Upcoming & Recent Events

Annual Kings County Memorial Day Parade

We march in Memory of Erin's Sons & Daughters who gave their lives for our America and in Support of our US Armed Forces still serving.

Monday, May 29th at 10:00 AM
Meet at 3rd Avenue & 80th St.
in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Annual "Tara Festival" & Presentation of Parade Trophies

Rain or Shine (Rain Indoors / Shine Outdoors)
Traditional Irish Music "Seisiuns" / Jam Sessions
Step / Ceili / Set-Dancing / Poetry / Storytelling / History Alley

Sunday, June 4th from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
At the Old Stone House in JJ Byrne Park
5th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets
Park Slope, Brooklyn

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Opening Ceremony of "Battle of Brooklyn Week" (1776)

Saturday, August 19th at 10:00 AM

The "ANNUAL MARYLAND 400" COMMEMORATION
at Michael A. Rawley A.L. Post (in yard) 8th Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues
Followed by Memorial March to THE OLD STONE HOUSE OF BROOKLYN for Ceremony & Refreshments
5th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets
Park Slope, Brooklyn

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Our Lady of Knock / Queen of Ireland

Mass, followed by Rosary & Crowning of Our Lady;
Rose Laying at Unborn Memorial; Knock Video; Refreshments

Saturday, August 19th at 5:30 PM
Holy Name Church, 245 Prospect Park West
Park Slope, Brooklyn

Annual Greenwood Cemetery Commemorations

(In conjunction with the closing Ceremonies of
the 230th Anniversary of "The Battle of Brooklyn" Week
and the Intertwined Histories of Ireland & America)

Wolfe Tone

Erin's Sons & Daughters served with great distinction,
honor and heroism in all of the wars and many are buried in Greenwood.

*Memorial March led by lone Bagpiper to gravesites for Wreath Laying Ceremonies*

Sunday, August 27th at 11:00 AM
Ceremony at Archway inside Cemetery Gate, 5th Avenue & 25th Street

Tribute to Washington's Irish Generals; Irish Civil War Heroes; 69th Regiment

Gravesite of Matilda Tone (1769-1849) - Wife of Irish Patriot - Theobald Wolfe Tone
Gravesite of John Gallagher (1937-2002) Historian & Author of "The Battle of Brooklyn" - 1776

Tribute to Charles Higgins at Altar to Liberty on Battle Hill, Battle of Brooklyn Ceremony