Irish American Heritage Center

Irish American Heritage Center
Irish American Heritage Center in the Mayfair neighborhood, Chicago, IL
Established	1976
Location	4626 N. Knox Ave. Chicago, Illinois
Type	Irish cultural center
President	Michael Shevlin
Website	http://irish-american.org

The Irish American Heritage Center (Irish: Ionad na Oidhreachtas Éire-Mheiriceánach) is a non-profit organization located in Chicago that seeks to enhance the study of Irish culture with programming centered on Irish dance, literature, heritage, music, and Irish American cultural contributions to the United States.^[1] The center also supports Irish immigrants, and three Presidents of Ireland have attended ceremonies at the center.^[2]^[3]

The center's building in the Mayfair neighborhood of Chicago houses a library, museum, art gallery, archives, auditorium and classrooms, as well as an Irish pub and gift shop. Founded in 1976, it opened its building in 1985.^[4] The center oversees and administers the Irish American Hall of Fame.^[5] It is a member organization of the Chicago Cultural Alliance.

References

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^ "Irish American Heritage Center". Irish American Heritage Center. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
^ Simon Carswell (2014-05-13). "Higgins voices support for undocumented Irish in US". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
^ "Irish President Michael Higgins Visits Irish American Heritage Center - Mayfair - DNAinfo.com Chicago". Dnainfo.com. 2014-05-12. Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
^ Dougherty, Monica and Mary Beth Sammons (2011). The Irish American Heritage Center. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738582887.
^ "Irish American Hall of Fame". Irish American Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

External links

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Conan Visits Irish American Heritage Center. Conan. TBS, aired Jun 12, 2012.

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