Konkans Ireland

Inception

During the turn of the century, in the early 2000s, there was a steady flow of Indians coming to Ireland mostly into the Health and IT sector. Among them were a few nurses from Mangalore who were brave enough to come to this new land where no one from the community had been before.

Within a few years, there were about 10 to 15 Konkani speaking Mangalorean families all over the country. Initially, they would only meet for birthdays, anniversaries and other functions at each other's homes.

In early 2006, when some of the Mangaloreans met at a private party, the idea of putting together an informal group was born. After a lot of hard work by Mr. Anil D'Souza, Mrs. Arathi Noronha and Mr. Ashok Cutinha in identifying and collecting all Mangaloreans living in Dublin and across the country, a group was finally formed.

The group which called itself Irish Konkans first met for a Christmas party on 16th December 2006 at Riverside Community Hall in Dublin. The first committee was elected on this day and the group was renamed as Konkans Ireland.