New York Welsh hosts a monthly meet-up at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan, New York City. Meetups are usually on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Come catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and debate who’s welshcakes are best! Everyone and anyone is welcome!

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Mae Cymry Efrog Newydd yn cynnal cyfarfod misol yn y Liberty NYC ym Manhattan i ddod â'r gymuned at ei gilydd. Dewch i gwrdd â hen ffrindiau, gwnewch ffrindiau newydd, a thrafodwch picau ar y maen pwy sydd orau! Mae croeso i bob un ac i unrhyw un!

Celebrating another year & welcoming some good luck for 2024!

Join us for an evening of good friends, fun, food and libations. There will be plenty of cheer, games and prizes to boot. PLEASE RSVP BELOW!

The Liberty is offering a special holiday roast dinner by pre-order only and subject to at least 20-pre-orders. Roast Prime Rib with gravy, stuffing, Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes, veg and horseradish sauce. The roast dinner is $58 total ($45 plus gratuity and tax). The Liberty’s regular menu will also be available to order a la carte.

This year, we’re celebrating with a Mari Lwyd theme. In the spirit of the playful banter that is part of this tradition, we’re inviting members to show off their own Mari Lwyd creation or perform their own version of the repartee between the Mari’s group attempting to gain entry and the home/pub-owner who needs convincing (playfully rude knock-knock jokes will be accepted). New York Welsh and the Welsh Congregation are hosting a crafts event earlier in the day where participants can create and/or finish their creations!

The Tradition of the Mari Lwyd

Mari Lwyd (pron.: mar-i-loy-d; Y Fari Lwyd in Welsh) is a wassailing folk custom found in South Wales, although the tradition declined significantly in the 20th century. The tradition entails the use of a hobby horse made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole to represent the Mari Lwyd, which was carried by an individual hidden under a sackcloth. The Mari is well-known to be mischievous – trying to steal things and chase people she likes – as she goes about her bidding.

A merry group carries the Mari Lwyd to local houses, where they request entry in an exchange of clever rhymes through song with the person who lives there. The householders are expected to deny the Mari Lwyd’s group entry until convinced. If the Mari Lwyd and her gang gain entry, they are provided food and drink and the household is said to have good luck for the year.

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Attendees will be treated to a spoken narrative of the tradition and a performance demonstrating the Mari-Lwyd-and-host-bantering as the Mari Lwyd seeks to convince the host to let her group enter. Attendees may craft and decorate their own Mari Lwyd with ribbons, buttons, sequins, paint and markers. The afternoon will culminate in “show and tell”, where our crafters will be invited up to the stage to show-off their version of the Mari Lwyd and sing a banter or tell a “knock-knock” joke.

The Tradition of the Mari Lwyd

Mari Lwyd (pron.: mar-i-loy-d; Y Fari Lwyd (ee-var-i-loy-d) in Welsh) is a wassailing folk custom found in South Wales, although the tradition declined significantly in the 20th century. The tradition entails the use of a hobby horse made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole to represent the Mari Lwyd, which was carried by an individual hidden under a sackcloth. The Mari is well-known to be mischievous – trying to steal things and chase people she likes – as she goes about her bidding.

A merry group carries the Mari Lwyd to local houses, where they request entry in an exchange of clever rhymes through song with the person who lives there. The householders are expected to deny the Mari Lwyd’s group entry until convinced. If the Mari Lwyd and her gang gain entry, they are provided food and drink and the household is said to have good luck for the year. 

This event is FREE, but space is limited. PLEASE RESERVE YOUR FREE SPOT BELOW!

This event is immediately followed by the Welsh Congregation’s December/Christmas service and te bach downstairs in the church, which is also free and open to all.

New York Welsh hosts a monthly meetup at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan, New York City. Meetups are usually on the 4th Wednesday of the month, but we will have November’s meetup early on November 15th to avoid interfering with the Thanksgiving holiday.

NYW is excited to be partnering with the Cardiff University New York Alumni Association,  who officially launched in NYC last April! If you’re a Cardiff University alumni, please check out the group on LinkedIn, here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12819095/

Everyone and anyone is welcome and, whether or not you are an Alumni, please join us to mingle with fellow members and learn more about the University’s plans in both Wales and the U.S.

RSVP is not required, but we appreciate a heads up for planning purposes, as always.

To celebrate the TCS New York City Marathon this year, we have invited special guests and friends of New York Welsh, Emmy Award Winning actor Matthew Rhys, Welsh Rugby international, Shane Williams MBE, and Welsh track and marathon legend Steve Jones MBE for a fireside chat with these Welsh legends.

This will be a ticketed event with all proceeds going to our partners Play Rugby USA, a non-profit dedicated to using the power of rugby to empower young people in under-served communities. VIP (private time with the legends from 5.30pm - 6.30pm) and Standard Tickets (6.30pm onward) are available NOW: https://e.givesmart.com/events/z4Y/

We will not hold a monthly meetup in October due to the busy event calendar this month and in November. Come see us on October 14th for the Quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup, where Wales will take on Argentina, and fingers crossed, the Semifinals on either (TBD) October 19th or 20th the following week.

Wales are in the Quarterfinals! Come watch the game with supporters and don’t forget to don a pretty red shirt and be prepared to belt out a few verses (at least).

Let us know you’re coming on the form below so we can plan better events! RSVP is not required to attend, but we appreciate the heads up for planning purposes.

Wales' final pool match at Rugby World Cup 2023 will be against Georgia at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on Saturday 7th October. The Liberty NYC will be showing this game live at 9AM.

