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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on December 20, 2022, a plan to revitalize the American Irish Historical Society (AIHS), preserve the organization's historic townhouse headquarters in New York City, and end one family's control of the AIHS.
As part of that plan, a new interim Executive Director and interim Board of Directors were appointed to guide AIHS through six months of transition. The Consulate General of Ireland in New York has agreed to help support the interim board during the initial transition to acceptable new governance.
We thank Attorney General James and her office for their hard work in providing relief to the American Irish community and their continued investigation and oversight of the transition.
Former AIHS Chairman Brian McCabe (NYPD Emerald) led the campaign to reform and renew the AIHS and brought the matter of governance, fiscal responsibility, and the integrity of the priceless collection to the attention of the Attorney General (AG) along with former President General James Normile. Brian McCabe, with former AIHS staffer Sophie Colgan, further mobilized the American Irish community in this effort and provided the AG with an online petition supporting reform signed by more than 40,000 individuals, which helped prompt the AG to favorably resolve the threat to the Society.
The Grand Council looks forward to working with the new leadership of the American Irish Historical Society and using the venue for our events.
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