
United Irish Cultural Center
Mission
The United Irish Cultural Center is a nonprofit organization that promotes Irish history and culture and supports an all-Irish library, which has primary sources relating to the Irish in San Francisco circa 1900. As the first Irish social center in the United States built entirely by volunteer labor and community contributions, the United Irish Cultural Center has continued the work of its predecessors (such as the Knights of the Red Branch) in promoting and preserving Irish culture in the City by the Bay.
Featured Fun
If you can’t visit the United Irish Cultural Center’s beer garden, Wawona Gates, you can still learn about this overlooked location in the Sunset District. Watch “45 on 45th,” a video produced by Joey Yee presenting the story of Irish Centers in SanFrancisco–a San Francisco History Days 2020 exclusive.
“45 by 45: Hibernian Halls and Irish Centers in San Francisco” by Joey Yee
Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 10:00AM – (Virtual) Touring the United Irish Cultural Center
We look forward to taking participants on a tour of the UICC, now celebrating its 45th year. Starting Saturday, join archivist and librarian Jennifer Drennan and UICC member Elizabeth Creely as they take you on the first of two tours of the UICC, starting in the Dowling Library, which has one of the most unique, local collections of San Francisco Irish Americana in California, and ending in the member’s room for quick chat on Irish villages, Norman ruins and world fairs.
This event is free but pre-registration is required.