Irish Links

Here are some of our favorite Irish links.

Columcille Irish Center
The sponsors of the Festival currently fund an Irish library, Irish dance classes and geneology center at Sailor Snug Harbor on Staten Island. The festival is their main fundraiser of the year.

Celtic Clothing Company
A great selection of Irish shirts and Irish jewelry. Based in Philadelphia the Celtic Clothing Company are one of the foremost Irish outfits in the United States, offering a huge selection of quality Irish clothing, Celtic jewelry, hats and more. Check them out, as organisers of the festival we highly recommend them to you.

Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH)
The National body of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the US. The motto of this Irish Catholic organization is “Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity”.

Staten Island Irish Gravesite
During the terrible days of the famine many Irish died and are buried right here in Staten Island. This website is most heart wrenching when you read the names and ages of the little Irish children who survived the journey only to die of disease in America. These terrible circumstances were created as a direct result of British economic greed and military oppression.

Irish American Historical Society
The Society, founded in 1897 to inform the world of the achievements of the Irish in America, is today a national center of scholarship and culture.

Irish Americans in New York City
The Irish community is one of New York’s major and important ethnic groups, and has been a significant proportion of the city’s population since the waves of immigration in the late 1800s.

Sinn Fein
An Irish political party dedicated to help create a lasting and just peace in the North of Ireland.