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The American Irish Historical Society and www.IrishAmerica250.org invite you to celebrate our national holiday Presidents Day Monday, February 16, 2026

We seek to recognize the twenty-three American Presidents with Irish roots whose leadership gave us hope and courage throughout the last 250 years .

To commemorate this unique occasion the distinguished Irish poet Micheal O'Siadhail will do a first reading of his new poem " Irish America 250" and author Niall O Dowd will be talking about his new book "George Washington and the Irish".

Please register to attend here

Breandán Mac Suibhne is a historian of modern Ireland at the University of Galway. His publications include The End of Outrage (Oxford, 2017), which was Irish Times Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year.  Mac Suibhne is one of the directors of Imirce, a project that makes thousands of Irish emigrant letters available through an online database. He is currently completing […]

In 1764 the Rev. Thomas Clark gathered his congregation at the Cahans meeting house, near Ballybay Co. Monaghan. Answering "the call" from America, Clark then led some 300 men, women and children on foot to the port of Newry, and boarded ship for New York. From New York they travelled up the Hudson; first to […]

We are excited to welcome Vincent J Quealy Jr and Cauvery Madhavan for a literary discussion of their impressive books ‘Reflections of an Irish Grandson’ and ‘The Inheritance’. Vincent Quealy, Jr. was born in Boston, MA, one of six children of Vincent and Anne Quealy. His grandparents were both born in Ireland and lived there […]

Trailblazing photographer, publisher, artist and Irish independence activist Anna Francis Levins (1876-1941) has fallen into undeserved obscurity, which independent scholar Eve M. Kahn has set out to remedy based on archival treasures including in the American Irish Historical Society’s collection. This heavily illustrated talk will cover Levins’ work combating xenophobia, documenting Irish Americans dating back to Revolutionary […]

Series Podcast Producer Marie-Louise Kerr in conversation with Mary Pat Kelly. Step behind the scenes of Lisa McGee’s global hit Derry Girls and her new Belfast-set Netflix comedy-mystery, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast. Join award-winning podcaster Marie-Louise Kerr in conversation with Mary Pat Kelly for a lively look at the shows, the podcasts they inspired, and the creative world behind them. […]

American Irish Historical Society (map) Google Calendar  ICS Since 2023, Pulitzer Prizewinning poet and former Poetry Editor of The New Yorker Paul Muldoon has led his extraordinary “How to Read a Poem” discussions at literary festivals and universities all over the world. At these very special gatherings, participants meet to discuss poems published only that week in […]

Internationally acclaimed pianist Isabelle O’Connell celebrates the release of her new solo album ‘Cocteau’ on the Divine Art Records label, with a concert exploring the musical connections of artist Jean Cocteau in 1920’s Paris. The concert will feature music by Satie, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Tailleferre and the rest of Le Groupe des Six, along with a more […]

Please join us for a concert reading of a brand new Irish musical. "SOPHIE catches her breath" by Eamon O'Tuama It's 1995 and Sophie returns to Cork after 5 years in New York City living the life of a struggling musician. Sophie's Uncle has died and left her his small farm causing an uproar in […]

Please join us for a concert reading of a brand new Irish musical. "SOPHIE catches her breath" by Eamon O'Tuama It's 1995 and Sophie returns to Cork after 5 years in New York City living the life of a struggling musician. Sophie's Uncle has died and left her his small farm causing an uproar in […]