Irish in Massachusetts

32 listings for Massachusetts so far, each checked against the official source. More states and listings are added in waves.

Boston Irish Famine Memorial

The Boston Irish Famine Memorial by night in Downtown Crossing: bronze figures of a starving family

Boston, Massachusetts · Corner of Washington Street and School Street, Downtown Crossing, Boston

Two families in bronze on a downtown plaza: one starving in Ireland in the 1840s, one standing prosperous in America, looking back. Eight plaques around them tell the famine story and Boston's part in the relief effort.

The memorial opened in 1998, raised by Boston's Irish community under the late Thomas Flatley, himself a Co. Mayo emigrant of 1950. Sculptor Robert Shure set the two family groups facing each other across the small park: the Ireland of the coffin ships and the America the survivors built.

It stands a few blocks from the waterfront streets where more than 100,000 famine Irish landed in Boston, and the city's Irish Heritage Trail passes it. There is no visitor centre and nothing to book: it is a public plaza, and fifteen quiet minutes is the right way to see it.

Visiting: A public plaza on the Freedom Trail, open at all hours, free.

Checked 2026-10-23

Irish Cultural Centre of New England

Canton, Massachusetts · 200 New Boston Drive, Canton

Forty-six acres of Ireland twenty minutes from downtown Boston: four GAA pitches, a pub, a library and a year-round run of concerts, classes and set dancing, built mostly by Irish and Irish-American volunteers.

Founded in 1989 with support from the Irish Government's Emigrant Support Programme, the Canton centre is one of the largest Irish campuses in the United States. Summer weekends belong to Gaelic games on the four fields; the main building holds the pub restaurant, a performance space and the resource library.

The St Patrick's season programme runs for weeks, not a day, and the centre's Galway Races celebration night is a fixture of the Boston Irish summer.

Visiting: Open year-round to the public. Weekday office hours; the pub, matches and events run evenings and weekends. Check the calendar on the official site.

Checked 2026-10-23

Irish Cultural Center of Western New England

West Springfield, Massachusetts · 429 Morgan Road, West Springfield

The Irish House Restaurant and Trinity Pub on ten acres in West Springfield: a working Irish pub with a fireplace and a snug, a Sunday trad session, and an athletic field outside.

The centre took over the former Elks Lodge on Morgan Road in 2015 and rebuilt it in stages: a handcrafted bar and pub modelled on a Dublin local, a restaurant run by the Delaney House team, meeting rooms and a library and museum in progress.

The programme leans social: concerts, lectures, Irish language and history classes, and group trips to Ireland for patrons. The Sunday trad session, early afternoon, is the easiest way in.

Visiting: The restaurant and pub open most evenings, Tuesday to Sunday; the office keeps weekday hours. Check the official site for current times.

Checked 2026-10-23

St Patrick's Day Parades

Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade

Holyoke, Massachusetts · Northampton Street (Route 5), Holyoke · 21 Mar 2027

Holyoke's parade kicks off at 11:10 AM from the Kmart Plaza on Northampton Street and is organized by the St. Patrick's Committee of Holyoke.

Run by St. Patrick's Committee of Holyoke.

Checked 2026-10-23

South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade

Boston, Massachusetts · South Boston, Boston · March 2027, date to confirm

The South Boston parade is organized by the Allied War Veterans Council of South Boston and doubles as the neighborhood's Evacuation Day commemoration.

Run by Allied War Veterans Council of South Boston.

Checked 2026-10-23

Worcester St. Patrick's Parade

Worcester, Massachusetts · Park Avenue and Mill Street, Worcester · March 2027, date to confirm

Worcester's parade kicks off at noon from Park Avenue and Mill Street and is organized by the Worcester County St. Patrick's Parade Committee.

Run by Worcester County St. Patrick's Parade Committee, Inc..

Checked 2026-10-23

Irish Pubs & Restaurants

Mr. Dooley's Boston Tavern

Boston, Massachusetts · 77 Broad Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Irish tavern on Broad Street in Boston's Financial District, opened in September 1991, with live music and a year-round events calendar.

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Checked 2026-10-23

The Black Rose

Boston, Massachusetts · 160 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Boston Irish pub on State Street near Faneuil Hall, trading since 1976, with live music seven nights a week.

Call: 857-847-4366

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Checked 2026-10-23

The Druid

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 1357 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Irish pub on Cambridge Street in Inman Square, a long-standing neighbourhood local in Cambridge.

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Checked 2026-10-23

Murphy's Pub

Agawam, Massachusetts · 664 Suffield St, Agawam, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Suffield Street in Agawam, serving fish and chips, shepherd's pie and Irish nachos.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Emmets

Boston, Massachusetts · 6 Beacon St, Boston, Massachusetts

Irish pub and restaurant on Beacon Street on Beacon Hill in Boston, serving true Irish fare and Guinness.

