March Newsletter
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MARCH NEWSLETTER President’s Message Dear Fellow Members, March roars in like a lion and out like a lamb…how I hope these words hold true! I think we’ve given the groundhog more than his due! We all wait patiently through the cold winter months for the month of March to arrive…and with it, our beloved parade and St. Patrick’s Day, too! It’s the month we celebrate all things Irish and there is no better place to do that than at the Irish American Home Society! We start with our Annual Corned Beef Dinner on Sunday, March 2nd, followed by a St. Patrick’s Day Ceili on Sunday, March 9th. On Saturday, March 15th, the Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade winds its way through the streets of Hartford. Come by the club after the parade for one of the best Parade Day celebrations around! And finally…St. Patrick’s Day, Monday, March 17th! Look for all the details on these events later in this newsletter. We really hope to see you during the St. Patrick’s season as we celebrate the patron saint of Ireland and showcase our culture. A reminder…if you can’t get over to the parade you can view the Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fox 61. Commentary will be provided by our own Jim Moriarty. The parade will be led by Grand Marshal Beverly Concannon and Person of the Year Dr. Pauline Olsen, both long time IAHS members. If you would like to march in the club’s contingent and carry a county flag, please contact me. If you plan to march, please reach out to me as every year on Parade Day we scramble to ensure we have 32 flag bearers. I would much prefer to have those positions filled in advance…so please give me a call! We still have some fabulous volunteer opportunities available and need help for the peeling party, the Annual Corned Beef Dinner, Parade Day and St. Patrick’s Day. Details follow in this newsletter. I know there are some seriously talented sandwich makers and potato peelers out there! Sign up and help support your club! And finally, please support the last of the Parade fundraisers and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Raffle. The cost of putting on this parade continues to grow. The Central Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee and the participating towns work hard throughout the year to raise funds to pay for the parade. Upcoming events are in this newsletter and also on the parade’s website www.irishamericanparade.com. Beannachtai na Feile Padraig Daoibh Go Leir (The blessings of St. Patrick’s Day to all of you)! All the best, Maureen A. Kennedy President MARCH ENTERTAINMENT FRI 3-7 THE RISING SAT 3-15 THE RISING FRI 3-21 TOM LANIGAN BAND FRI 3-14 THE MIGHTY PLOUGHBOYS MON 3-17 THE RISING FRI 3-28 THE JOLLY BEGGARS MARCH PUB GRUB SPECIALS FRI 3-7 Kathy’s Seafood Lasagna FRI 3-21 Tuna Melt FRI 4-4 Sana’s Mac & Cheese FRI 3-14 No puB GruB (Parade Mass) Fri 3-28 Jim’s Fish & Chips Lent begins March 5th and so do our Lenten Specials. The regular menu will also be available. GAA hurling and Football Live The Irish American Home Society is proud to announce that we will be bringing in games live from Ireland on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings when available. We will be charging $10 per person per fixture day to watch the matches or you can buy a season pass for $25 (Members Only). Come on down and cheer on your county as they try and win. The March monthly meeting will be held on March 7th at 8 pm. 132 Commerce St = PO Box 620 = Glastonbury, CT = 06033 = Ph. (860) 633-9691 ST. PATRICK’S EVENTS GAA NEWS 2014 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Book The Hartford GAA announces the following Sponsorship events: Annual Corned Beef Dinner March 23rd: Gaelic football & hurling new Sunday, March 2, 2014 Inclusion in the Parade Book is a lovely way to honor and remember family and friends, or to comer’s clinic. Youth girls and boys ages 4 to 16 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. congratulate the 2014 Grand Marshal Beverly and Senior men and women age 16 and up. Join us for our annual Corned Beef Dinner fea- Concannon or the person of the Year Dr. Pauline Come find out what Gaelic football and hurling is turing tender corned beef, prepared under the Nagle Olsen. Application forms are available in all about! Starts at 12 p.m. followed by registra- direction of those legendary cooks, John Harring- tion for all players at 3:15 p.m. the club or by visiting the parade website at th ton and Stan Tuller! Served with cabbage, pota- www.irishamericanparade.com. We’ve extended April 12 : Hartford GAA presents Ireland the to, carrots, dinner roll and house made Irish the