Volume XLIV, No. 4 • July (Lúil), 2018 The Mystery of the Irish Jewels

...... When you think of Ireland, the last . The original regalia of the Sover- by 4 1⁄4 inches, consisting of eight points, thing that may cross your mind are the eign were only slightly more opulent than four greater and four lesser, issuing from a Irish . And they are proba- the insignia of an ordinary Knight Mem- centre enclosing a cross of rubies and a bly unlike anything you have ever seen. ber of the Order. These were replaced in trefoil of emeralds surrounding a sky blue And for good reason. Someone stole them 1831 by new ones presented by William enamel circle with words, "Quis Separabit over a century ago. IV as part of a revision of the Order's MDCCLXXXIII." in rose diamonds en- This has been an issue that has long in- structure. They then contained 394 pre- graved on back. Value about £14,000.” trigued people, and has been of great in- cious stones taken from the English These assembled stones would be worth terest to many. Crown Jewels of Queen Charlotte and the about $1.4 million in 2018 dollars. star of her husband When not being worn or cleaned, the The 2018 movie, Oceans Eight, was George III. Another story was that they insignia of the Sovereign and those of de- said to have been inspired by this theft. In were jewels taken from King George’s ceased Knights were in the custody of the the film, a long-protected Cartier necklace mistress and repurposed. was stolen, and then disassembled and Ulster King of Arms, the senior Irish offi- sold for its component parts. cer of arms, and kept in a bank vault. The designation "Crown Jewels" was first applied The Jewels Belonging to the Most Il- to the star and badge regalia of the Sover- lustrious Order of Saint Patrick, com- eign in a 1905 revision of the Order's monly called the or statutes. The label "Irish Crown Jewels" was State Jewels of Ireland, were the heavily publicized by newspapers after their theft. jeweled star and badge regalia of the Sov- In 1903, the jewels were transferred to ereign and Grand Master of the Order of a safe, which was to be placed in the St. Patrick. They were stolen from Dublin newly constructed vault at the Dublin Cas- Castle in 1907 along with the collars of tle, beside the Ulster King of Arms' office. five knights of the Order. The theft has These jewels were then assembled by In a plan that proved to be wrong, oh, so never been solved and the jewels have , the Royal Jewelers. very wrong, in hind sight, the new safe never been recovered. On the badge of Saint Patrick's blue was too large for the doorway to the strong First off, who were the named group? enamel, the green shamrock was of emer- room, and Sir Arthur Vicars, the Ulster The Order of St Patrick is an order of alds and the red Saint Patrick's Saltire of King of Arms, instead stored it in his of- knighthood established in 1783 by George rubies; the motto of the Order was in pink fice. Seven latch keys to the door of the III as King of Ireland to be an Irish equiv- diamonds and the encrustation was of Office of Arms were held by Vicars and alent of the English Brazilian diamonds of the first water. his staff, and two keys to the safe contain- and the Scottish . The The baubles were described as such: “A ing the insignia were both in the custody British monarch, as monarch first of Ire- Diamond Star of the Grand Master of the of Vicars. land and later of the United Kingdom, was Order of St. Patrick composed of brilliants the Sovereign of the Order; and the Lord (Brazilian stones) of the purest water, 4 5⁄8 continued on page 5 Lieutenant of Ireland was the Grand Mas- ter in the absence of the Sovereign. The in- SHAMROCK CLUB ANNUAL INSTALLATION DINNER signia were worn by the Sovereign at the JULY 