Status
Status: Probably activeThe Federation is the umbrella body that coordinates Irish-Argentine societies across the country. In 2012 President Higgins, speaking at the Fahy Club in Buenos Aires, described it as based at that club, named José Brendan Wallace as its president and mentioned a 41st Encuentro Nacional Argentino Irlandés planned for Venado Tuerto. A business registry lists it as an active federation with a legal address on Riobamba street and a constitution date of 31 August 1961, though that registry page was seen only as a search summary.
The community's annual gathering, the Encuentro, continues: Ireland's Embassy and an Irish association in Rosario co-led the 2023 edition under the Emigrant Support Programme, and the 2024 programme funded an Embassy project called "Annual meeting of Irish associations". The Federation itself does not appear in the 2024 or 2025 payment lists, so its current status is probable rather than proved. No member list, current officers or recent Encuentro host towns were found.
Published sources give different versions. Here is each one with its source, and the wording we use.
The Federation's name
Federación de Sociedades Argentino Irlandesas
Source: indicadores.ar, business registry entry for the Federación de Sociedades Argentino Irlandesas (search summary; page not opened), 11 October 2026(opens in a new tab)Federation of Argentine Irish Societies
Source: president.ie, Remarks by President Michael D. Higgins at the Fahy Club, Buenos Aires (2012; search summary, page returned 403), 2012(opens in a new tab)Argentine Federation of Irish Associations
Source: SILAS, Dictionary of Irish Latin American Biography: John Grehan (Cané, pub. 1 Dec 2003), 1 December 2003(opens in a new tab)We say: Use the registry name, Federación de Sociedades Argentino Irlandesas
Usually around 1 October 2027; this year's date is not yet announced.
Rotating host town
The annual gathering of Irish-Argentine societies, held in spring (October to December) in a different host town each year: the Hurling Club in 2015 and Rosario in 2023, when the Embassy of Ireland and an Irish association in Rosario co-led it. The 2024 to 2026 hosts and dates were not found.
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