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    🎁🇮🇪 IRISH NYE MEGA RAFFLE BASKET! Ring in the new year with a shot at our $1,000+ prize bundle—packed with premium goodies and Irish-inspired treats. 🎟 Tickets: $20 each (available online & in person)🗓 Winner drawn at our Irish New Year’s Eve celebration (Dec 31, “midnight” at 6 PM!) Grab your ticket now […]

Celtic Art Classes Spring 2026 Saturdays Noon-2 pm, Seven sessions, March 7-June 6: -March 7, 2026 -March 28, 2026 -April 11, 2026 -April 25, 2026 -May 9,2026 -May 30, 2026 -June 6, 2026 Room 311 Tuition: $125 INTRO TO CELTIC ART Celtic illuminator Michael Carroll returns to the IAHC this March with the best (and only!) Celtic […]

💚 Women’s Christmas (Nollaig na mBan) at the IAHC — Tuesday, Jan 6 | 5-10 PM FREE ENTRY • Finger foods by Galway Bakers • Live music Join us for a joyful night honoring Nollaig na mBan—“Women’s Christmas,” the Irish tradition where, on January 6, women gather to relax, celebrate friendship, and close the Christmas […]

IRISH NEW YEAR’S EVE at the IAHC! ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED. PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS AT THE DOOR! Ring in midnight on Ireland time with us—countdown at 6:00 PM!🎟 $30 entry • Kids 12 & under FREE🥟 Mixed appetizers • 🎶 Live music🥂 Champagne toast at 6 PM (Irish midnight!)👗 NYE attire provided […]

JOHN PAT McDONAGH LIVE • FIFTH PROVINCE PUB Pull up a chair by the fire and settle in for an evening of soulful ballads, lively trad sets, and sing-along favorites with John Pat McDonagh at 8 PM. Expect rich vocals, storytelling between tunes, and all the cozy pub vibes—perfect pints, great company, and plenty of […]

Get ready for a cracking Saturday night in the Fifth Province! FAST EDDIE hits the pub stage at 8 PM with high-energy trad, crowd-pleasing classics, and sing-along favorites—perfect pints, cozy vibes, and plenty of craic. Round up your crew and make a night of it at your home for Irish music on the Northwest Side.

RISE & DINE — SUNDAY MASS, FULL IRISH BREAKFAST – HONORING OUR IRISH DANCE COMMUNITY! Sunday, January 18 | Mass begins 10:00 AM (Mayfair Theatre)Breakfast follows in the Fifth Province Pub Join us for a warm Sunday tradition—Mass at 10 AM, then a Full Irish Breakfast…with an IRISH DANCING–THEMED MORNING: enjoy a lively dance showcase, […]

🎱 MONTHLY BINGO IS BACK FOR 2026! 🎉 Kick off the year at the IAHC—WED, JAN 7 (first Wednesday)!Doors 6:00 PM • First call 7:00 PM with the one-and-only Geno Cooney on the mic. 🎟️ $10 per card (stack ’em if you’re feeling lucky)🍻 Fifth Province Pub open with drinks & a hot express menu […]

More than 40 years ago, members of Chicago’s Irish American community envisioned a home that would honor our past, energize the present, and sustain Irish culture for generations. As a nonprofit dedicated to that mission, the Irish American Heritage Center (IAHC) continues to champion the arts as a vital part of the Irish dialogue. We’re […]

    🏆 WREN Boy Costume Competition — St. Stephen’s Day 🗓️ Fri, Dec 26 • 3–6 PM • Fifth Province Pub (IAHC) Step into one of Ireland’s most colorful winter traditions: Wren Day (Lá an Dreoilín). Historically, on December 26th in Ireland & the Isle of Man, a wren would be hunted, displayed, and […]

Ready for a brilliant night in the Fifth Province! 🎶 Joe & Declan McShane hit the pub stage this Saturday at 8 PM (doors 7 PM). Expect soaring vocals, lively trad sets, and sing-along pub favorites—pure craic from first chord to last. Grab a pint, round up your crew, and cozy up by the fire […]

🎬 ONE NIGHT ONLY: OLDER THAN IRELAND SAT, DEC 13 • 8 PM • MAYFAIR THEATRE @ IAHC • $20 Meet the storytellers who outlived the century. This acclaimed documentary sits down with 30 Irish centenarians—born at the dawn of independence—who dish out razor-sharp wit, hard-won wisdom, and memories that stretch from turf fires to […]