Intro
Some sources claim that the Community was formally registered in the country in 1992, during the era of the Fourth Caliphate. However, “Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World”, claims that the Jamaat was established in 2001. Nevertheless, the history of Ahmadiyya in Ireland started when Bashir Ahmad Orchard converted to Ahmadiyya in the late 1940’s. He began working in Ireland from 1949–1952 and later 1966–1983. Bashir Ahmad Orchard was dead by 2002. Ibrahim Noonan was sent to Ireland to attempt to make progress in the early 2000’s.
There is only one Ahmadiyya temple in the whole country. The majority of the members are of Pakistani immigrants on asylum. Ireland consisted of five jamaats, allegedly with a total of 467 Ahmadis. About 40% of the Ahmadis in Ireland reside in Galway. There are an estimated 60 members who are under asylum in the country, a third of which are under asylum in Galway. Besides, Galway and Dublin, the Community has members in Cork, Limerick, and a number of smaller towns and cities across Ireland. There are two Ahmadiyya mosques in Ireland, one in Galway in the western coast, and in Lucan near the eastern coast in County Dublin. The first ever Jalsa Salana was held in 2002.
In 2025, a delegation from Ireland arrived in the UK on an all expenses paid trip to the UK for the 2025 UK Jalsa and even met with the Khalifa. Noonan was there too! In Aug-2025, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Ireland held another Jalsa-mela. Noonan simply read out what he was told to read out from the Khalifa in the UK. Noonan was made that there wasn’t an English translation of the Urdu poem which was recited. However, at the end, there was an Urdu speech, and there was no translation! Ironic! Yusuf Pender also gave a nonsensical speech. It should be noted that 95% of the Ahmadi’s in Ireland are refugees who’s first language is Urdu.
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Ahmadiyya Murrabi’s??
Bashir Ahmad Orchard was the first ever Irish-Ahmadi. He was also the first ever Irish-Ahmadi-Imam. He seems to have been working in Ireland from 1949 to 1952 and 1966–1983. Barely anyone converted to Ahmadiyya in that era.
In the 2000’s, Ibrahim Noonan was made an imam and missionary in-charge and is working/living in Ireland for the past 20 years. Atta-ur-Rahman Khalid Sahib, a missionary who has recently been posted in Dublin (since 2019–2020).
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Ahmadiyya places of worship?
Maryam Mosque in Galway is the first purpose-build mosque in Galway, this is Ibrahim Noonan is working. It was built at a cost of €1.5 million, and can accommodate up to 300 worshippers.
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1919
The Jan-Feb-1919 edition of the ROR reports that Mr. A. Murray, who is an irishman, has converted to Ahmadiyya, he is working in and around Secunderabad, British-India and had ties with Seth Abdullah Allahdin.
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1949–1952
Bashir Ahmad Orchard was stationed at Glasgow, Scotland by the Khalifa. His wife went with him.
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late 1950’s
Mirza Tahir Ahmad visits the country for leisure.
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1966–1983
Bashir Ahmad Orchard returned to Glasgow, Scotland. Even though he was a paid-employee of the Mirza family, he was allowed to sell stamps and thus make money for his own welfare as well as other random expenses. His wife and kids lived in the mission house in Glasgow. Thus, Ahmadiyya INC saved money.
Via the Muslim Sunrise of July-1973, the Ahmadiyya Movement has 5 locations in America, 2141 Leroy Place, Washington D.C. 20008, 637 Randolph St, Dayton, OH, 185 North Wabash Ave, Chicago, iL, 60601 (this seems to be down the street from the Ahmadiyya temple-residence at 4448 S. Wabash Ave), 604 Wandless St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, 2519 Arch St, Philadelphia, 19139, 4385 N. Greenbay Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53209, 147-20 Archer Ave, Jamaica-Queens, 11435. It also gives out its global mailing addresses in Nairobi-Kenya, Tabora-Tanzania, Accra-Ghana, Kumasi-Ghana, Lagos-Nigeria, Freetown-Sierra Leone, Monrovia-Liberia, Bathurst-Gambia, Rangoon-Burma and Toronto,-Canada. A Friday sermon by Mirza Nasir Ahmad from May-4-1973 is given, this is the speech wherein he discusses the fact that Ahmadi’s were declared as Non-Muslim in Azad Kashmir. The next issue of the Muslim Sunrise (September-October issue) will be most probably distributed at the annual convention of the
Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, to be held during August-31-September 2, 1973, at Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois. Meanwhile, the subscribers are requested to send their subscriptions ($3.00 per year) to the Missionary-in-Charge, 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20008. Please send your complete mailing address to the Manager, Sister Rehana Salam, c/o the Dayton Mosque, 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408. Thank you. It has an essay by Muhammad Ali Chaudhri, who is the Principal, T. l College, Rabwah, Pakistan. It also has an essay from Dr. Qazi Muhammad Barkatullah. Ahmadiyya global missions are mentioned, in the UK, Denmark, Germany (Hamburg and Frankfurt), Holland (Netherlands), B.A. Orchard in Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Indonesia (Suva), Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad, Mauritius, Borneo, Sri Lanka, Syria and Singapore.
