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The Forget Me Nots Choir unites older people with family, friends and neighbours and has a special welcome for those affected by memory loss.

The Forget Me Nots Choir meets in Baldoyle Community Hall every Tuesday from 11am to 12.30pm. It is an inclusive choir that unites older people with family, neighbours and friends, and which is particularly welcoming to those affected by dementia or memory loss. Participants are drawn from the community as well as the HSE Day Care Centres and Alzheimer's Society Social Clubs in the Dublin NorthEast region. The aims of the choir are:

1. To extend access to a quality, professionally managed Arts activity for the continued self-growth and creative enrichment of our members.
2. To promote wellbeing and happiness through song (as gaeilge freisin) and through social inclusion in our community.
3. To record and share any anecdotal or empirical learning we gain regarding the benefits of this project for our members and for the wider community. The choir got its inspiration from The Unforgettables Chorus founded in New York in 2011 by Dr. Mary Mittelman of NYU Langone Medical Centre’s Comprehensive Centre on Brain Aging. Norah Walsh, Musical Director and Emmet O'Connor, Piano Accompanist are both highly distinguished music professionals. The Forget Me Nots is the first choir of its kind in Dublin's Northside and aims to interact with the community to raise awareness about memory loss conditions and our seniors' special place in our community.

04/03/2026

Make a date to join us for an hour of fun and song! St Patrick's Day in our favourite cafe - Insomnia Coffee Company Sutton Cross from 12-1.

03/03/2026

Aga demonstrating how to create sustainable floral showpieces.

Potatoes instead of oasis! Super creative and easy ideas birthdays, weddings, communions or just get-togethers.

A fantastic morning with The Wizard of Creation. ❤️

03/03/2026

A beautiful morning with Aga, showing us how to create sustainable floral showpieces. Absolutely gorgeous smells too . Super creative and easy ideas - thank you Aga ❤

24/02/2026

A video journey of our two-year project - full of joyful moments and happy memories. We hope you enjoy ❤

This video by Michael MacBroom charts the two year collaboration of two dementia inclusive community choirs, North and South of the Border of the island of I...

23/02/2026

22/02/2026

There aren't enough words to do justice to the joy, pride and gratitude we feel for being part of a project for the last two years, co-facilitiated with Community Arts Partnership, Belfast with the 'This is Me' choir and The Music Yard from Larne.

The project, funded and supported by Creative Ireland and supported locally by Fingal County Council culimated in a Gala Concert in historic Stormont yesterday.

We were joined by superb musicians Shane McVicker on piano, Brian Fleming on bodhrán, Richard Aitcheson on fife and lambeg drum and Robert Harvey on flute.

So many fabulous memories and firm friendships made over the two years. Thank you to everyone who made this possible.
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20/02/2026

Huge welcome to our incredible musician friends who will be performing at our Gala Concert tomorrow night in .

Pianist - Shane McVicker, Bodhrán - Brian Fleming, Fife - Richard Aitcheson and Flautist Dr. Robert Harvey - pictured with our own Musical Director, Norah Constance Walsh.

18/02/2026

Practicing for the Gala Concert in on Saturday.

18/02/2026

Our 2-year Shared Island journey with the 'This is Me' inclusive choir from Larne in Northern Ireland will culminate in a Gala Concert in historic Parliament Buildings, Stormont this Saturday, 21st February.

With huge thanks and appreciation for the support of Creative Ireland, supported locally by Creative Fingal, Fingal County Council, our co-facilitators Community Arts Partnership in Belfast and the wonderful The Music Yard in Larne.

08/02/2026

Huge thank you to John Aungier and the staff of the wonderful Oar House Howth for a fantastic night on Thursday for the volunteers of the choir. Suberb food with a warm welcome and there may even have been a song or two! 🎤

30/01/2026

We've been on an incredible 2-year Shared Island journey with a similar inclusive choir 'This is Me' from Larne in Northern Ireland. Funded and supported by Creative Ireland and supported locally by Creative Fingal, Fingal County Council and co-facilitated by Community Arts Partnership in Belfast.

The finale of this journey is a Gala Concert in historic Parliament Buildings, on Saturday, 21st February, to showcase our repertoire and debut a brand new song written by our Choral Director, Norah Constance Walsh, inspired by workshops held on the journey. Registration for this free concert is through the QR code on the poster below.

Heartfelt thanks to our friends in The Music Yard, and Community Arts Partnership and absolutely everyone involved in this project. Setting out, we were excited and hopeful but can say with total honesty, we have been moved and changed by the experience. It has been life-affirming, we have made lasting friendships and it's simply been a privilege every step of the way.

Address

Baldoyle Community Hall, Main Street, Baldoyle
Dublin
13

Opening Hours

11am - 12:30pm

Website

http://www.forgetmenots.ie/

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