Building Connections through Events

US-Ireland Alliance events are renowned for their glittering guest lists, relationship-building opportunities and the promotion of a modern relationship. The annual "Oscar Wilde: Honoring the Irish in Film" pre-Academy Awards event attracts a wide variety of Hollywood heavyweights and creative artists, including past attendees such as Van Morrison, Jim Sheridan, Neil Jordan, Kate Winslet, Tom Cruise, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts to name a few. The US-Ireland Golf Challenge has attracted corporate leaders and other luminaries from the business world. The Alliance is also instrumental in promoting events focusing on Irish arts and culture. Each event allows leaders from the US and Ireland to meet and forge beneficial connections.

Upcoming Events

Boston, MA - 8 April - A reading and conversation with Ciaran Carson at BU -  open to the public

Murroe, Co. Limerick - 13 April Mitchell Scholars visit Glenstal Abbey - for Mitchell Scholars

Washington, D.C. - 16 April, Queen's professor Pete Shirlow briefing on Northern Ireland - for Capitol Hill staffers

Boston, MA - 18 April - A reading and conversation with Paul Muldoon at BU -  open to the public

San Francisco, CA - 24 April dinner - for Mitchell Scholars

New York, NY - 11 May visit to Roosevelt Island - for Mitchell Scholars 

Co. Mayo, Ireland - mid-May class of '13 concludes year in Ireland and Northern Ireland - for Mitchell Scholars

Dublin, Ireland - 19 September, arrival reception for Mitchell Scholars, hosted by Google Dublin at Google, special guest:  Senator George Mitchell - by invitation

London, UK - 26 September, Alliance/Mitchell event in London for members/supporters; sponsored by Morgan Stanley - by invitation