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The Emerald Guild Society
A Legacy Since 1992
Deep roots in New York. Strong ties to the building management community.
The Guild brings together Irish-American building professionals through leadership, public tradition, charitable work, and long-standing ties across New York's residential building community.
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.
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.
2026 Events
A public calendar for the year ahead.
Membership meetings, confirmed dates, and annual events are kept together on one public schedule.
Vendor's Night
May 14, 2026
Golf Outing
June 9, 2026
Membership Meetings
Third Wednesday monthly at Connolly's
Additional annual events
Quiz Night, Lark In The Park, Scholarship Awards, and Christmas Party - TBD
Latest from the Guild
Current Guild life, kept in view.
A small curated look at recent Guild activity, drawn from the official Instagram account.
instagramApril 1, 2026
March in View
A month of parade season, city celebrations, and Guild life in public view.
instagramMarch 17, 2026
Bernard Dunne Leads the Guild
The Guild on Fifth Avenue during the 2026 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
instagramMarch 6, 2026
Agents Night, 2026
Recognition and fellowship from the Guild's 2026 Agents Night awards evening.
Direct Your Inquiry
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Direct your inquiry to the right part of the organization.
Membership
Questions about joining or participation.
Employment
For managing agents, employers, and prospective industry candidates.
Scholarships
Questions about supporting the scholarship program or vendor participation.
Golf Outing
General event questions and sponsorship opportunities.
Pocket Directory
Questions about participation, applications, or the program.