Galway Association of New York

Galway Association of New York GALWAY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
The Galway Men’s Social & Benevolent Association was founded in 1873. Fr. While in New York, Fr. The image of Fr.

GALWAY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
The Galway Men’s Social & Benevolent Association was founded in 1873 as a direct result of the visit to the United States of the great Dominican preacher Father Thomas Burke of Galway City. Tom Burke came to America in Feb. 1872 in answer to the compelling pleas of America’s Irish, led by his fellow Galway man, Patrick Ford who was the first President of the Galway M

en’s Association. The morale and spirits of the Irish in New York and elsewhere were at a low point as a result of the virulent anti-Irish propaganda and lies spawned by British historian James Froude. Tom met several times with a loosely organized group of active Galway –born New Yorkers. He urged the group to organize formally, draft a constitution and by-laws, meet regularly and work together for the common good of the Irish in New York. His advice was heeded and shortly before he returned to Ireland in 1873 Father Tom Burke was installed as the Galway Men’s Association first Chaplain and declared the Association’s “founder” at the first general meeting of the new born organization. Tom Burke can be seen on the Galway Men’s Association banner. The Galway Men’s Association continues to be a strong organization. The name has been changed to The Galway Association to include the membership of women. Meetings take place on the 3rd Friday of every month (except for summer break May-Aug.) at the Liederkranz Club, 6 East 87th Street, NYC. Membership is $20 annually and is open to anyone that has a direct connection to Galway.

08/19/2026
08/19/2026

Join us as we take on the FDNY Gaelic Football Club on September 12 Rockland GAA. This year we are playing for a great cause and all proceeds from the match will go to PO Riku Sawi of SRG who is currently battling cancer. For tickets contact the names on the poster we can mail tickets out in advance also. Please share on your pages as Facebook limits our exposure. Entertainment by the The Wooden Nickels

08/03/2026

“The West’s Awake”

Three All-Ireland titles have arrived in the West in the space of a week………

- Mayo
2026 All-Ireland Senior Football champions

- Galway
2026 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football champions

- Roscommon
2026 All-Ireland Ladies Intermediate Football champions

07/20/2026
07/15/2026
07/15/2026

The film tells the real life story of history enthusiast Catherine Corless devastating discovery that as many as 796 children had been buried in unmarked graves in Tuam

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