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Extended worship is a period of sitting with and in the divine spirit. In the manner of Early Friends, we gather for a prolonged period of silent reflection and inward searching, usually remaining in waiting worship for about 3 hours, with time at the conclusion for afterthoughts and sharing. An extended Meeting for Worship will be held at

Culture Night is coming up on Friday, September 18. A great variety of cultural events will be held all over Ireland.

Eustace Street Friends Meeting House will be open on Culture Night during 16.30 – 20.30, with an exhibition “Quakers in Dublin: Light, Silence, Peace”. For more information, see

Each year, a fundraising sale in support of IQFA is held in Dublin in December.

This year, the sale will be held on Saturday December 5 at Monkstown Meeting House. For now, mark the date in your calendar, and more information will be posted about this fun and worthwhile event once it is available!

The date of the annual Lecture of the Quaker Historical Committee has been fixed for Wednesday 30 September at 7 o’clock in the National Maritime Museum, Dun Laoghaire. It will be in-person only.

The lecture is entitled ‘Lighting the Sea, the John R Wigham story.’

Jonathan Wigham will speak about his distinguished great-grandfather, John R. Wigham, an engi...

In 1937, the well known American Quaker Rufus M Jones wrote “…I have become a good deal disillusioned over ‘big’ conferences and large gatherings. I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles, in which vital and transformative events take place.”

It is in the spirit of these words that you are invited to set time aside on the third Saturday of each month, wh...