81st Éire Society Gold Medal Award Dinner Honors Jim and Caroilin Callery

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On Friday, April 24, the Éire Society of Boston holds its 81st Annual Gold Medal Award at 6 p.m. at the Omni Parker House in Boston. This year's award recipients are James Callery and his daughter Caroilin Callery.  Purchase tickets here.

Jim Callery and his daughter Caroilin Callery

According to the Society, James Callery is being honored "for his creative leadership and generosity in preserving the lessons and legacy of Ireland's Great Hunger by founding Ireland's National Famine Museum and Archive in 1994 at Strokestown.  Caroilin Callery's contributions include organizing a homecoming for the Canadian descendants of the 1,490 Strokestown tenants who were sent into exile in 1847, launching the biannual Irish Famine Summer Schools, and developing Ireland's National Famine Way in 2019 and the Global Irish Famine Way in 2022."  

The Éire Society of Boston was formed in 1937 by former pupils of Maurice J. Lacey, headmaster of the Jamaica Plain High School, who taught an Irish history course under the direction of university extension, Massachusetts State Board of Education.  


An early leader of the Society was  Dr. Regina Madden, who served as vice-president and president of the Society and was the first editor of the Eire Society Bulletin.  Madden was author of "A Tapestry of Irish Memories."

According to its literature, the mission of the Éire Society of Boston is to promote the knowledge of Irish culture through the encouragement of study in the arts, sciences, literature, language and history of Ireland; publicize the contributions to civilization made by the Irish and those of Irish ancestry; and promote a consciousness of the influence of Irish thought and action in the advancement of American ideals.

For more information about attending the awards dinner, contact Gold Medal Dinner Committee Member Cate McGrail.




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