The Gaelic League keeps Detroit’s Irish history alive, one pint at a time (Via EaterDetroit)
The Gaelic League is a membership-based organization and visitors buzz-in. Dues are $20 per year.
The club considered moving during the upheavals of the 1950s and 1960s, both in the aftermath of the 1967 uprising and in the face of many members’ flight to the suburbs, but decided to remain in its Corktown location. The building was paid for, and it was centrally located for many members. Proximity to Tiger Stadium brought an influx of visitors on game days, giving a jolt of much-needed cash to the neighborhood.
Today, most of the club’s members are second- or third-generation Irish, rather than the immigrants who formed the earlier core of the club’s members. “You’re not getting the influx from immigration,” O’Neill says. “You’re not getting it from your sweet little grandma that talked with a brogue. It’s still something that people are very interested in, though. Genealogy has brought in some interest and attention.
New people flowing into the city bring greater membership opportunities for the club, but there’s also a danger that things will change. With a younger generation of visitors to the spot, O’Neill does worry a bit that the club’s traditions might not translate easily to a more youthful crowd. “Now Corktown is booming,” she says. “It’s great to have all this influx of people. But I don’t know if we’re with the times.
For weeks now, they’ve been focusing on getting through parade season — the highlight of the Gaelic League’s annual event calendar. As a cornerstone of the United Irish Societies of Detroit, a group of 32 member organizations that make up the St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee, the Gaelic League holds a party every year on Parade Day and on St. Patrick’s Day itself.
“It’s not the immigrant base that’s helping to reinforce the culture,” she says, “It’s the second generation keeping the history alive.”
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