Glucksman Ireland House engages in a variety of projects and exhibitions that extend beyond the classroom.
Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra (WSHSO) - An NYU-based traditional Irish music group headed by Prof. Mick Moloney. The group consists of NYU students and musicians from New York's Irish music community. During the academic year it meets for rehearsal every week and performs several times a semester.
Glucksman Ireland House Oral History Project - A collaboration between Ireland House and the Archives of Irish America in which NYU undergraduate students develop finding aids, including interviews, for members of the Irish-American community as part of their coursework for "An Oral History of Irish America," currently taught by Prof. Marion R. Casey and Prof. Linda Dowling Almeida.
Oral History Podcasts - Audio documentaries by the Glucksman Ireland House Oral History Project and drawing on their interviews.
The Fifth Province: County Societies in America - An exhibit celebrating the lifetime commitment many Irish men and women made to their heritage through membership in county societies. The impulse to recreate a sense of home through social, cultural and sporting events can be documented wherever the Irish have settled in the world. New York City can claim the largest cluster of Irish county societies, with the greatest longevity.
Ireland America: The Ties That Bind - Irish music and theater have carried the cultural markers of identity across an ocean and down two centuries. This exhibition explores aspects of Irish American performance history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly those that illuminate the nexus between public and private, culture and subculture. Curated by Professor Marion R. Casey, Clinical Professor of Irish Studies and Senior Archivist, Archives of Irish America, at NYU.
Telling Our Irish Stories - The sharing of stories has always been a great Irish and Irish American tradition. Telling Our Irish Stories is an Oral History Project program welcoming community members to record a conversation with a loved one. Trained oral history staff are present to assist. A copy of each recording is added to the Archives of Irish America NYU.