3) All this has been achieved in less than two years despite the legacy of past problems and staffing limited to outstanding young interns. It is beyond disappointing to hear that the current board appears to be engaging in some of the same nonproductive behaviors as previous boards' past. AIHS is now valued because of Elizabeth Stack's leadership; her loss would shred hard-earned organization credibility.
#AIHS #NYC #MastoDaoine #IrishDiaspora #IrishAmerica

2) Executive Director Elizabeth Stack has
- Turned AIHS into a welcoming organization on 5th Ave

- Created exceptional, consistent, and well-attended programming

- Established AIHS as a valued member of NYC's Irish American ecosystem

- Protected the extraordinary Irish American archive housed at AIHS

- Rebuilt the reputation of AIHS as a reliable venue where scholars and artists can present their work

#AIHS #NYC #MastoDaoine #IrishDiaspora #IrishAmerica

1) I’ve been involved with #AIHS in a number of voluntary capacities for the better part of 10 years and this news is deeply disappointing. An extraordinary and unnecessary self inflicted wound by a board apparently bent on repeating past mistakes

#NYC #MastoDaoine #IrishDiaspora
#IrishAmerica

https://www.irishecho.com/2025/3/firing-and-resignations-rock-the-aihs

Celebrate the Irish language in March:

⭐ Cúrsaí: https://letslearnirish.com/cursai/

⭐ Tasc An Lae: https://letslearnirish.com/tascanlae/

⭐ Comhrá: https://letslearnirish.com/comhra/

#Gaeilge #SnaG25 #Comhrá #IrishAmerica

Peter O'Neill's recent talk on 'The Dakota, the Ojibwe, and the diaries of Timothy J. Sheehan' is now available online https://youtu.be/P1s0E-Ygft4 #IrishHistory #IrishAmerica

Who owns #IrishIdentity?

Who decides what it means to be #Irish?

Does #IrishAmerica have a legitimate claim on #Irishness?

While many avoid asking these thorny questions, I was delighted to see Fin Dwyer and Damian Shiels take on this question in their new #podcast: Transatlantic.

#Mastodaoine

https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/who-owns-irish-identity/

Louis John Sullivan, son of a #Clonakilty, immigrant, changed the elevation of American cities.

The man who mastered “form over function”, passed 100 years ago #OnThisDay

#GlobalIrishNation #IrishAmerica #IrishDiaspora #IrishHistory #OTD #OnThisDate #Mastodaoine

https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/louis-henry-sullivan-architect-1856-1924

Published #OnThisDay 11th February 1992:

Northern Ireland Report

Northern Ireland Report was published by an ad hoc group of individuals in the United States. While supportive of Sinn Féin, it sought to provide a left wing publication in the context of the conservative-leaning U.S. support for Irish Republicanism.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1198/

#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #IrishAmerica #NorthernIrelandReport #IrishLeftArchive #OTD

1) At the center of a major controversy when the American Irish Historical Society’s irreplaceable Beaux-Arts townhouse home on Fifth Avenue in New York City was put up for sale.

#GlobalIrishNation #NYPD #IrishAmerica #IrishPodcast

https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/BrianMcCabe

Should’ve hashtagged that post better:
#BadBridget #LáFéileBríde #StBridgetsDay #Podcast #ElaineFarrell #LeanneMcCormick #QUB #UniversityOfUlster #SiobhánMcSweeney #IrishAmerica #Emigration

Glad to hear that American Irish Historic Society is under new management. It's been painful to pass the beautiful building on 991 5th Avenue only to see darkened windows at what should be one of Irish America's preeminent institutions

#GlobalIrishNation #IrishAmerica #IrishHistory #NotForProfit

Dan Barry of @nytimes has the latest:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/irish-america-society-board-quits.html