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 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 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 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: & 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. . HONOR GUARD (or the kitchen crew falls down…whichever hap- McLadden’s Irish Publick House It is this Society’s tradition to honor our deceased pens first). There will be a hot dog special for members by the presence of an Honor Guard at the young (and young at heart)! 37 Lasalle Rd. West Hartford the funeral service and interment. While we PLEASE NOTE: There will be a $5 charge for Pub Night have several dedicated members who faithfully participate in this tradition, we would like to en- non-members, over age 21, to join in our cel- Glastonbury ebration. Members MUST present their valid sure a full complement at each service. If you Membership Card in order to gain access at March 17, 2014 – 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. are interested in participating when the need no charge! If you fail to produce your card, Sweet Frog Yogurt arises, please contact Anne Marie McKinstry at you will be charged. Please remember that (860)875-8278 to be included in the contact list. your brother and sister members collecting at 63 Hebron Ave, Glastonbury the door are volunteers…they don’t make the 10% of all sales benefit the parade! IAHS SCHOLARSHIPS rules! So be nice...bring your card and no Applications for our 2014 scholarships will be Contact Sheila Dupuis st arguments at the door! Its St. Patrick’s Day… available March 1 . Please see our website for he wouldn’t like that! [email protected] more information or contact Scholarship Chair Jim Moriarty (860)563-0804 or CARRY YOUR COUNTY FLAG in the Greater [email protected]. Application deadline is May Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Saturday, 1, 2014. Awards will be presented at the June March 15th, 2014. Please consider joining your Membership Meeting. fellow members and carry a flag in the club’s contingent. Flags will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. We provide a club wind- Sympathy is extended to the family Get Well Wishes and breaker and ask that you wear black slacks. Please call Maureen Kennedy to reserve your and friends of: Good Health to: flag (860)550-3126 or email Jim Foley James Kelly Son of Monica Banta [email protected]

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This and that…… 2012 - 2013 LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD VOLUNTEERS! IAHS Officers & Board of Directors In January we held our Gaelic Garlic Pasta Dinner and President it was a wonderful evening in our “little Italian restau- (The truth be told, we’re looking for more Maureen Kennedy rant”. The fire was roaring, the candles were glowing than a few!) 860-550-3126 and the reviews from diners were fabulous! Special Please consider volunteering for one of the events [email protected] thanks to Shari Phillips for her generous donation all of below or offer your services prior to the event. It’s a Vice President the ingredients and supplies for the dinner, including great way to meet your fellow members! In fact, you Sheila Dupuis Green the most amazing cannoli cake for dessert! Thank you just might find yourself enjoying a pint or two after- 860-633-1883 to all who attended and to the following members for wards with your new found friends! [email protected] volunteering their time: Kevin Benner, Theresa Doyle, Peeling Party for Corned Beef Dinner: Saturday, Recording Secretary March 1st at 10:00 a.m. Eileen K. Moore Earl Evans, Peter Hart, Sana Hart, Mary Lynch, Eileen 860-977-9700 McGee, Myles McGee, Eileen Moore, Cynthia Prior, BYOP (bring your own peeler)! Corned Beef Dinner: Sunday, March 2nd. We [email protected] Jeffrey Reynolds, Terry Saunders, Alan Scarfone, and Treasurer Kathy Saimininkas. need volunteers to help set-up, clean-up Colleen Kissane and serve during the event. 860-614-6440 On Valentine’s Day, we held our first Valentine’s Day Parade Day – Saturday, March 15th: We need [email protected] Dessert Bar which featured some amazing desserts volunteers to man the kitchen after the Pa- Financial Secretary prepared by some talented bakers! There were cup- rade until the last sandwich is sold! Sign up Liz Saunders cakes and whoopee pies! Sumptuous crème brulee for a shift! 860-951-5269 and decadent Death by Chocolate! We had trifle and St. Patrick’s Day: From 11:00 a.m. until??? We [email protected] whiskey cake…Pistachio Dessert, cookie bars and need volunteers to man the kitchen for lunch Membership Secretary tasty tarts. Delicious coffee drinks and special teas & (from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and to sell sand- Kathy Saimininkas cocoas…something for everyone! A special thank you wiches throughout the day. Sign up for a 860-895-8711 to all who baked or volunteered to staff the dessert shift! [email protected] bar: Caitlin Barry, Cathy Barry, Mary Ellen Dom- We need volunteers to answer the phones on Assistant Membership Secretary browski, Sana Hart, Jen Kelly, Colleen Kissane, Anna Parade Day and St. Patrick’s Day; and to Cynthia Prior staff the