To celebrate, support, preserve and promote Irish heritage and culture. The Center is the hub of Kansas City Irish activities, programs, music and educational opportunities. On September 1st, 2016 the Kansas City Irish Center purchased the historic Drexel Hall building at the corner of Linwood and Baltimore. This new home is in the heart of Kansas City’s historic Irish neighborhoods and is central to many of the Irish events in KC. Originally built in 1909 as a home for labor unions, with offices, three commercial storefronts and a large, high-ceilinged meeting hall with stage and upper balcony, Drexel has in recent decades hosted hundreds of wedding receptions, family and office parties, private concerts, fundraisers and Irish wakes.