Department of Foreign Affairs to provide $300,000 as board resigns and sale of society’s €40m New York mansion is halted
American Irish Historical Society: New York attorney general Letitia James said an interim board and executive director will work with 'members of the American Irish community' to revitalize the society.
The Irish Consulate General in New York welcomed the changes. “The American Irish Historical Society is an historical symbol of the profound relationship between Ireland and the United States,” it said in a statement. “We are very pleased to see a plan in place to revitalise the society and preserve the organisation’s headquarters in New York City.
The American Irish Historical Society was founded in 1897 to keep Irish and Irish American contributions secure in memory. By 1940, the society had enough money to buy a five-story town house on 5th Avenue, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Along the way, Cahill family members and loyalists joined the board, and one of the doctor’s sons, Christopher, became its well-compensated executive director.
In March 2021, McCabe and the society’s just-fired marketing co-ordinator, Sophie Colgan, started an online petition opposing the sale of the society’s mansion. More than 40,000 people signed on.
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