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Vol. May Community Newsletter of St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal Society Patrick’s St. of Newsletter Community A word from the President By Scott Phelan hatn a absolutely incredible Irish Season this year! From the opening film of Ciné Gael on February 3rd to the closing Waward banquet on April 1st, the festivities were all first rate. Of course Montreal’s 375th and Canada’s 150th were motivation for all the Irish Societies to do something special to help commemorate these landmarks. This year also saw the inauguration of the Montreal Irish Festival. The Festival’s concept was to bring together all the Irish events in February and March under one marketing umbrella to better involve all communities in the celebration of our Irish heritage and culture. Certainly our 170th Charity Ball and 184th Charity Luncheon were reflections of this effort and both were major hits. I was delighted to see that attendance was up again this year for both events and that both were financially successful with monies NUACHT raised going to our cultural, educational and charitable endeavors. This year’s Ball was a dazzling affair held at the Chalet on Mount Royal with many Society members, dignitaries, sister societies and special guests in attendance. Many thanks to our Guests of Honour, Ambassador Jim Kelly and Mayor Russell Copeman and to our Patrons, Teresa Dellar, Pierrette Sevigny and Richard McConomy for their tremendous support. Kudos also to our wonderful Ball Committee for such a complex task so well done and for putting in the extra effort to make this year’s Ball such a unique and fabulous experience for all who attended. A special thanks to Past President, Jim Killin who worked extremely hard getting it perfect with the City of Montreal and also to event producers, Eventure who performed beyond expectations. This year, the annual Luncheon moved to a new location at the Plaza Ballroom of the EVO Center and was one of the best ever. In celebration of Montreal’s 375th, it was my pleasure to introduce Mayor Denis Coderre, this year’s Parade Grand Marshal, as a special Guest Speaker. Our formal Guest Speaker was John Rae, Executive Vice-president of Power Corporation, who was touchingly introduced by his brother Bob, former Premier of Ontario. And what a speech John gave! Congratulations to Luncheon Chair, Carol McCormick and her team for all their tremendous work and innovation in putting on such a wonderful afternoon. This year’s 194th St. Patrick’s Parade had beautiful skies, huge crowds and many special dignitaries including a surprise visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. For the second year in a row, the Society won the award for Best Marching Sister Society, awarded by the UIS. Parade Chair, Lynda Premerl and her committee which included St. Pat’s Vice-president, Christie Brown and Treasurer, Laurie Bennett, did a great job in assembling such a great-looking, and well-behaved, marching group! The very next weekend saw St. Patrick’s Vice-president, Ken Quinn heading up the Montreal Irish contingent who participated in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Quebec City on March 25th. Ken, one of last year’s Quebec City Parade Marshalls, led the feisty group in yet another successful parade capped off by a celebratory pint in nearby St. Patrick’s Pub. I would be remiss if I did not also once again single out Lynn Doyle for doing such a magnificent job on the annual Ciné Gael Film Festival which celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2017. Lynn has been at the helm since the very beginning and is the heart and soul of the Festival. Ciné Gael is a unique celebration of Irish art and culture that is both very highly regarded and extremely well attended. Congratulations Lynn! There are of course very important upcoming events that are deserving of your patronage and worthy of your attendence. First off, on Sunday May 28th, the AOH will again be hosting the annual March to the Stone. This year it is particularly important NUACHT, Community Newsletter of St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal that we show our support for the Walk as by doing so we also show Production: Martina Branagan (Editor) our support for The Montreal Irish Monument Park Foundation Maura Druda who are working towards creating a more permanent and fitting Jim Killin Ken Quinn monument to the world’s oldest memorial to the victims of the Dave Supleve Irish Famine, which is the Black Rock. This year, on behalf of the Email: [email protected] Society, I will be laying a wreath in memory of the 6,000 men, Advertising: E-mail: [email protected] women and children interred there in 1847 and 1848. 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The Head Table Mayor Denis Coderre addresses the community The ballroom décor had a touch of the Irish with soft green bows tied to each white covered chair. Beautiful spring Our Community Award recipient this year was table centerpieces from “NDG Florist” and candelabras at presented to Ms. Lisa Forget by Mr. Ken Quinn, one of the Head Table completed the ambiance. St. Patrick’s Society’s Vice Presidents and Historian for the Irish community. Our procession of Honored Guests was piped in by our ever faithful bagpiper, Jeff McCarthy. Our Irish and Canadian anthems were once again sung by the lovely Kathleen McAuliffe accompanied by “Solstice”.

