Saving Philadelphia’s Irish Center - a podcast by Radio.com

The Commodore Barry Irish Center was established as a gathering place for Irish immigrants in 1958 - but by 2014, the center was both literally and figuratively starting to crumble. The waves of Irish immigration had slowed to a trickle…so why was it so important to some people to save the center? KYW Newsradio’s City Hall Bureau Chief, Pat Loeb, guest hosts this week to share the story of how a few passionate Irish descendants started a movement to bring the Irish Center back from the brink of eviction and turned it into a place where you can experience the many cultures of Philadelphia today.

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