The Center for Irish Programs at Boston College brings together all University Irish Initiatives. It has oversight responsibility for the Irish Studies program, the Irish Institute, the Burns Library Irish Collections, the Center for Irish Programs - Dublin, and the Irish Music Program.
Boston College was founded, in part, to educate the sons of famine emigrants from Ireland who settled in Boston. The Center for Irish Programs continues this important aspect of the University's mission and heritage. Through our many contacts and links in the academic, business, non-profit and government communities both in Ireland and America, the Center seeks to provide support services to the many Boston College students, alumni and friends with an interest in Ireland, and things Irish.
The Center for Irish Programs is the public face of the University's many Irish initiatives and, through this web site and other means, serves as a clearinghouse of information on all Irish related events at the University. The Dublin facility has hosted numerous academics from Ireland and America, along with innumerable civic and political leaders from Ireland, Northern Ireland, the United States and Great Britain. The Center is especially proud to be able to include Boston College graduate and undergraduate students in many of these events.
Dr. Thomas E. Hachey, a chaired professor in the Department of History, is Executive Director.
