Catholic Partnership Schools is hosting an Irish Cottage Raffle to benefit their five schools. Only 500 tickets at $100 each will be sold. Please share this with your family, friends, parishioners, and anyone who would like to spend a week in Ireland – while supporting Catholic Partnership Schools!
The drawing will be held on November 21st. Purchase tickets now!
13th Annual American Ireland Fund Philadelphia Golf Classic – Monday, September 8th
This year, the guest of honor will be our very own IABCN member, Michael Gallagher of Pepper Hamilton.
For more information about golf, dinner or the awards ceremony, please visit https://www.theirelandfunds.org/upcoming-events.
Belfast is having its first-ever Homecoming and you’re invited!
Whether you’re an expat or someone of Irish heritage who simply loves the city and wishes to see the peace blossom there, you will find a céad míle fáilte in Belfast from 24-26 September. The city will hang out its brightest colours to welcome Irish America home to join civic leaders in a two-day conference focusing on how best to build a better Belfast.
Among those joining the Homecoming will be the Mayor of Boston Marty Walsh and Oscar-winning film-maker Terry George. “Belfast is rolling out the green carpet for the Diaspora,” says Homecoming and Belfast One City Conference convenor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. “This is a unique chance for our friends in Irish America to reengage, reconnect and return to Belfast.”
For more details, please click HERE. To see a video from the 2013 One City Conference, please click HERE.
More than 3,300 parents, grandparents and children from across the region come together in this carnival-like atmosphere to raise funds, promote acceptance and inclusion of people with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) and to have a great time! With games, athletic activities, moon bounces, arts and crafts, music, auction, sweepstakes, mascot appearances, snacks and more, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Buddy Walk® and Family Fun Day is a joyous celebration of individuals with Down syndrome and their families.
For more information, or to register, please click HERE.
Our friends at the South East Meath Chamber of Commerce will be holding their inaugural International Golf Classic, followed by an American style Cook Out, at Killeen Castle Golf Club in Dunsany.
This tournament and BBQ will be held on Friday, August 29th, just ahead of the Croke Park Classic.
For more information, please email info@southeastmeath.ie.
The contribution of the Irish in America to the cause of labor has been nothing less than immense. Indeed, it could be argued that the American labor movement would not exist at all in its current form without the efforts of the standout Irish men and women through the years, both immigrant arrivals in mind that the Irish Echo is hosting an event November 7th at The Edison Ballroom.
This year, the Irish Echo will be honoring 100 Irish-American men and women in today’s labor movement, while at the same time reflecting on the work of those historical giants who paved the way to labor’s central role in contemporary American life.
