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The associations, clubs, schools and societies in both countries, with the date and kind of the last evidence that each is still active. If you know better, tell us.
34 organisations · with the last evidence that each is still active
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34 organisations
Status: ActiveBuenos Aires
The community association that organises the Buenos Aires St Patrick's parade in Plaza San Martín, where the Copa Gran Capitán San Patricio is presented.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Organised the St Patrick's parade in Plaza San Martín, 15 March 2026
Report a changeStatus: ActiveBuenos Aires
A Buenos Aires community club, funded by Ireland's Emigrant Support Programme in 2024 and 2025, that housed the Federation's office in 2012.
Kind: ClubLast evidence: Emigrant Support Programme payment of 4,289 euro, 2025
Report a changeStatus: ActiveMoreno
Founded in 1891 by Irish women to shelter and educate orphans of Irish immigrants after the City of Dresden arrivals; the owner and founder of the Instituto Fahy.
Kind: CharityLast evidence: Its page on the Instituto Fahy website was live, 11 October 2026
Report a changeStatus: ActiveBuenos Aires
The anchor Irish dance school of Buenos Aires, founded in 1979, with classes for all ages, performances and outreach.
Kind: Cultural groupLast evidence: Irish Government page cites 47 years of history, 2026
Report a changeStatus: ActiveSan Isidro
A Gaelic football club and small league in San Isidro, founded in 2017, that hosts the Copa Almirante Brown blitz each November.
Kind: Sports clubLast evidence: Hosted the Copa Almirante Brown with over 150 players, November 2025
Report a changeStatus: ActiveBuenos Aires
Ireland's mission in Argentina, also accredited to Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay: consular help, Emigrant Support Programme grants, Irish Studies, Gaelic games and the St Patrick's reception.
Kind: EmbassyLast evidence: Appointment-only notice published on the Embassy's information page, 5 October 2026
Report a changeStatus: ActiveHurlingham
The Hurlingham sports club that grew from Argentine hurling. Today it plays hockey, rugby and Gaelic football, keeps hurling as heritage and holds a St Patrick's party.
Kind: ClubLast evidence: Ulster GAA coaching visit to the Buenos Aires clubs, reported by GAA.ie, December 2025
Report a changeStatus: ActiveMoreno
A coeducational, full-day Catholic agrarian technical school at Moreno, Buenos Aires province, owned by the Asociación de Señoras de San José.
Kind: SchoolLast evidence: School website live, 11 October 2026
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Status: ActiveBuenos Aires
The Pallottine parish in Belgrano where three priests and two seminarians were killed on 4 July 1976; a memorial Mass is held there each 4 July.
Kind: ParishLast evidence: Memorial Mass for the 50th anniversary of the 1976 killings, 4 July 2026
Report a changeStatus: ActiveMercedes
The local Irish society of Mercedes, Buenos Aires province, funded by Ireland's Emigrant Support Programme in 2025.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Emigrant Support Programme payment of 1,716 euro, 2025
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San Patricio, BelgranoStatus: ActiveBuenos Aires
The religious congregation that runs Parroquia San Patricio in Belgrano and Colegio San Patricio in Mercedes, where its education began in 1887.
Kind: Religious orderLast evidence: Memorial Masses at the Belgrano parish and the Centro de Espiritualidad Palotina, 5 July 2026
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Fr Dillon, founderStatus: ActiveBuenos Aires
The Irish-Argentine community's newspaper, founded on 16 January 1875 and digital since 2020. It marked 150 years in January 2025; its listed websites no longer work.
Kind: NewspaperLast evidence: Copa Gran Capitán San Patricio presented to its director at the St Patrick's parade, 16 March 2025
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Universidad del SalvadorStatus: ActiveBuenos Aires
The Universidad del Salvador's Irish Studies chair and diploma, run by its Escuela de Lenguas Modernas and funded by Ireland's Irish Studies programme in 2024 and 2025.
Kind: OtherLast evidence: Irish Studies payment of 1,667.67 euro from Ireland, 2025
Report a changeStatus: Probably activeMercedes
A Pallottine school in Mercedes, Buenos Aires province, where Pallottine education began in February 1887 in premises first opened by Irish Sisters of Mercy.
Kind: SchoolLast evidence: Emigrant Support Programme payment to a Colegio San Patricio; the town is not stated, 2025
Report a changeStatus: Probably activeBuenos Aires
The umbrella body of Irish-Argentine societies, behind the community's annual Encuentro. Probably active, but not named in the 2024 or 2025 Irish grant lists.
Kind: FederationLast evidence: Embassy-funded annual meeting of Irish associations; the Federation itself not named, 2024
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Status: Probably activeBuenos Aires
A coeducational, Catholic, bilingual school in Caballito, beside Plaza Irlanda, founded in 1899 by the Asociación Católica Irlandesa and declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 2000.
Kind: SchoolLast evidence: Hosted the Embassy's St Patrick's Mass with a visiting Irish minister, March 2024
Report a changeStatus: Probably activeCórdoba
A school of Irish culture in Córdoba whose Celtic Voice choir sang at Bloomsday 2024.
