BOHS open doors to all in multilingual website

Bohemians special effort to win the support of foreign nationals. Bohemians FC have leaflets and a website in seven languages to advance the cause at Dalymount Park. The club history, profile and plans are explained in French, German, Italian, Croatian, Bosnian and Polish. There are plans to have material in Chinese, Latvian, Russian, Spanish and other languages in the near future.




The effect of Bohemians efforts to widen their support base are already being felt with increasing non-Irish national attendance at games. From hosting events such as the Brian Kerr Interconinental league, the club are making efforts to imbue the new Irish with a sense of belonging.

There are many things that are popular around the world, linking us all with a common bond; sport, and football in particular, certainly being one of those.

With this in mind, a group of Bohs members and supporters have been working hard, before the new season starts this week, on a scheme that they hope will attract and welcome some of the increasing immigrant population in Dublin to Dalymount Park for Bohemians games. A football fan is a football fan no matter what country they are living in and most would agree that there is nothing better than the experience of a live game, seeing the skill, taking in the atmosphere and of course the craic.

Bohemians realise that, living in a new place, it can be difficult to find out about what is going on in the community. Because of this several websites in different languages have been put together including Polish, Chinese, Latvian, Arabic, Bosnian, Afrikaans, Croatian, French, Mandarin, Romanian & Spanish, with yet more languages set to come on stream very soon.

Posters and leaflets in the primary languages of the immigrant population have been printed and are to be distributed around the city. The people behind this scheme feel that it is extremely important to make these ‘New Dubliners’ feel as welcome as possible and that they are assimilated into society and their local community in every way possible. It is hoped that they will make Bohs their team in Ireland and truly feel part of the Bohs community.

Multilingual information on the club is available at

www.bohscommunity.com