Past Events
March 17, 2025
Lamplighter Inn, London
London, ON
St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon 2025
A Heartfelt Thank You! ☘️
To everyone who joined us for our St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon, we extend our deepest gratitude. Once again your presence, energy, and support made the event a truly special celebration of Irish heritage and community spirit.
A special thank you to our sponsors, entertainers, volunteers, and those who generously donated door prizes—your contributions played a vital role in making this event a success. We couldn’t do it without you.
We look forward to welcoming you again at our next gathering. Until then, go raibh míle maith agat—a thousand thanks. ☘️💚
August 18, 2024
Pioneer Village
London, ON
Irish Heritage Day
We had the best line-up of musicians, dancers, artists for Heritage Day and in true Irish fashion, it rained, for most of the day. While that impacted the day for the potential visitors we were hoping for, we can definitely say those that did attend had a great time.
Remember, the beauty of Fanshawe Pioneer Village is that it has proper buildings and we were able to quicky move the entertainment inside with plenty of room for spectators.
We look forward to seeing you all next year, rain or shine.
March 17, 2024
Lamplighter Inn,
London, ON
St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon 2024
This year our lunch was a huge success. With over 215 people in attendance it’s great to see the event begin to grow again. We look forward to seeing it continue this trajectory. Thank you to all our sponsors again. Your continued support means the world to us.
To view our livestreamed event, go to our YouTube channel or click here.
August 7, 2022
Fanshawe Pioneer Village
London, ON
Heritage Day 2022
It was a hot steamy day at the Pioneer Village on August 7th, 2022 as the Irish Benevolent Society hosted their Annual Heritage Day. Throughout the day visitors were able to enjoy an Irish Dance performance, busking traditional musicians, a harpist and so much more. Two local food trucks provided much needed nourishment throughout the day and children were well entertained at the London Irish Canadian Cultural Society activity centre. Many thoroughly enjoyed the Irish language lessons, the genealogy corner and of course the Donnelly display. It was a LOT of fun and we look forward to doing this for many years to come.
March 17, 2022
Carousel Room. Western Fair District
London, ON
St. Patrick’s Day 2022
Check out the highlights of last years event.
For 2022 we were fortunate to be able to live stream our event. Check out the link below.
August 8, 2021
Fanshawe Pioneer Village
London, ON
Heritage Day 2021
A special event as we celebrated the Talbot plaque unveiling.
The first Irish Heritage Day hosted by the Irish Benevolent Society at Fanshawe Pioneer Village. A significant moment unveiling the Talbot Exhibition plaque that documents the journey of one of the first ships from Ireland to Canada.
November, 2019
Goodwill Industries
London, ON
Emerald Gala
The Irish Benevolent Society hosted a semi-formal Emerald Evening - A night with the Irish. The event featured a Grafton Street themed cocktail hour, a Contemporary Irish dinner and 2 traditional Irish bands. Great prizes and entertainment all round.
September 29th, 2022
Anderson College (formerly Westervelt College)
303 Richmond St., London, ON
Business Networking
Mark your calendar for this kick-off event. As a community we have a lot of business owners and entrepreneurs. Let’s get together and see how we can work together, support each other and get to know our business owners. This will be your opportunity to shape how this group can operate. Is it networking, referrals, social, all of the above? You decide.
Time: 7pm