deadline so please get your submission in Band. Boston’s #1 Irish rebel band. IAHS Soda Bread. today! For more information contact Erin Con- Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Band starts at 8:00 Adults: $15 and kids $8. Dinner served upstairs neely (860)232-6401 or 5Cpa- p.m. Tickets are $20. Cash bar. Bring your own and in our downstairs lounge. Several Irish [email protected] snacks. For tickets contact Stephen (860)478- dance schools will perform in the Upstairs Hall 2052 or email [email protected] th beginning at 12:00 noon. The Seisiun will begin 2014 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Mass May 17 : Annual golf tournament at Tall- at 4:00 p.m. in our pub. A great day…mark your The Parade Mass will be held on Friday, March wood Country Club in Hebron. Lunch at 11:00 calendars! th 14 , 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at The Cathedral of St. a.m. Shotgun start 12:00 noon. Dinner at the Joseph, 140 Farmington Ave, Hartford. Pre- Irish American Home Society at 7 p.m. in the Join us on Parade Day, Saturday, March siding will be The Most Reverend Leonard P. downstairs hall includes 2 hour open bar. Cost 15th, 2014! Blair, Archbishop of Hartford. All are invited to $135 per person. Sponsor a tee sign for $100. Join us after the parade for food, music and lots attend. The Grand Marshal, Beverly Concannon, Register on the GAA website. For more infor- of fun! The Rising will be playing in our pub after will be presented with her walking stick. Park in mation contact Steven at (860)478-2052. the parade! We’ll be serving corned beef sand- the lot behind the Cathedral, accessible from Contacts for Hartford GAA: Senior football & wiches all day and evening…and a hot dog & Asylum Street. Please do not park on Farming- U14/U16: Stephen Miskell (860)478-2052/Youth chips special for the kids! Note: If the field re- ton Ave as you will get ticketed. The Knights of & senior hurling: Dick Edmonds (860)748- mains snow covered or the weather is not coop- Columbus will host a coffee & tea social after 5589/Youth football: Mary DaMotta (860)881- erating, we will open the upstairs hall. The bar Mass with the Archbishop in attendance. For 5092. will be open and sandwiches available. Unfortu- more information please contact Anne Marie nately we won’t have live music upstairs, but McKinstry at (860)875-8278. IAHS GOLF LEAGUE KICK OFF MEETING music will be playing for your enjoyment. For those interested in playing in the Monday PLEASE NOTE: There will be a $5 charge for Parade Fundraisers IAHS Golf League at Rockledge, West Hart- non-members, over age 21, to join in our cel- ford, OR in the Thursday IAHS Golf League at ebration. Members MUST present their valid East Hartford Golf Course, we are having a kick th Membership Card to gain access to the club Rocky Hill off meeting on Wednesday, March 19 , 6:30 at no charge. Please remember that the indi- p.m. at the Irish American Home Society. viduals staffing the doors are your brother March 2, 2014 – 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Details concerning league participation will be and sister members...if you don’t have your Arch II Sports Bar & Grill discussed. If you plan to attend, please contact card, you will have to pay (even if your grand- 632 Cromwell Ave, Rocky Hill Tom Pilch [email protected] or Kevin Long father built the whole building with one arm [email protected] tied behind his back….you get the picture… Honoring Wally & Debbie Cone be nice!). Contact: Jim & Margaret Moriarty WE’RE GOING GREEN!!! (860)563-0804 or [email protected] This is not a misprint! We really are going green! St. Patrick’s Day! In the month of March watch for blue recycle bins Monday, March 17, 2014! Hartford to begin appearing throughout the club. We’re Come on down and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at March 4, 2014 – 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. single stream recycling…just like many of you do at home. If you’re unfamiliar with the process, the IAHS! It’s the best celebration around! We Salute Restaurant start early in the morning with televised football there will be signage to help you along! We’re and hurling direct from Ireland (see our website 100 Trumbull St. Hartford looking to our members and our guests to help for more information) and continue the day with Pub Night – Donation $10 us do our part in keeping the world a little green- great Irish music, food and lots of fun! We will be er and cleaner for all the generations to come serving a hot corned beef lunch from 11 – 2 and West Hartford sandwiches all day and evening until we run out March 8, 2014 – 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.