Les Echanges Franco-Irlandais is a non-profit association registered under French law.

The association is also known as The Franco-Irish Exchange Programme.

Mike Mc Bride, a native of Dundalk, Ireland who arrived in France in 1967, founded the association. Mr Mac Bride was the USIT (Union of Students of Ireland Travel Service) representative in France until 1975. Since then he has been involved in Student and Youth travel.

The objects of the association Les Echanges Franco-Irlandais are:

To aid and advise French families on the organisation of language holidays in Ireland [Learning English in Ireland]

To organise exchanges between French and Irish secondary school students.

To advise French youths and students on finding work experience programmes in Ireland

To promote events (dinners etc) for French Irlandophiles and Irish Francophiles living in France [ex St Patrick’s Day, Bloomsday, Beaujolais Nouveau]

To promote Irish cultural events for our French members. In this context the association is at present working on The Cuchulainn Project an event that will be based around Dundalk in summer 2009.

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Les Echanges Franco Irlandais
BP n°40295
75228 Paris Cedex 05
France
Tel 00 33 1 49 95 93 00
email : franco-irish@newchange.ie
email : mike.mac.bride@newchange.ie