Events

With a sell out crowd our annual Forever Green Pub Crawl was a huge success! We would like to thank everyone for joining us again on the southside! Thanks to your help we've raised over $6000 for our charities! Hope to see you all at our 33rd annual Forever Green March 14, 2008!

Thanks to everyone who made it out Friday night to Westend Bar and Grill. We had a great crowd and a great time! We hope to see you at upcoming Young Irish events to help support this year's charities, AAction Autism and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. We'd also like to thank the sponsors for Friday's Happy Hour. Without their support, we would not be able to organize such a successful event.

The Law Offices of George P. Cahill (residential real estate representation)
Contact Information: (773) 777-3313

Effen Vodka (provided Effen cocktails)
Amstel (provided beer)
Westend Bar and Grill (provided appetizers)

Another successful year out on the greens at Whittaker Woods. Thanks to all our golfers and sponsors for making this year's Golf Outing an outstanding event!

Because of your generous support, a donation has been made to the AAction Autism and The Cystic Fibrosis.

Thanks for attending this year's Pub Crawl in Wicker Park. We had over 80 attendees raising over $2000 for our Charities. We hope to see you at our next event.

The Young Irish takes a trip to the South Side and cheers on the Chicago Fire. We would like to thank everyone who came along we had another sold out event. We hope you had as much fun as we did. Hope to see you on our Wicker Park Pub Crawl!

Once again, the YIFC bartended at Old St. Pat's Block Party, the summer's best outdoor bash! Many thanks to our 40+ volunteers who helped the mission of Old St. Pat's, and spread the word about Young Irish. You can buy your own "That's Good Craic" shirt here.

The 32nd Annual Forever Green at Navy Pier was an outstanding success. Nearly 2,000 green-clad guests attended this famous charity event, and enjoyed an open bar and top-notch entertainment from the Larkin & Moran Brothers and The Townes for 5 hours. Proceeds from the 2007 Forever Green will benefit Special Olympics of Chicago and Snow City Arts Foundation. Thanks to our sponsors Michael Collins, Heineken and WXRT.

The turnout at both parades, float watchers and float riders, was overwhelming. Our South Side bus was SOLD OUT! The Young Irish passed out Irish Beanie Babies to the kids. It's the best view you can get for either parade!

With a sell out crowd our annual Forever Green Pub Crawl was a huge success! We would like to thank everyone for joining us on the southside! Hope to see you all at our 32nd Forever Green March 16, 2007!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Happy Hour at Mystic Celt sponsored by Bob Mac. We hope you had as much fun as we did.

Thanks to everyone who joined us on our Irlend Pub Crawl. We had so much fun visiting Cork City, Kerry and the Blarney Castle. With 18 guests attending the trip we made so many memories we will never forget! Hope to see you all on our next trip.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the membership happy hour October 20th at Irish Oak, it was great to see so many new and familiar faces. With over 150 guests in attendance, we welcomed 56 new Emerald Members to the Young Irish Fellowship Club!

For our first suburban event, we journeyed out to the "Street of Dreams" in Forest Park for a pub crawl. With 50+ attendees crawling down Madison street on the afternoon of August 5th, over $500 was raised for Special Olympics Chicago and the Snow City Arts Foundation. A great time was had by all attendees as we stopped in the following bars along the way: Doc Ryan's, Molly Malone's, Duffy's Tavern, Shanahan's, Healy's West Side, Horan's Snug, O'Sullivan's, and Murphy's.

Once again, the YIFC bartended at Old St. Pat's Block Party, the summer's best outdoor bash! Many thanks to our 40+ volunteers who helped the mission of Old St. Pat's, and spread the word about Young Irish. You can buy your own "That's Good Craic" shirt here.

The YIFC enjoyed a wonderful warm evening on the Chicago waterways. The 100 plus guests danced the night away while bidding on some fabulous silent auction items. We raised $2000 for our charities, Special Olympics and Snow City Arts.

The 31st Annual Forever Green at Navy Pier was an outstanding success. Nearly 3,000 green-clad guests attended this famous charity event, and enjoyed an open bar and top-notch entertainment from the Larkin & Moran Brothers and Hothouse Flowers for 5 hours. Proceeds from the 2006 Forever Green will benefit Off The Street Club and Concern Worldwide. Thanks to our sponsors Michael Collins, Heineken and WXRT.

Both the downtown and South side parades were assisted by unseasonably warm March weather...the turnout at both parades, float watchers and float riders, was overwhelming. Our South Side bus was SOLD OUT! The Young Irish passed out beads (a $5 discount to Forever Green!) to the adults, and Irish Beanie Babies to the kids. It's the best view you can get for either parade!

Our 7th annual pub crawl was yet again a SOLD-OUT event! Over 150 crawlers were transported by bus to Corcoran's, Kerryman, Lizzie McNeil's and Butcher's Dog. The lively crowd all wore the official Forever Green t-shirt, and were representing the South side, North side, suburbs and even New York! Young Irish will donate over $2,000 from this event to the Forever Green charities: Concern Worldwide and Off The Street Club.

Another successful year out on the links at Whittaker Woods. Thanks to all our golfers and sponsors for making the YIFC 6th Annual Golf Outing an outstanding event!

Because of your generous support, a donation has been made to the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.

With over 60 Young Irish volunteers bartending at the YIFC bar at World's Largest Block Party, our bar was one of the most successful all weekend! We couldn't have done it without our volunteers-thanks for joining us for such a fun weekend!! And how good did everyone look in their "That's Good Craic" shirts!?!

Yet another beautiful day for the annual Young Irish Crosstown Classic at the Cell. 80 Young Irish Emerald Members and friends were treated to a slammin' first inning. The Cubs needed only nine pitches from Sox starter Jose Contreras to jump out to a 4-0 lead after the grand slam home run by Aramis Ramirez. The rest of the game provided good Craic for all and continued on at Emmit's.

Raising money for the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, several directors from the Young Irish tried their hand at acting like Tom Cruise in "Cocktail". Bar patrons were well served and no glasses were broken....

Celebrating our 30th Anniversary, thousands of St. Patrick's Day revelers packed the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier to enjoy the sounds of Elevation (the U2 Tribute) and the Muck Brothers. Additional entertainment was provided by The Chancey Brothers, Shannon Rovers pipe band, Irish dancers from the O'Hare and McNulty schools plus the Guinness brewmaster, Fergal Murray, all the way from Dublin to pour us the "perfect pint". The Guinness, Smithwick's and Harp was flowing freely, guaranteeing that Forever Green remains Chicago's premier and largest St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Beneficiaries from the 2005 Forever Green are Misericordia, MGR Foundation and Chicago Gateway Green.

With over 200 people in attendance, this year's pub crawl was a smashing success. Thanks to our participating bars, Johnny O'Hagans, Blue Bayou, Gingers Ale House, Abbey Pub, and Mystic Celt for hosting our crawl!