Without a doubt, my most memorable St. Patrick’s Day was in 2001 when I attended the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago’s 100th Annual Banquet. If Chicago were a monarchy, this would be the grandest yearly gathering of it’s political, business, and religious royalty, nobles, and knights. Princes of the City and of the Church, all.. [More]

The Very Reverend Dermot Dunne, Dean of the historic 11th century Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, has confirmed in communications with representatives of the O’Brien Clan Foundation, that he will host an interdenominational service to commemorate the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, and death of High King Brian Boru on the morning of.. [More]

Ireland’s oldest festival will once again ignite the summer festival season when it returns to the Hill of Uisneach in County Westmeath on Bealtaine, in May. Festival of Fires will bring the Hill of Uisneach to life with the very best in arts, culture, ceremony, heritage and history, crafts, debate, re-enactments and, of course, music… [More]

The State Apartments of Dublin Castle have been reserved for the O’Brien Clan on Wednesday, April the 23rd., 2014 for a reception and banquet commemorating the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, and death of High King Brian Boru. Dublin Castle, on Dame Street in Dublin, was until 1922 the seat of British rule in.. [More]

When word reached these shores that The O’Brien was planning a visit to the United States along with his lovely and talented daughter, Hon. Lucia O’Brien, who was attending acting classes in Hollywood, the idea of holding a banquet in their honor was first suggested by the President of the South Bay Chapter of the.. [More]

O’Brien and Dalcasian Clans are destined for Ireland in 2014 for an event to reunite the hundreds of thousands of O’Briens throughout the world (over 700,000 O’Brien’s in the United States alone that have traced their roots to Brian Ború from Killaloe, County Clare!) Brian Ború (Middle Irish: Brian Bóruma, Irish: Brian Bóroimhe) Mac Cennétig.. [More]

The O’Brien Clan has been invited to attend the 400th Anniversary of the Flight of the Earls, being held at Portnamurry Bay, Rathmullan from the 13th-16th of September, 2007.

Sir Conor O’Brien, The ÓBriain, is honored to lead the 2010 ‘Famine 1848 Walk’ on Saturday, 31 July, at 3 PM, in Ballingarry, Co Tipperary. Last year there were over 200 walkers. The Walk always takes place on the last Saturday in July, the day of the Rising. It covers a distance of a mile.. [More]

Geraldine O’Brien’s forthcoming exhibition at Hamilton Osborn King’s Fine art gallery in 20 Dawson Street, Dublin. The exhibition is in aid of The friends of St Luke’s Hospital and part of the sale proceeds will go there. All the paintings are [edit: were] up on the web in the above link. Below is a biography.. [More]

The Boru Festival in Armagh will take place from the 6th – 8th of June 2003 in Armagh City. Beginning with a Gala Banquet in the new Armagh City Hotel on Friday evening of the 6th. We have also planned a Living History re-enactment of Boru’s gift of gold to the cathedral church on the.. [More]