The EDITORIAL BOARD is as follows:
Editor— Mian Muhammad Ibrahim
Advisory Editor— Imam Sharif Ahmad Bajwa
Contributing Editors— Hasan Hakeem, Dr. Basharat Ahmad Munir, Dr. Qazi Muhammad Barkatulla.
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1980’s
In the 1980s, an entrepreneur, Muhammad Hanif, held congregational prayers in his home, which became the Ahmadiyya Community’s first makeshift mosque in Ireland. The house was later donated to the Community, to be used as a mosque.
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1989
The 4th Khalifa visits via an official tour.
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2001
Ibrahim Noonan is made missionary-in-charge.
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2002
Bashir Ahmad Orchard dies. The first ever Jalsa-Salana was held.
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2010
The 5th Khalifa visits the country.
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2014
Maryam Mosque in Galway is the first purpose-build mosque in Galway, this is Ibrahim Noonan is working. The 5th Khalifa laid the foundation stone.
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2019
In July of 2019, an Ahmadiyya mosque located in Galway was vandalized. The mosque in question was the Maryam Mosque. The mosque was thought to be targeting by Sunni and Shia Muslims. Bishop Brendan Kelly of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora spoke out against the vandalism, saying “I wholeheartedly condemn the actions of the perpetrators.” Charlie Flanagan, the Irish Minister for Justice and Equality, also spoke out against the attack, saying he was “greatly disturbed” by the news of the attack.
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2021
https://www.alhakam.org/national-amila-of-ireland-meets-hazrat-khalifatul-masih/
First-ever charity cycle by Ireland Jamaat alongside annual charity walk
Dr Muhammad Anwar Sahib, National Sadr (President) Ireland and 19 members in the national amila had a sitting with the Khalifa.
Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib, Sadr Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya and National Secretary Tabligh (Preaching) reported that this year, only one person in Ireland joined Ahmadiyyat, who was Irish and worked as a lecturer. Huzooraa then asked what the bai‘at target was for the year; to which Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib stated that the target was 10 bai‘ats. Hearing this, Huzooraa said:
“You have accomplished one [bai‘at] out of the 10-bai‘at target. If you had set a big target, you would probably have worked with more effort. You have set a small target, so the effort was less too.”
Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib said that they would increase the target next time.
Huzooraa then asked how they conducted and carried out tabligh. The National Secretary Tabligh, Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib answered that they usually organised leafleting and tabligh stalls. Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa then said that one-to-one meetings should also be held, and more relations should be built. Huzooraa explained that leafleting was one way and more avenues of tabligh should be explored.
Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib said that they had displayed a photo of the Promised Messiahas on buses with the message, “The Promised Messiah has come”. He said that this helped in tabligh and the message of Islam Ahmadiyyat reached thousands of people this way. Another bus campaign was planned.
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2022
Murrabi Noonan posted a photo of a marketing campaign by Ahmadi’s in Ireland, ads on busses.
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2023
https://twitter.com/ImamNoonan/status/1622010557732634625
There are barely 100 Ahmadi’s in all of Ireland, in these photo’s, you can see the full jamaat from West Region, Midland Region & South West Region Tabligh Seminar at Galway Mosque, Masjid Mayram.
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2024
https://x.com/e_ghulamrasool/status/1769721344432681384?s=46&t=HTqZKquoOvKbgoBAF2aQcg
Yusuf Pender on X: “Alhamdolillah the Jamaat took part in the #SaintPatricksDay parade in #Galway today https://t.co/lC7yuxWRpi” / X (twitter.com)
Imam Ibrahim M Noonan of AMA Ireland & NI on X: “Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Ireland, Huzur Anwar (aba) voices for peace campaign mentioned alhamdulillah. Galway City https://t.co/cpyHthhB7l” / X (twitter.com)
Ahmadi’s marching and participating in St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ireland, during Ramadhan too.
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2024
Imam Ibrahim M Noonan of AMA Ireland & NI on X: “Our Bus campaign in three Major cities in Ireland, Dublin, Galway & Cork, alhamdulillah https://t.co/TcKu4CUlNZ” / X (twitter.com)
Bus campaign in three Major cities in Ireland, Dublin, Galway & Cork.
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In 2025, a delegation from Ireland arrived in the UK on an all expenses paid trip to the UK for the 2025 UK Jalsa and even met with the Khalifa. Noonan was there too!
In Aug-2025, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Ireland held another Jalsa-mela. Noonan simply read out what he was told to read out from the Khalifa in the UK. Noonan was made that there wasn’t an English translation of the Urdu poem which was recited. However, at the end, there was an Urdu speech, and there was no translation! Ironic! Yusuf Pender also gave a nonsensical speech. It should be noted that 95% of the Ahmadi’s in Ireland are refugees who’s first language is Urdu.
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Links and Related Essay’s
First-ever charity cycle by Ireland Jamaat alongside annual charity walk
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2022/05/06/who-is-seth-abdullah-allahdin/
The world has not yet learned its lesson: National amila of Ireland meets Hazrat Khalifatul Masih
@ImamNoonan EXPOSED!!!! – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2022/01/23/imamnoonan-exposed/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/11/25/bashir-ahmad-orchard-the-first-non-desi-ahmadi-imam/
Ibrahim Noonan explains how he chased many women..then found Ahmadiyya
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