12, 2018 investiture of new Knights as members of Alioto’s Restaurant - 3041 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa the Order, and by the Grand Master on other formal ceremonial occasions. T T T When this group was created, so was a Cocktails 6:00 P.M. • Dinner at 7:00 P.M. somewhat garish design for their named (Replaces Milwaukee Monthly Membership Meeting) Scholarship Milwaukee Calendar of Events T T Committee For More Information visit http://shamrockclubwis.com ...... Two of our scholarship recipients at- JULY tended the Shamrock Club general meet- 10 Celtic Women International Book Club; Lunch at O’Lydia’s, 338 S. 1st St., ing on June 7, 2018. Milwaukee 12 Shamrock Club of Wisconsin Officers Installation Dinner; Alioto’s Restaurant, 3041 N. Mayfair Rd.; Cocktails at 6 pm, Dinner at 7 pm. 21 Badger State Feis; Pettit National Ice Center; 8 am 22 Cream City Feis; Pettit National Ice Center; 8 am 27 Tallymoore; Wisconsin Lutheran College; 7 pm

AUGUST 2 Shamrock Club Monthly Meeting; ICHC; 7 pm; Dinner at 6:30 10 Irish Fest Sound Sampler; Wilson Center Starry Nights Celebration; in collaboration with Milwaukee Irish Fest; music by athas and Limerick Partnership scholarship award winners Aisling Lyons and Martha Guiney; 6:30 pm Ira Bragg came to receive the Irish 11 Milwaukee Feis; UW Milwaukee Student Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Studies scholarship with a huge “thank 12 McMenamin Feis, UW Milwaukee Student Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. you.” He will be back at our September 15 Tosa Tonight Presents Shreem and Jiggy; Hart Park; 6:30 pm meeting to share his experiences of trav- 16-19 Milwaukee Irish Fest; Maier Festival Grounds; Nova Scotia Showcase; eling with John Gleeson in Ireland in July. Mary Jane Lamond; Coig; Scott McMillan and Colin Grant; Wendy McIssac & Kathy Porter; Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy and Family; Temple Bar TradFest Showcase; Gaelic Storm; Red Hot Chili Pipers; Young Wolftones, Green Fields of America; Socks in the Frying Pan; We Banjo Three; Cuig; Jigg; The Standfield; Doolin; Shreem; The Coronas; Tallymore; Kinsella Academy of Irish Dance; Caledonian Scottish Dancers; Hearthfire; Trinity Academy of Irish Dance; McMenamin Academy of Irish Dance; Glencastle Irish Dancers; Cashel Dennehy Irish Dance; Beglan Academy; Jeff Ward; Atlantic Wave; Navan; Mary Ann Miller; Maier Festival Grounds ON GOING … Set dancing at the following: Set dancing Wednesdays, 7 PM at O’Donoghue’s T Craobh Curtin Conradh na Gaeilge meeting at O'Donoghue's Pub, 7 PM, last Tuesday each month T Irish Emigration Library in ICHC open every Erin Canon received the volunteer Wednesday 12–6 PM T Irish Sing-a-long, Irish Fest Center, First Sundays, (through scholarship and shared with us a Power- May) 7 PM T Irish Fest Sing-a-long: O'Donoghue's Pub, second and fourth Point presentation focusing on her volun- Sundays, 7-9 PM T Irish Music Sessions at the following: Session - O’Donoghue’s, teer activities for the Shamrock Club. Sundays 7 PM; Thursdays @ Paddy’s 7 PM; and The Pub in Oconomowoc, 7:30 PM Our third recipient, Andrew Himmel- T Thursdays: Barry Dodd; County Clare Inn; 10 PM T Fridays: áthas and Myserk; berg, will join us at the August meeting to County Clare Inn; 6 PM T accept his scholarship. Congratulations to all three of the winners. - Mary Moze Installation Dinner Scholarship Committee Chair Thursday, July 12, 2018 Alioto’s Restaurant, Wauwatosa Cocktails (Cash Bar) ...... 6:00 pm Dinner ...... 7:00 pm Cost: $28 per person Buffet dinner of Baked Chicken, Tenderloin Tips and Baked Cod Almondine with salad, assorted sides and dessert. Tickets can be ordered at the June meeting or by calling Michael Hart at 414-315-0867 by June 30th.

