Mission Statement

To promote the education, both spiritual and intellectual, of the membership and the community through the media of lectures, instruction classes, guided study, arts and crafts groups, music, and drama, together with social and athletic endeavors appropriately supplementary of the afore stated educational programs, especially within the areas of the culture of the Gaelic people.

Irish language classes, Tin Whistle lessons, and Ceoltas Ceolteoiri Sessiuns take place weekly in the Bar.

The Pittsburgh Feis (Irish Dancing Competition) was established at the Centre in 1972. The 38th Pittsburgh Feis will take place at the Hyatt Hotel at the Pittsburgh International Airport on October 1/2 2011 as a 2-Day feis.

The West Virginia Feis was established in 2004 by Jim Graven. The 8th West Virginia feis-March 26/27, 2011 at the Hyatt.

The Pittsburgh Winter Feis was established by Jim Graven in 2006 at the Radisson in Greentree. The 6th Annual Winter Feis will take place at the Hyatt on the weekend of Dec 31,2011/Jan1,2012 . The 3 feiseanna are chaired by Jim Graven and assisted by many volunteers from the local dance schools of Bell, Burke/Conroy, and Shovlin.

More info about the feiseanna is available on the official  Feis web site at irishcentrepgh.org .

Registration for the feiseanna is available at efeis.com.

Any additional info is available by emailing kayaks201@verizon.net .

In addition, Jim and his volunteers manage the Annual Celtic Fling Feis on the grounds of the Mt. Hope Estates (Parenaissancefaire.com) in Harrisburg, PA.