Scott Phelan presents a gift to Lisa Forget, watched by Ken Quinn The focal point at all our luncheons is the keynote address and this year’s Guest Speaker did not disappoint us. During my introduction of both Bob and The luncheon started with an exotic salad of raspberry and John Rae, I reminded everyone of the year 2010 when goat cheese, followed by the main course of short beef rib John introduced his brother Bob as Guest Speaker. The with pepper sauce and a trio mousse dessert completed light-heartedness and commentaries from each sibling the meal. won over the audience. I knew then that sometime May 2017 6 NUACHT

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In 1900, the Grand Trunk Railway decided to shift the stone several streets away to St. Patrick Square. The railway consulted nobody; it made no public announcement. About nine o’clock on the morning of December 21, 1900, hoping a controversy would be avoided by moving quickly and quietly, the “Irish Stone” was hauled up with a big steam derrick; run on a flatcar along the track on St. Patrick Street and deposited in Black Rock photo, 1859 a corner of the Square. The workmen who had set up that enormous stone – themselves long passed - had intended it to stand on It was not long before the railway realized its mistake. the spot forever “while grass grows and water flows.” The Irish community was in an uproar. Spearheaded by May 2017 8 NUACHT

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for 2017. NUACHT 2016 was a real turnaround year for Tara Golf as we pursued many initiatives to make our presence more visible through the continued development of our website, www.taragolf.ca, our new Facebook presence, walking in the Hudson Saint-Patrick’s Day Parade as well Aer Lingus Trophy Winners - Tara Golf as our participation with a refreshment booth in the SPS Charity Golf Tournament.

Our tournament schedule kept us in tip-top golf shape in 2016 with six tournaments and seven golf dates which were all well attended. Five of the six venues were new this year including our two-day weekend get-together in St-Jean de Matha which was hugely successful and blessed with the luck of the Irish in terms of good weather, good food, good drink, good company and good golfing. We look forward to returning this year. Montreal Shamrocks Gaelic Athletic Association Our end-of-year tournament in Hemmingford was equally crowned with success as was the competition to take home the prestigious Aer Lingus Trophy. This year, a full contingent of contenders from various proud Irish societies vied for the long-standing Aer Lingus trophy.

We thank the following teams for having made this the most competitive field in many years: St. Patrick’s Society, United Irish Societies, Erin Sports Association, Montreal Irish Rugby Football Club, Montreal Shamrocks Gaelic Athletic Association, Ancient Order of Hibernians and, of course, our very own Tara Golf team. With just a few blades United Irish Societies of bent bluegrass making the difference in the final stroke tally, the Tara Golf team was victorious by one stroke over If you are a golfer, irrespective of your handicap, we the second-place Montreal Shamrocks Gaelic Athletic urge you to consider joining Tara Golf and connecting Association. We, the members and executives of Tara with a fine bunch of people who are proud to represent Golf, were honoured by your lively presence, competitive and promote the Irish fact in Montreal and throughout and fun spirit and we look forward to vigorously defend Quebec, through the social interactions provided by the our hold on the Aer Lingus Trophy this year against all of game of golf and its associated activities. Please visit our you again on September 30th, 2017 at the Caughnawaga website for information on how to join. Membership Golf Club. fees are very affordable ($30 in 2016) and contribute towards the prizes, trophies and engraving. Should any other Irish association or club be interested in forming a team and competing in this year’s edition of Enjoy the rest of the Spring season and we look forward the Aer Lingus Trophy, please contact Ann Butts at ann. to seeing you on the links shortly. [email protected] for more information.

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interdisciplinary in focus, with a concentration on the interaction among NUACHT geography, history and literature. Environmental themes will include vernacular housing, bogs, woodlands and settlement. The course will explore the Irish language dimension embedded in the landscape, ranging from placenames to Irish traditional music. The course will also cover how the Irish landscape has been represented in arts and film. Historical topics examined will include colonialism, landlordism, the Famine, emigration, and the Troubles. Among writers addressed will be Jonathan Swift, Maria Edgeworth, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Brian Friel, Edna O’Brien, John McGahern, Seamus Heaney and Alannah O’Kelly. While in Montreal, Kevin Whelan will give a public lecture on Friday, August 18. More information will be posted on the website of the School of Irish Studies. cdnirish.concordia.ca

Dr. Maureen Murphy, Co-Director of the undergraduate Irish Studies minor at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York will be the Peter O’Brien Visiting Scholar at the School for fall 2017. While at Concordia, Professor Murphy will teach two courses and give a public lecture.