2 Milwaukee Foods. John and Kathleen Avery, Mary Come to the President’s Message Anne Stephens, Dayna Danielson, and Shamrock Club Terese Dineen joined me at the Sendik’s Greenfield location in their Summer Installation Dinner! ...... I wish to thank the club members who Grilling Program. We grilled and sold hot have entrusted me to be president for the dogs, brats, and burgers for about 4 hours ...... next term. I will try to make my term a and earned $200. This was on a Thursday productive one. I wish to acknowledge with very little notice. It was easy and outgoing president Joseph Hughes, for his fun, and we will schedule another date in leadership over the past two years. Fortu- the near future. We are always looking for nately, he will remain on the board as the new volunteers to help in these events. You're invited to the Shamrock Club of immediate past president; I may need to Wisconsin Annual Installation of Officers We had mentioned at the last general seek his counsel frequently. I also need to for the Board of Directors. recognize Jackie Konkol for her years on membership meeting that the Shamrock the board as a trustee, and most recently, Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums is in a It will be held on Thursday, July 12th, as Sergeant-at-Arms. She will leave the rebuilding phase. This is a less painful 2018, at Alioto's Restaurant, 3041 N. board for some time off which she has was of saying that we do not have enough Mayfair Rd., Wauwatosa, WI 53222. people in the group to work a parade. It is certainly earned. Michael Hart is also Cocktails (cash bar) with begin at 6:00, not likely that the SCCGPD will partici- leaving the board after serving as a trustee, followed by a buffet dinner at 7:00. In- pate in any parades this summer, and but he will be called upon to offer his stallation of Officers will follow dinner. experience in a volunteer position or two. therefore will not be earning any money, Finally, Maggie Blaha is stepping down as either. Besides this income issue, it is The menu will be baked chicken, the Membership Chair, but will retain her imperative that we keep the Shamrock tenderloin tips & noodles, and baked cod position as the Sunshine Lady! Thanks to Club in the public eye, and a great way to almondine. The sides will be whipped po- all outgoing board members for their do that is to have the SCCGPD appear in tatoes with brown gravy, Mexicana corn, service. parades. The group is actively seeking green beans almondine and a fresh fruit new members, particularly those inter- tray. Also included are assorted jello I welcome working with Nick Nowak, ested in learning to play the bagpipes. The molds, tossed mixed green salad, Italian who is coming on board as the Parliamen- club will help you get your pipes, and bread, sheet cake for dessert, coffee, tea tarian, Sean McNichol as Trustee, and teach you to play them. and milk. Jameson Fraters as the Sergeant-at-Arms. Josh Walton will stay on the board, but Shamrock414 is looking for activities The cost is $28.00 per person. to get more members involved. Look for moving from Parliamentarian to Vice- Please send your check made out to a notice in the Emerald Reflections for President. Patrick Maes will remain as the Shamrock Club and send to Michael future events. Secretary, Taffy Anderson as Treasurer, Hart, N30W23013 Pineview Circle, Unit and Mary Moze and Pam Canon as The Club also has ongoing committees 8, Pewaukee, WI 53072. RSVP no later Trustees. The position of Membership that can always use more volunteers. One than June 30th. Any questions call Chair is vacant at this time, as Rory is the Scholarship Committee chaired by Michael Hart at 414-315-0867 and leave Modlinski has taken a job in Nashville, Mary Moze. Michael Hart is seeking a message. Tennessee, and will be unable to assume anyone interested in helping with the - Michael Hart the duties of the office to which he was Audit Committee. elected. If I were to list a set of goals for the The Installation Dinner will be on year, the list would include having the Thursday, July 12, 2018. Michael Hart is club membership grow, getting the SC- the chairperson of the dinner; details will CGPD back on its feet, and to find new be in his notice. ways to earn money for the club. But, Irish Fest is fast approaching, and as your club board cannot do this without the usual, volunteers are needed to staff our help of the general membership. Please! retail booth (Mary Koehler is Retail Get involved! Chair), and our booth in the Cultural Area. Ron Danielson, President Our retail booth is a major source of funds for the club. There is a possible change of location on the grounds of Irish Fest for T T T our retail booth. A more advantageous location may help to boost our sales. That is still being hashed out at this time. The club recently took advantage of a fundraising event sponsored by Sendik’s 3 Emerald Reflections Copy Deadline

