from your local butcher.  As that’s a bit harder here (though you could just buy the sausages and remove the filling from the casings) an easy alternative is to make your own sausage meat. Ingredients Pastry (homemade as per link or store b

The triskelion on a standing stone at Newgrange George Russell , an Irish poet and artist who went by the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.) wrote, in 1897 – The Dream of Angus Oge . It included this passage - ‘ As he spoke he paused before a great mound grown over with trees, and around it silver clear in the moonlight were immense stones piled, the remains of an original circle, and there was a dark, low, narrow entrance leading within -  He took Con by the hand and in

Marta Širůčková (CIBCA Hon. Secretary), James Porter (CIBCA President) and Vilma Janoušková (ACORUS Director) On November 20, CIBCA visited the premises of ACORUS to learn more about the work done by this longtime charity partner of CIBCA which assists victims of domestioc violence. In their own words, ACORUS outlines their activities below [in English and Czech ]. ACORUS is a support centre for women, men, and children affected by domestic violence. Since 1997, our mission

Dancers at the CIBCA 30th Birthday Party provided an amazing show. On November 5, CIBCA held its 30th Birthday Party in McCarthys Bar . More than sixty guests gathered to enjoy freshly poured pints, tasty snacks and to listen to fond memories. As they approached McCarthy's, they were greeted (from far-off) by the sound of piper Chip Doehring playing a welcome on the pipes. The evening was officiated by the Ambassador of Ireland to the Czech Republic - His Excellency Alan Gibb

CICBA's November 2025 Newsletter - published on October 31, 2025 Click the image of the Newsletter to read the entire issue.

John McCollum pictured in his kitchen in the process of making Potato Farls - a delicious savoury treat! An essential part of any Irish or Ulster fry , this is a simple versatile recipe traditionally made from left over mashed potatoes, requiring just potatoes, flour, butter and salt. Fun fact - the word farl comes from the Gaelic fardel meaning quarter. Ingredients. All amounts are estimates and can be adjusted to taste – so for example if you are using left over mashed po

Off duty - Marie Gavláková relaxes with a Guinness outside The Three Fiddles Marie, can you tell us something about yourself? I'm a twenty-three-year-old medical student from Prague, currently in my fifth year at the Second Faculty of Medicine, and in less than two years I hope to become a qualified doctor. But at the same time, a big part of me is an Irish dancer and manager of the Irish dance group Rinceoirí , which is by the way the oldest Irish Dance group in the Czech R

Halloween - or Samhain. Where did the traditional celebration originate? Oíche Shamhna, 31 October 2025 The Wild Geese Historical Society has been asked to investigate the origins of the feast of Halloween, which will be celebrated around the world on 31 October. Americans, of course(!) think they invented it but the real origins are surprisingly much older than when Irish emigrants brought the celebration with them during the 18th and 19th centuries. But how far back do you

The six-nation Inter-Celtic Flag - certainly more legible than its cousin, the eight-nation one. Regular readers of the newsletter will remember last month’s article, ‘ The Inter-Celtic Flag ’ based on the eight nations version of the flag.  The six nations of Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall as well as Galicia and Asturias - two regions in North West Spain. However, ‘no language, no nation!’  is a short but pithy saying in each of the six Celti

Starting from October 23 , 2025 Aer Lingus will fly direct to Cork from Prague, twice a week . This route has been reinstated after a break of 17 years, and will operate on Thursdays and Sundays using an Airbus A320 (174 seats). In addition to the new route, the existing Dublin service will also remain in the winter flight schedule. Click to book your flight now! About Cork Airport Cork Airport is the Gateway to the South of Ireland, and as the second largest and best-con