Join curator Liam Corry on Zoom as he discusses the stories about Ulster Irish settlement in America.

This lecture-concert investigates the commonalities between Ireland and Ghana ranging from resistance to British colonialism to the blending of traditional musics and dances on the docks of New York City.

Join Jennifer Muldowney for an insightful talk on Irish grief and mourning practices.

Senior Curator of History, Victoria Millar, takes us through some of the spooky stories found in the Ulster Folk Museum's Archives, just on time for Hallowe'en!

Join Us for a Spooky Family Day Out this October – our first ever Family Event at the American Irish Historical Society!

Join Andrea and Hope for a chilling look into New York’s haunted past, and prepare to be spooked!

Gillian O'Brien delves into the macabre in her book The Darkness Echoing. This talk will uncover secret histories of Ireland from war to revolution, famine to emigration, and, finally, to death and ghosts.

Join Ryan Keating for a discussion on the contribution of the Irish to the pivotal battle of the US Civil War.

Join Richard Esposito to discuss the life of acclaimed journalist Jimmy Breslin.

Join novelist and screenwriter Robert J Seidman for a discussion on James Joyce's brilliant short story, The Dead.

Join Terry Golway to learn about some of the most contentious conventions in US politics.

Join us for a taping of Person Place Thing with Colum McCann

Join veteran TV and radio journalist David Tereshchuk (PBS and NPR) in conversation with renowned Irish activist and journalist Don Mullan, author of Eyewitness Bloody Sunday.

Opera on Tap will host “A Night of Irish Vaudeville,” bringing together Irish and American music and culture for an evening of classic nineteenth century fun.

Uncover 19th century Irish and Cuban links in New York.

Running with Coffee is a timely tragicomedy about caregiving, mid-life, mental health and fighting over the washing machine after your parents move in!

Learn from author Patrick O’Sullivan Green about F. Scott Fitzgerald's complicated relationship with his ethnicity, his reasons for referencing Cohalan, as well as the latter’s remarkable, and largely airbrushed, contribution to the Irish revolution.

Kate McLeod’s One Act play is presented in association with IAWA.

Kate McLeod’s One Act play is presented in association with IAWA.

Join author Brian McDonald as he discusses his book, Five Floors Up, and an Irish American family’s legacy in the FDNY.

This talk will attempt to outline the complex and dramatic reactions of Irishmen of all denominations to the events of 1765 to 1783.

Join us for a celebration of Irish America’s contribution to the Labor movement.

This talk from Gerard Shannon, author of the most recent biography of Lynch, explores the life of this fascinating, influential figure, who remains one of the most commemorated and celebrated figures of his era.

Historian Richard Bell explores the Revolution from the perspective of the Irish and their descendants in America.

Explore the complex relationships between Irish Americans, slavery, and emancipation with historian Ian Delahanty.

Learn about one of Tammany Hall’s most notorious, and perhaps misunderstood, figures in this Zoom talk.

James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Come discover it with author Robert J. Seidman

Moderated by Christine Quinn, the first female and first openly gay Speaker of the New York City Council, a panel of speakers will disucss St. Pat's for All, which celebrates the diversity of the Irish and Irish American communities of New York.

Celebrate Bloomsday with actress Eilin O' Dea as she depicts a sleepless Molly Bloom in the early morning of June 17, 1904. Purchase Tickets Here!