Highlights of Irish Literature Ireland is home to some of the greatest and most influential writers in the world. With four winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature (W.B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney), Ireland boasts a disproportionally large number of influential writers. Such writers have been instrumental in the development of literary movements and genres such as romanticism, realism, modernism, postmodernism, avant-garde theatre, satire, and the gothic, and have contributed to innovating the novel and poetic forms. This course introduces students to some of the best- known and influential Irish texts, placing them in their cultural and literary backgrounds and exploring their resonances through to the present day. Texts will include such classics as Gulliver’s Travels and Dracula, plays by Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde, fiction by Elizabeth Bowen and Maeve Brennan as well as the innovations of more contemporary writers such as Kevin Barry and Anne Enright.

Irish Mythology and Folklore This course explores Irish culture through folklore and myth — in particular, their manifestations in Irish music, literature, performing arts, and cinema. It addresses the significance of myth and folklore in written and oral history, traditions, and iconography. The course focuses on the forms, functions, and influences of Irish legends, myths, and folktales that attract learned and popular interest in Ireland and abroad.

Bloomsday Montreal, the literary festival centred around Irish author, James Joyce’s “Ulysees” runs from June 10 to 16, including activities related to the School of Irish Studies:

On June 12, Meet the Author – Academic Panel at Concordia Denis Sampson opens up his recent book, “The Found Voice: Writers’ Beginnings”, Oxford University Press, followed by academic panels at the School of Irish Studies with graduate students; including presentations in French. Concordia University, Hall building, 10th floor, 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free!

On June 14, Principal Michael Kenneally will give the keynote lecture at this year’s Bloomsday Montreal Festival. Titled, “Introducing Mr. Joyce’s Ulysses”, the lecture will take place in The Jewish Public Library, 5151 Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., $15. More information: bloomsdaymontreal.com

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National President of the Canadian chapter of the Ancient Keyes Order of Hibernians (AOH) and by Scott Phelan, President of the St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal (SPS). It is likely that many of the original Irish settlers in St. Columban were members of the AOH, the SPS or both. The Phelan Brothers And, on the way, we stopped so the Phelan Brothers could take a picture under another street sign, Phelan Street. (There is also a Phelan Park in Saint-Colomban).

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May 20 Ville Marie Feis, John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec [email protected] May 20 Innisfail Memorial Mass for Deceased Members & F. Tom McEntee Memorial, Ladies’ Chapel, noon Rose Quinn (450) 671-7217 May 25 ICCC Craic agus Comhrá, The Irish Embassy Pub & Grill, 1234 Bishop St., 5:30 p.m. [email protected]

May 27 Pop-up Irish Gaeltacht, Concordia University, 1455 boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Rm H1001.01 https://www.comhra.org/ws/shop/ May 28 Walk to the Stone, 12 noon. Contact Victor Boyle. [email protected]

JuneNUACHT 9 Innisfail Annual General Meeting, NDG Legion Addington/de Maisonneuve Rose Quinn (450) 671-7217 June 10 Tara Golf Association Tournament, Club de Golf St. Zotique Ann Butts: [email protected] June 10-16 Festival Bloomsday Montreal, various locations. Registration is ongoing. Subject to change. http://bloomsdaymontreal.com June 14 ICCC AGM (6pm members only) & Summer Get-together 6:30pm (All welcome), Hurley’s Irish Pub [email protected] June 14 St. Patrick’s General Meeting, St. Patrick’s Square, 6767 Cote-St-Luc rd, McCormick Hall, 7 p.m. Katie Irving: [email protected] June 16 Ottawa - Hold the date for 150th Celebrations in Irish Pavillion https://www.facebook.com/spsmtl/ June 16 Save the date: Women’s Day, Ottawa - Details to be announced https://www.facebook.com/spsmtl/ June 20 St. Patrick’s Society Annual Charity Golf Tournament, Club de Golf Bellevue, Ville de Lery, Quebec Paul Doyle 514-481-3503 June 15-16 Tara Golf Association Tournament Weekend Tournament, Club de Golf St-Jean-de-Matha Ann Butts: [email protected] 26 July Annual “Mass in the Park” Celebration, 6 p.m. [email protected] Aug 5 Tara Golf Association Summer Tournament, Golf des Iles, Boucherville Ann Butts: [email protected] Aug 19 Annual Pilgrimage to Grosse-Île and the Irish Memorial, 9:00 a.m., 6600 rue Saint-Jacques [email protected] Sept 9 Tara Golf Association Team Skins Game, Club de Golf La Cite, Hawkesbury Ann Butts: [email protected] Sept 21 Community launch of www.griffintowntour.com at the http://www.le5ieme.com [email protected] Sept 30 Tara Golf Assoc. Presidents Trophy & Aer Lingus Competition, Caughnawaga Golf Club Ann Butts: [email protected]

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