Serbs in Ireland
Срби у Ирској Srbi u Irskoj Seirbiach in Éirinn | |
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| Dublin, Cork | |
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There is a community of Serbs in Ireland (Irish: Seirbiach in Éirinn; Serbian: Срби у Ирској, romanized: Srbi u Irskoj) are Irish citizens of Serbian descent or citizens of Serbia who live and work in Ireland. Some Serbs also come from former Yugoslav nations such as Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History[edit]
Serbs started migrating to Ireland during the period of Socialist Yugoslavia. A larger influx of Serbs migrating to the country began during the 1990s during the Yugoslav Wars and the years immediately subsequent to the wars. In 2012, they established the Missionary Serbian Orthodox Parish, and by 2016 had a fully-fledged parish in the Diocese of Scandinavia-Britain-Ireland.[4]
Culture[edit]
Religion[edit]
The Serbs living in Ireland are mostly orthodox Christians of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The main place of worship is the Artane Oratory of the Resurrection in Dublin.[4]
In 2012, by order of the Scandinavian-British Bishop Dositej, Ireland became the Missionary Serbian Orthodox Parish of St. George the Great Martyr, with Father Žarko Nedić from Bradford, England being appointed the Serbian parish priest.[4]
Father Mladen Gardović moved from Canada to Northern Ireland where he served in the Russian Church Abroad. From March 2015 he took over from Father Žarko and began to serve the Serbs occasionally in Ireland. When in May 2016 Bishop Dositej appointed him as the Ireland's Serbian parish priest, he moved to Ireland.[3]
From July Serbian church in Ireland ceased to be ‘missionary’ and became a fully-fledged parish in the Diocese of Scandinavia-Britain-Ireland. In Dublin Serbs got a Catholic church which was rarely used. In September 2019, Serbs signed a 5-year contract for the permanent use of that church for a small rent. Through the efforts of Serbian diaspora, the church was decorated with an iconostasis and chandelier.[3]
Organisations[edit]
In 2008, a magazine was launched for Serbs in Britain and Ireland called Britić,[5] which is now online.
Demographics[edit]
According to a 2008 report from the International Organization for Migration, it is estimated that around 2000 Serbians lived in Ireland.[2]
The 2016 Irish census recorded 343 Serbian nationals, compared with 377 in the 2011 census. The largest numbers were recorded in Dublin, Westmeath and Cork.[6]
However these numbers do not include ethnic Serbs with Croatian passports, with one source estimating that, while "difficult to give a precise [number]" there may be around 5000 Serbs living in Ireland.[3]
Notable people[edit]
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Serbs in Ireland are employed in various professions, with some opening their own companies and others working in information technology. There are a few professors at universities, a few doctors and a number as sports players and coaches.[3] Notable Serbs in Ireland include:[citation needed]
- Vojkan Benčić, Serbian basketball coach and former player, serves as a head coach for the Scotts Lakers of the Ireland National League Division 1.
- Stefan Zečević, Serbian basketball player for Éanna Basketball Club of the Super League.
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Bilbija, Bojan (28 December 2013). "Дијаспора може да промени Србију". politika.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 December 2022.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IOM 2008, p. 24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Britić 2022, p. 6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Britić 2022, p. 5.
- ↑ "Britić - The British Serb Magazine". Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ↑ "Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016". Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
Literature[edit]
- IOM (2008). "Migration in Serbia: A Country Profile 2008" (PDF). International Organisation for Migration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2017-04-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - Puzović, Predrag (1996). "Eparhije Srpske pravoslavne crkve u rasejanju" (PDF). Bogoslovlje: Časopis Pravoslavnog bogoslovskog fakulteta u Beogradu. 40 (1–2): 87–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - Census (2011). "Profile 6 : migration and diversity" (PDF). Central Statistics Office [CSO]: 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- Britić (2022). "The Serbian Diaspora in Ireland" (PDF). Serbian Month in Great Britain Catalogue: 5–6. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
External links[edit]
- Serbs Cork Ireland Facebook page
- Serbs in Ireland Facebook group
- Serbian Orthodox Church of the Republic of Ireland
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