...... Content for Emerald Reflections is due Fall Hallamor on the 15th of the month (next deadline: Milwaukee July 15th to appear in the August issue.) Membership Dues Concerts Preview Copy received after that date will not appear due to deadlines. While we try to Changes ...... The Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, include every submission possible, due to 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, has space limitations, we cannot guarantee that ...... The Shamrock Club of Wisconsin announced its fall, 2018 Hallamór Concert every submission will be included imme- Board voted to change the member- Series. The start time for each concert is diately. E-mail submissions preferred, ship fees with everyone being due in 7:30 p.m. send to: the same month. All renewing mem- The season opens with the dynamic Brian Witt, Editor bers’ fees are due during June of each Prince Edward Island trio The East Point- [email protected] year. There will not be any individ- ers on Friday, Sept. 21. Mixing stomping ual reminder notices sent. Pam Canon, Publisher rhythms and dazzling musicianship with The fees are $24.00 for singles original songs that paint a vivid picture of Mary Moze, Proofreader and $36.00 for family. Please include the joys and sorrows of real life, their any new information such as (land- wildly entertaining shows make a connec- Membership Chairs line or cell) phone number, addresses tion with audiences around the globe. or names of adult family members They made their Irish Fest debut in 2017. DANE COUNTY ...... Pat McCarthy living in the same household. Chicago based virtuoso piano accor- P.O. Box 70765, Madison 53707-0765 Everyone who has paid this year dionist Jimmy Keane will perform a Mu- [email protected]; (608) 277-0394 in January, February, March, April, or sical Retrospective on Friday, Nov. 16. A FOX CITIES . . . . .P.O. Box 1632, Appleton 54912 May 2018 will be paid through May special guest will be announced at a later 31, 2019. date. Jimmy’s unique style incorporates LA CROSSE ...... Linda O. Pfaff, techniques, ornamentation and subtleties New members can join any time 1702 Jackson St., LaCrosse 54601 used by fiddlers, uilleann pipers and flute of the year and will pay a pro-rated players. He has performed with Green LAFAYETTE CO...... Beverly Mulcahy, fee. If someone joins in August Fields of America, Moloney, O’Connell 504 E. Mary, Apt. A, Darlington 54530 2018, for example, he/she will pay and Keane and Bohola and is well known for ten months = $20.00 with their re- MILWAUKEE . . . . Member. Chair Rory Modlinski, to Milwaukee audiences. 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue, newals coming due in June 1 – June Milwaukee, WI 53233 30, 2019. For singles, each month Finishing the season is A Christmas [email protected] will equal $2.00 and for families each Tradition with Rory Makem on Saturday, NEW DUBLIN ...... Suzi Snyder, month will equal $3.00 for new Dec. 15. Rory continues the lineage of an 313 W. Beacon Ave.., New 54961 members. The total will depend on Irish music dynasty begun by his grand- the number of months someone joins mother Sarah Makem and his father, the NORTHEAST WISC...... Judy Brehm, before June. legendary Tommy Makem. He has estab- 2577 Oakwood Ave., Green Bay 54301 lished himself as one of the leading forces SOUTH CENTRAL ...... Dana Horkan-Gant, in the Irish song tradition and is well 610 Vine St., Reedsburg 53959 Jameson’s known to Milwaukee audiences both email: [email protected]; (608) 524-6821 Corner Cupboard through performances with his father, as the trio Makem and Clancy and more re- E-mail: ...... [email protected] cently as a duo with Dónal Clancy. Web site: ...... http://shamrockclubwis.com ...... I want to give a big