Irby has a village hall, situated on Thingwall Road, which hosted a performance by The Beatles on 7 September 1962. The village is home to the 1st Thurstaston scout group, which was started in 1933, shortly after the 3rd World Scout Jamboree, held about a mile away, in Arrowe Park, in 1929. The Irby Club was formed in the early 1930s, and is situated in the centre of the village in a building which was once the farm house for the former Rookery Farm. Irby Library is situated on Thurstaston Road and has its own group of friends.