Kind: Cultural groupLast evidence: Its Celtic Voice choir performed at Bloomsday in Córdoba, 16 June 2024
Report a changeStatus: Probably activeCórdoba
An Irish association in Córdoba that took part in the Bloomsday 2024 round table organised with the Embassy of Ireland.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Took part in the Bloomsday in Córdoba round table, 16 June 2024
Report a changeStatus: Probably activeRosario
An Irish association in Rosario that co-led the 2023 Encuentro of Irish-Argentine societies with the Embassy of Ireland. Its formal name and channels were not found.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Listed with the Embassy as co-lead of the 2023 Encuentro Irlandés in the ESP annexes for 2023, 28 May 2024
Report a changeStatus: Probably activeSan Isidro
A family Gaelic games club co-founded in 2018 by families in San Isidro, part of the Cuenca del Plata league and the Admiral Brown Cup.
Kind: Sports clubLast evidence: Described in an undated Irish Government profile that mentions the 2024 Admiral Brown Cup, 2024
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Orphanage, about 1890Status: Needs checkingBuenos Aires
The Irish Catholic Association that continued Father Fahy's work from 1883 and founded Colegio Santa Brígida in 1899. No evidence of current activity was found.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Founded Colegio Santa Brígida, per the city's heritage listing, 1899
Report a changeStatus: Needs checkingArgentina (town not found)
A Catholic association funded by Ireland's Emigrant Support Programme in 2024. Its location, purpose and contacts were not found.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Emigrant Support Programme payment of 4,510 euro, 2024
Report a changeStatus: Needs checkingBuenos Aires
A school in the Irish Christian Brothers tradition that the Irish Government names as an Irish school in Buenos Aires and Westmeath press calls an Irish-founded school still operating.
Kind: SchoolLast evidence: Named in Westmeath press as an Irish-founded school still operating, 6 July 2023
Report a changeStatus: Needs checkingBuenos Aires
The first Comhaltas branch registered in South America, founded in 2007 during the Admiral Brown 150th-anniversary tour. Its current activity is unverified.
Kind: Cultural groupLast evidence: Founding meeting reported on the Comhaltas site (undated page), 2007
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Status: Needs checkingBuenos Aires
The Passionist church in San Cristóbal, a congregation of Irish origin, and the site of the December 1977 abductions of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo founders and two French nuns.
Kind: ParishLast evidence: Described as a working church and school on Wikipedia; no dated primary evidence found, 11 October 2026
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Casa Amarilla, La BocaStatus: Needs checkingBuenos Aires
The institute that keeps Admiral Brown's memory, on the site of his Casa Amarilla house in Buenos Aires.
Kind: Cultural groupLast evidence: Named in a scholarly article as occupying the Casa Amarilla site, September 2001
Report a changeStatus: Needs checkingArgentina (town not found)
An association or trust funded by Ireland's Emigrant Support Programme in 2024. Its location, purpose and contacts were not found.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Emigrant Support Programme payment of 4,537 euro, 2024
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Brown statue, FoxfordStatus: ActiveFoxford
The Foxford, Co. Mayo, society that organises Argentina Day for Admiral Brown's birthday, keeps the Admiral Brown Trail and is planning the 250th anniversary in 2027.
Kind: SocietyLast evidence: Argentina Day in Foxford, previewed in the Connaught Telegraph, 20 June 2026
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Status: ActiveDublin
Argentina's mission in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, covering the whole Republic of Ireland: consular services, the working holiday visa for Irish citizens, and tango and culture listings.
Kind: EmbassyLast evidence: Authorities page updated on the Embassy website, 24 September 2026
Report a changeStatus: ActiveMullingar
A midlands heritage society, founded in Mullingar about 1989, that holds an annual asado near Argentina's Friendship Day and completed an emigration oral history project.
Kind: SocietyLast evidence: Annual asado at Abbeyshrule reported with the Argentine ambassador attending, 3 August 2026
Report a changeStatus: Needs checkingIreland (town not stated)
A group of Argentines living in Ireland, reported as working with the Admiral Brown Society on the Foxford commemorations. Its exact name is unverified.
Kind: AssociationLast evidence: Named in the Connaught Telegraph as joining the Foxford ceremonies, 10 March 2026
Report a changeStatus: Needs checkingDublin
A tango school that ran the Dublin Tango Festival around Culture Night, 19 to 21 September 2025, at the Teachers Club, with a free Culture Night milonga.
Kind: Cultural groupLast evidence: Dublin Tango Festival at the Teachers Club, per a listings site, 21 September 2025
Report a changeStatus: Needs checkingDublin
A tango school at 76 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, listed by the Argentine Embassy, with Sunday lessons, group classes and guided practice, and milongas on special occasions.
Kind: Cultural groupLast evidence: Listing updated on the Argentine Embassy website, 5 October 2025
Report a changeStatus: ActiveOnline (base not stated in sources)
An academic society founded on 1 July 2003 to study Irish–Latin American relations, with President Higgins as patron. Its legacy archive of Irish settlement remains a key source.
Kind: SocietyLast evidence: Archives of Irish Settlement page live, 11 October 2026
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