thank you to Jackie for all of her amazing work as the The annual holiday boutique and bake To become a member of the Shamrock Club of Sergeant-at-Arms. Due to the installation sale will begin at 6 p.m. prior to the Wisconsin contact the membership chair of the dinner there is no July meeting. I’m look- concert. chapter you would like to join. MILWAUKEE ONLY: ing forward to seeing you at the installa- Family membership (includes both parents and Ticket prices and sale information for all children under eighteen) - $36.00. Single tion dinner. For our meeting on August all three concerts will be posted on membership - $24.00. Membership is renewable 2nd, we will be having an “Irish Baker” www.ichc.net later this summer. For more annually on the anniversary month of the original themed menu. The club will be providing information call (414) 345-8800. membership. Please send all new and renewal baked potatoes, corned beef, cheese sauce, ICHC programs are supported in part Milwaukee club membership dues to Membership and a cool treat. Please bring any baked by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board Chair, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, potato toppings or desserts to share. I’m WI 53233. Be sure to send change of address with funds from the State of Wisconsin looking forward to many more fun meet- notification to Membership Chair, also. The post and the National Endowment for the Arts. office will NOT forward copies of Reflections. ings ahead. - Jameson Fraters - Kathy Schultz Sergeant-at-Arms 4 continued from page 1 On 23 November 1912, the London Hurling Club News Mail alleged that Vicars had allowed a Vicars was known to regularly get woman reported to be his mistress to ob- drunk on overnight duty and he once ...... tain a copy to the key to the safe and that awoke to find the jewels around his neck. she had fled to Paris with the jewels but The insignia were last worn by the Lord the newspaper had, in actuality, made up Lieutenant, the 7th Earl of Aberdeen, in this woman. March, 1907, at a function to mark Saint Patrick's Day. They were last known to be Another theory was that the Irish Re- in the safe on 11 June, when Vicars publican Brotherhood (IRB) had smug- showed them to a visitor to his office. The gled the jewels to the United States. jewels were discovered to be missing on Many other theories abounded. In 1968, Shamrock Club Griffins July 6, 1907, four days before the start of the Irish journalist Bulmer Hobson pub- a visit by King Edward VII and Queen The Shamrock Club Griffins were in lished an account of the theft. Hobson second place going into Week Five. And Alexandra to the Irish International Exhi- posited that the jewels had been stolen by bition, at which it was planned to invest our Shamrock Club Youth Developmental Shackleton in complicity with Captain team plays most weeks at 9 am. The 2nd Baron Castletown into the Order. Richard Gorges, after they had plied Vic- When the loss of the jewels was reported ars with so much whiskey that he had The upcoming July matches are: to the King, he was reported to be livid passed out. Hobson claimed the jewels July 8 – V Silver Spring House at 2 pm about their theft. He still came to Ireland, had been taken to Amsterdam by Shackle- July 15 – V Trinity Three Pubs. 11 am but the investiture ceremony was canceled. ton, and pledged for £20,000, with the July 22 – V Slim’s. 2.30 pm And in the Oceans Eight homage, other proviso that they not be broken up for July 29 – V Ale House. 5.30 pm. items were taken, as well. Missing as well three years. The Milwaukee Hurling Club Pitch are were the collars of five Knight Members A 2002 book suggests the jewels were held at Brown Deer Park, 7813 N Green of the Order: four living (the Marquess of stolen as a Unionist plot to embarrass the Bay Ave, Milwaukee. WI 53209, USA Ormonde and Earls of Howth, of En- Liberal government, and later secretly re- niskillen, and of Mayo) and one deceased turned to the Royal Family. (The 9th Earl of Cork). These were valued at £1,050, or close to $1 million in 2018 In Vicars’ will, first published in 1976, currency. he accused Shackleton and said the Royal Family was complicit in protecting him. It A police investigation was conducted was alleged that the King’s brother-in-law by the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP). was