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Wales previously met Georgia during the pool stages of the 2019 World Cup. Wales beat Georgia 43-14 on that occasion.

In their most recent meeting outside of a World Cup, Georgia celebrated a 13-12 victory over Wales during last year's autumn internationals.

Overall, Wales and Georgia have played each other on four occasions. Wales have won three matches, whilst Georgia have won just one match.

Think you know it all? Gather your friends join St. George's Society for a pub quiz that will put your knowledge to the test. Hosted by our favorite quizmaster, Charles Arrowsmith.

The New York Welsh Team needs three (3) more members for the October 3rd game (and will happily take understudies for this and future games).

Let us know if you’re interested on the form below and we’ll reach out. Even if the official New York Welsh Team is full up (max 6 participants with 3/6 slots open), we will connect you to other members to form a team.

New York Welsh has pre-registered six (6) players. Separate registration is required for additional teams. Register via the St. George’s Society website. There is a requested minimum donation to St. George’s Society of New York’s

Have a pre-assembled team in mind already? Register via the St. George’s Society website.

Limited space available so RSVP to avoid disappointment!

Wales' third pool match at Rugby World Cup 2023 will be against Australia at the OL Stadium in Lyon on Sunday 24th September. Come watch the game with supporters and don’t forget to don a pretty red shirt and be prepared to belt out a few verses (at least).

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Wales and Australia have plenty of history at World Cups; they have contested pool matches (1991, 2007, 2015 and 2019), a quarter-final (1999) and third-place play-offs (1987 and 2011).

Overall, Wales and Australia have played each other on 45 occasions since their first meeting in 1908. Australia have won 31 matches, whilst Wales have won 13 matches. There has also been one draw between the two nations.

New York Welsh hosts a monthly meet-up at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan, New York City. In September we are joined by Pamela Petro, author of The Long Field, Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir. For readers of H Is for Hawk, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales.

• Shortlisted for the 2022 Wales Book of the Year Award

• One of 6 Best Travel Books of 2021! — The Financial Times

• One of the 8 Best Travel Books of the Year! — The Telegraph

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Hiraeth is a Welsh word that's famously hard to translate. Literally, it can mean "long field" but generally translates into English, inadequately, as "homesickness." At heart, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place, person, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. 
 
In The Long Field, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales, as a gay woman, as the survivor of a terrible Amtrak train crash, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology, immigration, ecological crises, and our new divisive politics. On this journey, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time.

Wales' second pool match at Rugby World Cup 2023 will be against Portugal at the Stade de Nice on Saturday 16th September. Come watch the game with supporters and don’t forget to don a pretty red shirt and be prepared to belt out a few versus (at least.)

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Wales' first pool match at the Rugby World Cup will be against Fiji at the Stade de Bordeaux on Sunday 10th September. Watch the game live with other supporters and don’t forget to wear your brightest red.

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Wales and Fiji have met four times previously at the Rugby World Cup; during the pool stages of the 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions of the tournament. Fiji famously beat Wales in 2007, but Wales won the three other encounters.

Overall, Wales and Fiji have played each other on 13 occasions. Wales have won 11 matches, whilst Fiji have won just one match. There has also been one draw between the two nations.

New York Welsh hosts a monthly meet-up on the 4th Wednesday of the month at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan, New York City. Come catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and debate who’s welshcakes are best! Everyone and anyone is welcome!

Mae Cymry Efrog Newydd yn cynnal cyfarfod misol yn y Liberty NYC ym Manhattan i ddod â'r gymuned at ei gilydd. Dewch i gwrdd â hen ffrindiau, gwnewch ffrindiau newydd, a thrafodwch picau ar y maen pwy sydd orau! Mae croeso i bob un ac i unrhyw un!

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New York Welsh hosts a monthly meet-up on the 4th Wednesday of the month at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan, New York City. Come catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and debate who’s welshcakes are best! Everyone and anyone is welcome!

Mae Cymry Efrog Newydd yn cynnal cyfarfod misol yn y Liberty NYC ym Manhattan i ddod â'r gymuned at ei gilydd. Dewch i gwrdd â hen ffrindiau, gwnewch ffrindiau newydd, a thrafodwch picau ar y maen pwy sydd orau! Mae croeso i bob un ac i unrhyw un!

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New York Welsh hosts a monthly meet-up on the 4th Wednesday of the month at The Liberty NYC in Manhattan, New York City. Come catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and debate who’s welshcakes are best! Everyone and anyone is welcome!

Mae Cymry Efrog Newydd yn cynnal cyfarfod misol yn y Liberty NYC ym Manhattan i ddod â'r gymuned at ei gilydd. Dewch i gwrdd â hen ffrindiau, gwnewch ffrindiau newydd, a thrafodwch picau ar y maen pwy sydd orau! Mae croeso i bob un ac i unrhyw un!

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New York Welsh holds a monthly meet up at the The Liberty NYC in Manhattan to bring the community together. Come catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and debate who’s welshcakes are best! Everyone and anyone is welcome!

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Mae Cymry Efrog Newydd yn cynnal cyfarfod misol yn y Liberty NYC ym Manhattan i ddod â'r gymuned at ei gilydd. Dewch i gwrdd â hen ffrindiau, gwnewch ffrindiau newydd, a thrafodwch picau ar y maen pwy sydd orau! Mae croeso i bob un ac i unrhyw un!

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Wales take on the France in the 2023 Six Nations. The Liberty NYC will be showing all of Wales' matches. The Liberty is a family-friendly pub so bring the whole gang!

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