August 2022

Irish Arts Take Center Stage This Fall Building upon the robust slate of Irish cultural programming and community-wide activities during the first part of the year, we have plenty more in store this fall here at the Center. The lineup and variety of events suggest...

July 2022

Music, Sports & Other Cultural Events At The Center This Summer The camp culminated in a wonderful stage show in the St. Patrick’s room, on Friday July 1 called “Muirsheen Durkin: The Golden Years”. The capacity crowd enjoyed the show immensely. Camp Director...

June 2022

Investing in the next generation of Irish American Leaders Leo T Walsh Program 2022 — Our educational scholarship program continues to be one of our most popular community engagements and attracts a robust number of applicants annually. Established in 1994, the Leo T...

May 2022

 April may signal the start of baseball season nationwide but pride of place this month in the community goes to the local Cooley Keegan branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (C.C.E) based here in the San Francisco area.  Last month, the local Comhaltas...

April 2022

2022 St. Patrick’s Season is a Huge Success It was great to be back gathering again, after the abrupt cancellation of all the 2020 St. Patrick’s events and the muted 2021 activities. The energy and buzz around the Center was great, and people were so happy to be out...

March 2022

A Look Back in Time Growing up as a “garsún” (small boy) in rural west Limerick, I often spent weekends and holidays in Ashford, Co. Limerick, with my grandparents Michael and Josephine O’Connor. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, small farm enterprises dotted the...