Welcome to the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain (ICB)

We are a leading and innovative charity that provides high quality services and support to excluded, vulnerable and isolated Irish emigrants in Britain. Set up by the Irish Bishops in 1957 during the great emigration exodus of the 1950s and 1960s, we are one of the oldest Irish welfare charities in Britain and we have been journeying in hope with our Irish emigrants for over 50 years.

Today we work with Irish Travellers, Irish older people and Irish prisoners. Our aim is to galvanise the whole Irish community to work together to improve the lives of those we encounter in our work and ensure that no member of our community is forgotten.

“The Irish Chaplaincy in Britain is a very dedicated organisation deeply committed to the service of our Irish emigrants. It journeys especially with those for whom the experience of emigration has not been a positive one. It daily makes real to our people, far from home, the caring arm of the Irish Catholic Church”

(Bishop Seamus Hegarty, Irish Episcopal Council for Emigrants and ICB Patron)