having an affair with Shackleton. Word of the Month There was an official and a grassroots Shackleton, after a series of other unsa- campaign. Posters issued by the DMP de- vory events, changed his named to Mellor, Dean...... - (dJane) – That picted and described the missing jewels. and died in Chichester, in 1941. Ná déan sin! Detective Chief Inspector John Kane of Vicars retired to Kerry, and was killed by (Naw dJane shin!) Scotland Yard arrived on 12 July to assist. Free State Forces in 1921, and had his Don’t do that! His report, never released, is said to have home burned down, as well. named the culprit and to have been sup- pressed by the Royal Irish Constabulary. In December of 2017, the infamous safe was returned to . It was Vicars refused to resign his position, still empty. and similarly refused to appear at a Vicere- - Brian Witt gal Commission into the theft held from 10 January 1908. Vicars argued for a pub- lic Royal Commission instead, which would have had power to subpoena wit- nesses. He publicly accused his second in command, Francis Shackleton, of the theft. Kane explicitly denied to the Com- Advertise in the mission that Shackleton, the somewhat Emerald Reflections disreputable brother of the explorer Ernest It is time to start thinking about Shackleton, was involved. Shackleton was volunteering an hour or two at the exonerated in the Commission's report, Shamrock Club membership table and Vicars was found to have "not exer- in the Cultural Village at Irish Fest cise[d] due vigilance or proper care as the and the Shamrock Club retail custodian of the regalia." Vicars was com- Contact booth in the market. This is a great pelled to resign, as were all the staff in his way to promote our club! personal employ. [email protected] for rates 5 Sunshine Report

...... Patti and Dan Stotmeister celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary on June Celtic Women 24th. International In April, Carrie Stotmeister traveled to SHAMROCK414 Mastricht, Holland for the World Champi- Shenanigans ...... The CWI Book Club meetings begin onships of the World Irish Dance Associ- at 1:00 pm at the ICHC and include ation (WIDA), where she placed fourth in ...... discussion, tea, and treats. New members the world in her age category! She and her Our next Shamrock414 social gather- and guests are always welcome to join us! fiancé, Kellen Malloy, were also married ing will be on Saturday, July 14th, to cheer in Los Angeles on May 18th. on our very own Miltown Gaels at the 2nd On July 10th, we will enjoy lunch at Annual Miltown Invitational. It is all day O’Lydia’s, 338 S. 1st Street, Milwaukee. Jerry Hill, Irishman of the Year in 2017, died June 1, 2018 at the VA hospital. Rest open invitation as it is tentatively set from As our August meeting falls during 10am.-10pm. with a cookout and social in peace, good friend of all things Irish. Irish Fest week, we will not meet. See you Thank you for organizing the group who gathering at Champion’s Pub in Milwau- at Irish Fest! repaired the organ at St. Patrick’s Church kee. The location will be posted shortly. many years ago. Thank you for gathering Check out our Facebook event at Sham- On September 11th our topic will be Saints For All Occasions, by J. Courtney the Shamrock Club Color Guard to repre- rock414 or on the Miltown Gaels Team sent the Irish at the inauguration of Gov- Page. Be sure to like the Shamrock414 on Sullivan. Our hostess will be Gail McAleese. ernor Tommy Thompson who was also Facebook. from your home town of Elroy. Thank Cheers! you for accepting Mary Koehler’s offer of - Jameson Fraters Barbara Fishbauer will be our hostess on October 9th. We will discuss Rape of the monthly ride to the Shamrock Club meeting at the ICHC for the entire year of the Fair Country, by Alex Cordell. your reign and into the year of 2018. - Rosemary Walsh [email protected] Chuck McLaughlin is trying to con- vince himself and his family and friends that his health is improving. We positively hope so. Maybe we will see him at the July meeting. The wonders of the medical world have helped Ed Ward be able to get back to work just two weeks after his hip replace- ment. Sounds so good to me. Bob Towne was able to talk to his son, Jeff, this past week. Jeff was able to walk a bit and eat solids. This has been a long session, but we are glad to keep Bob com- pany through our prayers and good wishes. We honor the memory of Dr. Bill Crow- ley who worked so hard with the many volunteers at the ICHC. Bill attended Shamrock Club meetings years ago. He passed at age 91 and had a memorial re- ception on June 16th at the ICHC. Please contact Maggie Blaha, Sunshine chair, with information concerning our members who can use a bit of cheer or contact with their Irish friends. Maggie can be contacted at mailto:slainte4142- [email protected]. Shamrock414 had a fun time at the - Maggie Blaha Twisted Path Distillery and Enlightened Brewing Company!!! Sunshine Chair 6 Just for Fun

