The Irish Enjoy Giving Back: All photos are by photographer James Higgins.
IRT GALA: The Irish Repertory Theatre founders, Ciarán O’Reilly and Charlotte Moore, present Honoree Melissa Vogel Brown, Associate General Counsel and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, with a Visionary Leadership Award at the Irish Rep’s Annual Gala at The Town Hall, NYC on June 8, 2026.
CMRF WINGED FOOT Golf: The Children’s Medical Research Foundation held its 44th Annual Winged Foot Golf Invitational in September.
EIIC Briscoe Awards: The Emerald Isle Immigration Center held its annual Briscoe Awards at the American Irish Historical Society, New York City.
L to R: Danny Drumm, Attorney General Letitia James, Rev. Ryan Muldoon, John F. Tully, Steve Cohen, David Briscoe, Brian O’Dwyer and Consul General Gerald Angley.
NYIC Queens Irish Heritage Festival: The New York Irish Center presented its 5th Annual Queens Irish Heritage Festival at Culture Lab, Long Island City, bringing together over 40 acts for a free outdoor concert. Pictured: Members of McManus Irish Dance, Queens
WWA: Women with Ambition, a unique and empowering community of professional Irish and Irish American women of all levels living and working in New York City, gather at the Consul General’s Residence in New York City on August 28.
Co-op Ireland: Co-Operation Ireland held a roundtable breakfast meeting with Attorney General of Ireland, Rossa Fanning, S.C., at the law offices of McDermott Will & Schulte at One Vanderbilt Avenue, NYC.
L to R: Sean Gaffey, Chairman, Co-Operation Ireland USA, Rossa Fanning, Attorney General of Ireland, and Ray Downes, CEO of FileCloud.
Barretstown Foundation: Barretstown Foundation was delighted to welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton for a special program on global leadership in May 2026. Each year, Barretstown Foundation sends American children living with cancer and other serious illnesses for a week of life-changing psychosocial care at Barretstown Camp in Ireland. Secretary Clinton, a long-time friend of Barretstown’s founder, Paul Newman, last visited the Camp for its 25th anniversary in 2019. For more information on Barretstown Foundation and its work in the U.S., visit: Barretstown.org
L to R: Dee Ahearn, CEO of Barretstown; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Tony Dunne, Chair of Barretstown Foundation and U.S. Country Manager, Bank of Ireland.
ALS Westchester: Eric Nussbaum and Team “Eric Made Me Do This” raised $15,507, turning hope into action and advancing ALS United Greater New York’s mission on May 30, 2026, in memory of Pat Quinn, an ALS hero and co-founder of the annual Ice Bucket Challenge.
NYC FRIENDS OF MUNSTER: The 8th annual New York Friends of Munster Dinner, held on September 9 at New York Athletic Club, raised vital funds for community rugby throughout Munster. L to R: Pat Reidy (Reidy Construction) with honoree Michael Dowling, CEO Emeritus of Northwell Health, and Paul O’Connell, Irish rugby union legend.
GIH: Maggie O’Farrell Glucksman Ireland House NYU co-hosted with Book Club Bar the New York City launch of Maggie O’Farrell’s latest novel, Land, at NYU’s Iris Cantor Theatre. Pictured: Maggie O’Farrell in conversation with fellow author Mary Beth Keane.
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