entrances on both days as well. 860-995-4794 McCluskey, Robin McCluskey, Eileen McGee, Eileen Contact Maureen Kennedy (860)550-3126 or presi- [email protected] Moore, Cynthia Prior, Kristen Sikes, Kathy Saiminin- Corresponding Secretary kas and Kay Walsh. A big shout-out to the Pub Grub [email protected] Maura O’Donnell crew for their fabulous Steak Tip special and the rec- 860-657-9950 ord number of dinners served! The February 14th MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Sergeant at Arms crew was Todd Barry, John Bialkowski, Peter Hart, Let’s boost our active membership! Between March Ray McKinstry Jr. Sana Hart, Jeffrey Reynolds, Terry Saunders, Ken and June, 2014, encourage your family and friends to 860-798-9591 Slade and Samantha Slade. become members. The criteria for membership are Board of Directors Peter Hart you must be born in Ireland, or be of Irish descent or 860-568-0628 On Monday, February 9th, we had a visit from the be married to a member in good standing. For every folks at Diageo-Guinness USA. Their Quality Control [email protected] two new members you sponsor that are sworn in, you Mary Lynch Manager for North America and our local Distribution will receive a coupon good for one free pint in the pub. 860-462-2881 Manager did some training for our bar staff on the In addition, your name will be entered into a drawing [email protected] perfect pour…and I am happy to report that not much (prizes to be announced) for each new sworn in mem- Eileen McGee training was actually needed! They were thrilled to ber. Sponsor one member and your name is entered 860-550-3732 see the skill our bartenders have when pouring and once…sponsor two new members and your name is [email protected] even more thrilled when they performed their quality entered twice! Membership applications are available Pat Whelan control testing! Our Guinness is served at the perfect in the pub! 860-573-3884 temperature of 42.8 degrees. The ratio of CO2 and Stephen Miskell 860-478-2052 nitrogen was spot on and we have the cleanest glass- MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS es and taps! Each practice pour cascaded perfectly in [email protected] Just a reminder that your membership renewal is due Permitee the glass, producing that gorgeous creamy head… st by March 31 in order to remain a member in good Dan O’Connell perfection! So don’t just sit there….come on down standing. Membership renewal bills were mailed on 860-633-9691 and see for yourself! And don’t keep this perfection to February 1st. You can mail your renewals to the club yourself…bring a friend to share the experience be- or drop them in the box by the front door of the pub. In cause we all know that GUINNESS IS GOOD FOR an effort to save the club money on postage, please YOU! consider picking up your card in person at the club. Ask your bartender for assistance or come by on Fri- GOOD & WELFARE The club is looking into offering gluten free dining day evenings through March 1st to obtain your card. options at the various events we hold if there is an If you know of any member who is For questions or concerns please contact Membership ill, in the hospital, or has passed interest from our members. Please contact Maureen Secretary Kathy Saimininkas or Assistant Membership away, give Margaret Moriarty a call Kennedy (860)550-3126 or presi- Secretary Cynthia Prior. [email protected] if this is an option you (860-563-0804) or email at would like offered. LIFE MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY [email protected] so that an ap- propriate remembrance may be sent Mother’s Day in Ireland is March 10th! To become a life member you must be a member for 25 continuous years, be 65 years of age and your on behalf of the membership. If you have good news to share with the A special thank you to Joe Kennedy for painting in the dues must be current (2014 dues must be paid). If Upstairs Hall gentlemen’s restroom and to Rick Kurk- you believe you meet these criteria, please contact membership, i.e. birth, graduation, er, Peter Hart and Terry Saunders for their work spruc- Membership Secretary Kathy Saimininkas at (860)895 promotion, etc., please send the ing up the ladies restroom. To the cleaning crew of -8711 or [email protected] or Asst. Mem- information, to be published in a bership Secretary Cynthia Prior at (860)995-4794 or Jess Dunn, Eileen Moore, Liz O’Leary and Liz Saun- future newsletter, to newslet- ders…the place never looked so good! And while I’m [email protected]. Please note that you must con- [email protected] tact us in order to establish your eligibility. As at it…special recognition must go to Myles McGee who always finds something to keep him busy around most of the applications lack a date of birth, we rely on each member to let us know they are eligible. Life our club. A lot of effort goes into keeping our club HALL RENTALS Membership is awarded at the annual President’s maintained and these folks have gone the extra mile. th The Upstairs Hall and Lower Hall Thank you! Dance to be held on May 10 . are available to rent for parties and gatherings. Please call Dan O’Connell for avail- ability and pricing. 860-633-9691

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