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Checked 2026-10-25

JJ Foley's Bar & Grille

Boston, Massachusetts · 21 Kingston St, Boston, Massachusetts

Traditional family run Irish pub on Kingston Street in downtown Boston, serving pints and bar food.

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Checked 2026-10-25

L Street Tavern

Boston, Massachusetts · 658 E 8th St, Boston, Massachusetts

Irish pub on East Eighth Street in Boston's South Boston neighborhood, a long standing local tavern on L Street.

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Checked 2026-10-25

M.J. O'Connor's

Boston, Massachusetts · 27 Columbus Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Columbus Avenue in Boston's Back Bay, located in the Park Plaza Hotel and serving Irish pub food and Guinness.

Call: (617) 482-2255

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Checked 2026-10-25

Murphy's Law

Boston, Massachusetts · 837 Summer St, Boston, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Summer Street in South Boston, listed as an Irish pub serving draft beers including Smithwick's and Guinness.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Ned Devine's

Boston, Massachusetts · 1 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

Irish pub in Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, serving Irish inspired favorites and New England classics in Quincy Market.

Call: (617) 248-8800

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Checked 2026-10-25

The Banshee

Boston, Massachusetts · 934 Dorchester Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02125

Irish pub on Dorchester Avenue in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, serving lunch and dinner daily and showing domestic and European sports on ten screens across two floors.

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Checked 2026-10-25

The Dubliner

Boston, Massachusetts · 2 Center Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Irish pub and restaurant at Center Plaza in downtown Boston, serving modern Irish food, a traditional Sunday roast and live music.

Call: (857) 317-2695

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Checked 2026-10-25

The Plough and Stars

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 912 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Irish pub and restaurant on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, presenting itself as a famous and historical Irish pub with live music.

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Checked 2026-10-25

O'Shea's Olde Inne

Dennis, Massachusetts · 348 Main St, Dennis, Massachusetts 02670

Irish pub on Main Street in West Dennis, run by owner Joseph O'Shea and serving food with live music by a dining room fireplace.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Liam Maguire's Irish Pub

Falmouth, Massachusetts · 273 Main St, Falmouth, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Main Street in Falmouth, run by the Maguire family since moving to this Main Street location in 1994 and serving Irish classics with live entertainment.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Donovan's Irish Pub

Holyoke, Massachusetts · 80 Jarvis Ave, Holyoke, Massachusetts

Irish pub and restaurant on Jarvis Avenue in Holyoke, serving shepherd's pie, fish and chips and live Irish music.

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Checked 2026-10-25

The Auld Triangle

Hyannis, Massachusetts · 412 Main St, Hyannis, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Main Street in Hyannis, serving shepherd's pie, Dublin fish and chips and Guinness with live music.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Old Court Irish Pub and Restaurant

Lowell, Massachusetts · 29-31 Central St, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852

Irish pub on Central Street in downtown Lowell, describing itself as Lowell's authentic Irish pub serving food and drinks since 2001.

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Checked 2026-10-25

The Burren

Somerville, Massachusetts · 247 Elm St, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144

Irish pub and restaurant on Elm Street in Somerville's Davis Square, opened by Irish musicians Tommy and Louise McCarthy and known for live traditional Irish music.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Paddy's Irish Pub

Springfield, Massachusetts · 1060 Wilbraham Rd, Springfield, Massachusetts

Irish pub and sports bar on Wilbraham Road in Springfield, serving drinks and pub food with trivia and live music.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Funky Murphy's

Worcester, Massachusetts · 305 Shrewsbury St, Worcester, Massachusetts

Irish sports bar on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, serving an Irish breakfast, fish and chips and Guinness with a patio.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Galway Bay Irish Pub

Worcester, Massachusetts · 186 Stafford St, Worcester, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Stafford Street in Worcester's Webster Square area, describing itself as pouring pints and memories since 2005.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Scruffy Murphy's

Worcester, Massachusetts · 638 Chandler St, Worcester, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Chandler Street in Worcester, serving food and drinks with Guinness on tap.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Shannon's Irish Ale House

Worcester, Massachusetts · 65 Green St, Worcester, Massachusetts

Irish pub on Green Street in Worcester's Canal District, describing itself as Worcester's true Irish pub with drafts and bottled beers.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Keltic Kitchen

Yarmouth, Massachusetts · 415 Route 28, Yarmouth, Massachusetts 02673

Irish restaurant on Route 28 in West Yarmouth, serving a traditional Irish breakfast including an Irish farmhouse breakfast and corned beef hash.

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Checked 2026-10-25

Irish publications

Boston Irish

Boston, MA · Quarterly · print and online

Quarterly print magazine and website in Dorchester that succeeded the Boston Irish Reporter monthly newspaper in 2020.

Checked 2026-10-23

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