Corning
Heritage Center
Our mission is to preserve the cultural legacy of nineteenth-century Irish immigrants in Southern Indiana.
Welcome to the Corning Heritage Center!
Coming Home to our Irish Roots Annual Picnic
September 22 starting at 11:30 AM
Join us for our annual picnic as summer ends and fall begins! We will have two professional Irish bands from Kentucky and Tennessee playing for us this year, which will make for an amazing afternoon in Corning! Listen to wonderful music, enjoy homemade food, and visit the community. Meet new and old friends in our beautiful, peaceful, country environment. Lunch will be a free-will offering, and the Center and Hall will be open for self-guided tours. Erin Doyle will be in the library to assist you with any local family research and genealogy questions you may have. All roads lead to Corning!
Open House Genealogy
October 5 from 12-5 PM in Curran House
Join Erin Doyle to do some local family history research and genealogy. Feel free to browse the Murphy-Nolan library for your ancestors and get assistance from our local genealogist. All roads lead to Corning!
Bonfire & Cemetery Walk
November 2
Come join us for our second annual bonfire and cemetery walk! Roast a hot dog over the bonfire or get one that has already been cooked for you. Drinks such as hot chocolate, coffee, and tea will be served inside Curran House. The cemetery walk will be in St. Patrick's graveyard across the road from Celtic Hall. Enjoy listening to the life stories of former Corning residents performed by local volunteers.
First Annual Christmas at Corning
November 23 in Curran House
Join us for our first celebration of the Christmas season at the center. Each room will be decorated by volutneers for the evening. Music will be performed by the Patoka Valley Strummers, a dulcimer group from Dubois County. They will be playing both Christmas and Irish tunes. McCracken's Curve distillery will be here for tasting their products, and purchasing will be available. Admission to the event will be a free-will donation. Curran House and Celtic Hall will be open for self-guided tours.
We are still in need of volunteers to decorate different areas of the center for this event. If you are interested, please call Regina at 812-661-2577 or e-mail her at
Annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner Update for 2025
Our annual St. Patrick's day event has been moved to April next year in 2025. The specific date will be announced later, so keep an eye on the website for that. The reason for this is because March weather is very unpredictable, and we want everyone to arrive and leave safely. We will also be able to guarantee having a professional Irish musical group to perform! Our event will be called "Better Late than Never St. Patrick's Day."
Brick Fundraiser
CHC is having a fundraiser to pay for a new sidewalk to the front of Curran House, and we're offering a special opportunity for you to honor someone permanently at the center. You can purchase a brick (or more than one brick) in memory or honor of whomever you choose. Bricks are $50 each, and instructions are included on the forms. Simply download and print PDF to fill out, then mail it to CHC with your payment to the address given on the forms. We are looking forward to this wonderful project!
Click here for the PDF form to purchase one or more bricks for the sidewalk fundraiser.
Not sure if someone has already purchased a brick with the name of your loved one(s)? Click here to see a list of the names we've already received on the brick forms. If you would still like to purchase a brick for someone or a family who already has their names on a brick, we welcome your donation and will work to ensure the bricks aren't right next to each other on the sidewalk. We simply cannot honor our Irish heritage enough!
Membership information updating
This is a call to all of our members to ask you to help us update our records. We are looking for updated addresses so we can make sure to get the newsletter to you. Having the most up-to-date contact information is important to us, so please reach out to us!
You can call Regina at 812-661-2577 and update your address for our membership records.