...... An elderly couple were driving through Retail Help Needed! County Kerry, Ireland. Eileen was driving Our Partner when she got pulled over by the Gardai, at Westown ...... Help out at the Shamrock Club who asks her, “Ma'am did you know that you were speeding?” retail booth at Irish Fest! Sign up ...... Our St. Patrick Parade partners, West- with me at the next meeting or Eileen turns to her husband, Mick and own Association, have a number of sum- contact me via email. enquires, “What did he say?” mer events that will be of interest to Mick yells out, “He says you were Shamrock Club members. On July 25, Mary Koehler, Retail Chair speeding!” Brother will return to River Rhythms. And [email protected] The Garda said, “May I see your license, on August 15, Milwaukee favorites The please ma' am?” Screaming Orphans will play. The shows are at Pere Marquette Park, 900 N Plank- Eileen, once again, turns to Mick and inton, at 6.30 pm. says, “What did he say?” And the Westown Farmers Market Once more, Mick, shouts out, “He wants presents live music each Wednesday at to see your license!” Zeidler Park, 4th and Michigan, starting Eileen gives the policeman her driving at 11 am. On July 25, Shamrock Club license. member Michael Tinker Tierney will be playing for the Customer Appreciation The Garda retorts, “I see you are from Day. On August 8, Claire Kelly plays. Kerry. I spent some time there once and had And to close the season September 12, the worst date I have ever had.” Belfast native, Ian Gould, brings his wide For the final time, Eileen turns to Mick repertoire. and asks, “What did he say?” Support these events. And enjoy some Upcoming Feiseanna Mick yells very loudly, “He thinks he great music. https://www.westown.org knows you!” ...... There will be two Feiseanna in July, both held at the always cool for summer Pettit National Ice Center. You can volunteer for both, and see hot Irish dance in a cool climate. The first is the Badger State Feis, on July 21st, which supports the Badger State Feis College Scholarship. Following the feis, there will be a Mass at the Pettit Center at 4:30 pm on Saturday. http://www.badgerstatefeis.com Rent the ICHC for your next The second is the Cream City Feis, held to benefit Kinsella Academy of Dance. It will also be held at the Pettit National Ice Center, on Sunday, July 22nd. The Pettit Party Facebook & Social Media Center is located at 500 South 84th Street, Milwaukee. Meeting ...... If you haven’t seen us on Facebook, http://www.thecreamcityfeis.com like us! 2230 people have already. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sham- In August, the 29th annual Milwaukee Recital rock-Club-of-Wisconsin/102023943184 Feis takes place on Saturday, August 11th, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Student Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Wedding Milwaukee, WI. Spaces available for large You can also find us on Twitter at http://www.milwaukeefeis.com http://twitter.com/shamrockclubwis or or small events And the Eighth Annual McMenamin on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/com- Academy Feis will be held on Sunday, Email: [email protected] pany/shamrock-club-of-wisconsin. August 12, 2018 at the UWM Union. or call (414) 345-8800 http://midadance.com 7 SHAMROCK CLUB OF WISCONSIN 2133 W. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53233

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An Old Gaelic Prayer

May the Road Rise to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face, till the rains fall soft upon your fields. And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hands.

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Saint John’s Castle, County Meath