Irish Expats in Cape Town

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Need some useful information on Irish expats moving to or living in Cape Town South Africa? Here it is.

There is a small community of Irish people living in Cape Town, but it is a quite active expat community. So they have their own club in the Mother City.

If you want to celebrate St Patricks Day with your compatriots I hope you booked your place at the annual St Patrick's Day Dinner and Dance which this year will take place at Pigalle Restaurant in Somerset Road, Greenpoint.

Irish Community Meetings in Cape Town:

They organize several activities throughout the year. The annual highlight of the Irish Community is the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Dance.

Become a member and register on their website to join. Or get information under Tel: 021-713 0154 (office hours)

Irish Pubs and Restaurants:

With various activities throughout the week, like pub quiz, sports, poetry evenings, karaoke and live music

38 Hout Street, Corner Burg Street, Cape Town, Tel: 021 424 7453

Nag's Head Country Pub & Restaurant

This family-owned Irish Restaurant is located in Noordhoeks Farm Village at the foot of Chapman's Peak Drive. They serve great country pub style food. We sometimes go there for weekend lunches. We take the kids there too, as there is lots of space to run around outside and a good chldrens park for them to enjoy their time too.

Noordhoek Farm Village, Tel: 021 789 2973

The Dubliner

This is another of Cape Town's Irish expats favorite meeting places. The Dubliner(formerly Kennedy's) is a big Irish pub with live music. They have big screen TVs and show major sports events.

251 Long Street, Cape Town, Tel: 021 424 1212

The Rockin’ Shamrock

39 Loop Street, Corner Strand Street, Tel: 021 421 3071

Embassy of Ireland in Cape Town:

12th floor of the LG Building

1 Thibault Square, Long Street

Cape Town 8000

Tel: 021 419 0636/7, Fax: 021 419 0639

Opening Hours: 8.30am – 1pm Monday to Friday

Irish Charity

With great respect many Capetonians welcome the Irish engagement in the Mother City. Their efforts of raising awareness for the plight of poorest residents in Cape Town are very much appreciated.

So to start this page I want to give you some information on this great initiative: the Niall Mellon Township Trust

Since 2002 when Irish poperty developer Niall Mellon started the uplifting work with his Township Trust (NMTT), every year many Irish volunteers join the building blitz of his house-building charity.

In 2009 over 900 volunteers from Ireland were participating in the house building project in Cape Town after fundraising for their trip back home.

The initiative now provides jobs for over 2,000 local construction workers from disadvantaged backgrounds.

For the Building Blitz 2010 which will take place from 13th until 20th November 2010 once again huge efforts are made to recruit again over 2000 people mainly from Ireland and Europe in this program for which more than 10,000 volonteers already helped.

In 2009 there were more than 3,500 volonteers helping with the building of houses for the disadvantaged communities in Cape Town.

This Irish Charity in Cape Town helped with the building of more than 12,500 houses for the disadvantaged population since the start up of this non profit trust in 2002 and is now the largest NPO in South Africa in the social housing sector.

Read more on how you can help to make a difference

Do you want to know why expats choose Cape Town as their new home? Then you definitely should look at these sections in ExpatCapeTown which are a good introduction for Irish expats:

Why Cape Town

Expats' Lifestyle in Cape Town

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