The Irish Fellowship St. Patrick’s Day dinner will be held on Friday, March 16th at the Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Ave. This year’s dinner Chairman is Margaret Houlihan Smith, Director of State and Local Governmental Affairs for United Airlines. This year’s Grand Marshal is Fr. Clete Kiley, Director for Immigration Policy for UniteHere Local 1, and this year’s Guest of Honor is Rev. Jack Clair,  Assistant Executive Director of Misecordia Home and Chaplain of the Irish Fellowship Club.

More information will follow soon.

In 1902, a group of Irishmen formed The Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago to preserve and promote their heritage. They dedicated themselves to continuing the celebration of St. Patrick's Day in Chicago and sharing their Irish Culture and values with the citizens of our beloved city—Chicago.

While promoting friendship and fellowship among the members of the club, the ideals and traditions of their Irish ancestry became a part of the new traditions of Chicago.

From the Introduction to

“The Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago—One Hundred Years”:

The centennial of The Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago marks a moment of high history in the story of the growth and development of the Irish in the City of Chicago. This amazing century, spanning the years from 1901 to 2001, stands as a golden era of Chicago life. The political, commercial and religious character of the city was galvanized by the arrival of teeming numbers of immigrants whose commitment to hard work and New World achievements made Chicago a twentieth century wonder. And no one made themselves more at home in the wonder