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WSI Quarterly Membership Meeting & Cultural Night

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | 6:30pm

VFW, 908 Jackson Ave, Naperville, IL 60540

Meeting room is at the front of the building, North side

We’re bringing back quarterly membership meetings, but with a twist. Each meeting will be paired with a cultural event to make the evening both meaningful and memorable. Cash bar available all evening.

Schedule

6:30 PM – Social

7:00 PM - Celtic Knot - An Orphan’s Tale of Survival, Family, and Love in Chicago

Based on a true story. One moment can change your life forever. For eight-year-old Tim, this occurred when both of his parents,

immigrants from Ireland, perished in 1885. Tim executes a harrowing escape and returns to live on the rough and tumble streets of Chicago. He encounters the red-light district, tuberculosis, smallpox, the Spanish flu and the mob in a notorious time in Chicago history which includes the Iroquois Theatre fire, the Eastland Disaster, and more.

Link to WFLD TV Morning Show ChicagoNOW Spot:

https://youtu.be/1UnNYT9TJFE

Bio - Robert Patrick Conlon

Robert Patrick Conlon has been a trial attorney since 1985 representing businesses in commercial disputes across the country. He is a Founding Partner of Chicago based law firm, Walker Wilcox LLP. Robert and his wife, Pam, have worked and lived in Chicago and the Western Suburbs throughout their married life. They have three adult children and six grandchildren.

Location: 6:30 pm, Tuesday, July 21, Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873, 908 W Jackson Ave., Naperville. Registration free but space limited.

“I want to acknowledge our large and growing diaspora.

There is hardly a family on this island that does not have a personal experience of migration.

On every continent our emigrants have

put their ingenuity and hard work at

the service of new homelands. Yet they

have kept their love of Ireland and its

culture deep in their hearts.”

2026 Ireland Diaspora Strategy

President Catherine Connolly

Inaugural Speech

Dublin Castle, 11 November 2025

A BIG thank you to the West Suburban Irish's dedicated committee for all their hard work planning Naperville Irish Fest.

IRISH CITIZENSHIP PRESENTATION!
Irish Citizenship Presentation

Live Traditional Irish Music

Warm your heart and join us for a casual gathering of musicians playing traditional Irish music on their traditional Irish instruments. You'll hear live reels, hornpipes, slip jigs and all your favorite trad Irish tunes.

When: First and Third Wednesday of every month

Where: Quigley's Irish Pub in downtown Naperville (43 E. Jefferson St.)

Details

WSI Quiz Night

Join your friends from WSI for four rounds of trivia at WSI's Quiz Night! It'll all be happening at Quigley's Irish Pub, located in downtown Naperville.

When: First Tuesday of every month (except for July & Sept.) @ 7:00p

Where: Quigley's Irish Pub in downtown Naperville (43 E. Jefferson St.)

Learn More

Tap into Irish culture all year long!

Virtual Tour of the

Guinness Storehouse

It's open year-round at the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin.

Take The Online Tour

Livestreamed Masses from Ireland

Daily and Weekly Services All Year Long

St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church at Illannavoree, Annagry, Co. Donegal St Mary's Star of the Sea Livestream

Parishes in Ireland that livestream their services: Archdiocese of Dublin's List of Livestreamed Churches

The Temple Bar Webcams

Clear, beautiful real-time video and audio streams from outside and inside The Temple Bar pub in DublinTown.

They're on 24/7 so you can check out the scene anytime for some world-class people-watching.

Outside The Temple Bar Pub

Inside The Temple Bar Pub

Irish Beach Cams

Enjoy live ocean views from Inchydoney Island, Co. Cork and from Inis Mór Island, Co. Galway.

Don't forget your sunscreen.

Inchydoney Island

Inis Mór Island

Pop-up Talks from the National Museum of Ireland

Proclaiming a Republic:

The 1916 Rising

A new online series of short films based on selected objects from the Museum's Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising exhibit.

Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising

National Leprechaun Museum's Mythical Forest

Explore Irish Myth, Legend & Folklore

An interactive forest of Irish myth, legend & folklore for each season. Great for kids of all ages.

Forest of Irish Myth, Legend & Folklore

Welcome to WSI

The West Suburban Irish promotes, nurtures and strengthens Irish culture in the western suburbs
of Chicago through community events, the arts,
language and sport.

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promote, nurture and strengthen Irish culture
in the western suburbs of Chicago.
And it's tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.