The Charitable Irish Society will host the 23nd Annual Fundraising and Silver Key Awards Reception on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the UMass Club, One Beacon Street, Boston, MA. The Society will honor two distinguished individuals for their outstanding contributions to the immigrant community:

The St. Brendan’s Gaelic Athletic Club-Boston, founded in 2008, resembles a family – one big Irish family, that is. 

The youth club offers both hurling and football, but most of the athletes prefer the latter. Gaelic football is an Irish team sport played between two teams of 15 players, including a goalkeeper, six backs, two midfielders, and six forwards. 

During each 60-minute match, teammates work to score on the opposing goalkeeper by kicking or punching the ball into the other team’s net for three points, or between two upright posts above the net for one point.