The Emerald Guild Society

The Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan skyline at dusk.

About & Roots

Founded in 1992

Founded in 1992, the Emerald Guild Society gave lasting structure to an existing network of Irish superintendents in New York City.

Its world is the working life of residential buildings: superintendents, resident managers, managing agents, vendors, contractors, and the offices around them. Leadership, committees, parade tradition, scholarships, and practical programs keep that institutional life active.

Guild record

Formal founding

1992

The Guild's by-laws place its formal founding in April 1992.

Field and setting

New York City

Its institutional life is rooted in New York's residential management world.

Stated ideals

Service & cooperation

The Guild was organized around service, integrity, professionalism, and cooperation.

25th Anniversary Film

A Guild in View.

Recorded in 2017, the film offers one of the clearest public reflections of the Guild's history, membership, and institutional life in New York.

Professional Community

A network built in the field

The Guild brings together Irish and Irish-American building professionals through shared work, standards, and heritage.

Its community spans recently arrived members, veteran resident managers, and the wider network around New York's residential buildings. Its aims remain direct: support colleagues in the industry, serve with integrity and professionalism, and foster cooperation among members.

Support

Support colleagues in the industry.

The Guild's professional identity is built around the working relationships that shape residential buildings across New York City.

Service

Service with integrity and professionalism.

Its standards are tied to conduct in the field and to how the profession carries itself.

Cooperation

Foster cooperation among members.

Shared heritage is part of the Guild's culture, but practical cooperation remains one of its clearest principles.

Scholarships & Service

Scholarship and charitable work are carried as part of Guild life.

Documented scholarship and giving records now make the Guild's public-service work visible in concrete terms.

59 scholarship awards are documented across 2022-2025, while the broader giving record documents $247,083.40 across 2022-2025.

Explore Scholarships View Giving

Scholarship recipient and family with Emerald Guild members at the 2026 awards night.

Scholarship record

59 awards documented across 2022-2025.

Giving record

$247,083.40 documented across 2022-2025.

St. Patrick's Day Parade

A public tradition carried with honor.

Each March, the parade gives the Guild one of its clearest public expressions of heritage, continuity, and presence in New York.

Handled with dignity, it ties heritage to public recognition and gives the Guild a visible place in the life of the city year after year.

View the Parade

Emerald Guild Society members marching behind the Guild banner during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City.

Guild Events

Recent gatherings and what comes next.

Explore the 2026 scholarship awards photographs, then see the confirmed November meeting and December celebrations.

View Full Calendar

Scholarship Awards Night 2026

A night celebrating the next generation.

The Guild gathered on October 15 to recognize scholarship recipients and their families. Explore the photographs from the evening by NUA Photography Co.

View Awards Gallery

Vendor's Night 2026

Where the Guild and its industry partners come together.

Vendor's Night brought Guild members together with the service professionals who support New York's residential buildings. Browse the photographs from May's gathering.

View Vendor's Night