All Ireland Polo Club plays host to the Embassy of Argentina’s National Day

THE Embassy of Argentina in Ireland and the All Ireland Polo Club in Dublin’s Phoenix Park reaffirmed enduring ties when Her Excellency Ana Laura Cachaza welcomed more than 100 diplomats to celebrate her nation’s National Day in May.
Polo Wicklow will host the opening tournaments of the 2024 season in the all-weather arena and the grass field

Minister Nicolas Francisco Vidal, Deputy Head of Mission for the Embassy of
Argentina in Ireland and Her Excellency Ana Laura Cachaza welcomed more than
a hundred from the diplomatic corps to the National Day at the All Ireland Polo
Club, Dublin Ireland

Ireland and Argentina have long shared a bond in polo, welcoming professionals in the sport to this country while the Celtic Ladies Team took part in 2021 at the Argentine Open in Buenos Aires. Among diplomats attending the National Day of Argentina, celebrating 214 years of independence from Spain was Giovanni Buttigieg, Ambassador of Malta, the inspiration behind the Ireland v Malta tournament at Malta Polo Club last April.

Training Award recipient Kristina White at the 2022 awards ceremony, presented by James Kennedy of the IPF

Kenneth Thompson, former diplomat in the Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland
(left) and the Ambassador of Malta, Giovanni Buttigieg at Argentina’s National
Day celebrations at the All Ireland Polo Club, Dublin Ireland. The Ambassador’s
enthusiasm for polo was made clear when he inspired the Ireland v Malta
Tournament last April at Malta Polo Club, the Maltese team besting Ireland on a
scoreline of 6-1.

The All Ireland Polo Club has become home to National Day celebrations, the diplomatic community saving the date up to six months before the annual event.

The 2024 season will open with the Novice Cup in the arena at Polo Wicklow

Andres Guinazu, Trade and Investment agent for the Embassy of Argentina in
Ireland (left) sipping Mate in a specially designed cup while the All Ireland Polo
Club’s Lar Sheeran quaffs a pint of Guinness at the National Day of Argentina

The 2024 season will open with the Novice Cup in the arena at Polo Wicklow

Marie Moran (l-r), Margaret Reilly, Pat Ruane and Mary Ruane of the Admiral
Brown Society at the National Day of Argentina. The Irish-born Admiral William
Brown was the founder of the Argentine Navy, and Society members celebrated
the National Day at the All Ireland Polo Club, Dublin Ireland

Article by Kim Mullahey

Image credits: Kim Mullahey

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