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Note: The Irish Cultural Newsletter is updated by the IHSM Cultural Committee. If you know of additional Irish Cultural events that should be added, please reach out to ihsmculturalcommittee@gmail.com. We would be happy to include pertinent events.

Don’t forget to visit Non-IHSM Events for activities not sponsored by IHSM but available locally.

To view the IHSM Calendar Page, click on the “Calendar” link above for all weekly entertainment, meetings, activities, etc.

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Monday, January 3rd @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, January 4th @ 7 pm – Membership
Tuesday, January 11th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, January 17th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, January 18th @ 7pm – Book Club
Tuesday, January 25th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, January 27th @ 6 pm – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Tuesday, February 1st @ 7 pm – Membership
Monday, February 7th @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, February 8th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, February 21st @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, February 22nd @ 6:30 – social, 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, February 24th – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

Matt O’Keefe performing Saturday
February 5th from 7-11 pm.
Members and their guests welcome.
Please sign in upon entry.
Check out his webpage!

PVO Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is at the Irish Heritage Society of Milford today — the second Saturday of the month — from 12:30 pm until 3:00 pm to host a lively session! You are welcome to bring food or snacks but all beverages must be purchased from IHSM.

The CCE sessions are open to the public and membership is encouraged!

We look forward to seeing you!! (yes March 2022 is an exception).

NosmoKings are in the House February 12th!
Come down to hear the lively sound of one of our favorite bands!
This event is open to the public. All are welcome to attend!

Super Bowl Party
2/13/22 -Festivities begin at 5pm
Activities committee sandwiches
you bring your own sides and snacks
please email ihsmsocialactivities@gmail.com if you plan on attending so we can order food.

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Tuesday, March 1st @ 7 pm – Membership
Monday, March 7th @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, March 8th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, March 21st @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, March 22nd @ 7 pm – Book Club
Tuesday, March 29th @ 6:30 – social, 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, March 31st – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

Saturday, March 12 – Band of Brothers
Playing from 3 to 6 pm
Jolly Beggars
Playing from 8 to 11 pm

Come out and enjoy the fun!

Thursday, March 17 – Once Removed
Playing from 4 to 7 pm

Keltic Kick
Playing from 7 to 10 pm

Join the Craic all day long!

Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 7-9 pm: The Writing Irish of New York edited by Colin Broderick, available in paperback; 330 pp.; independently published Oct. 19, 2021. In the ten years following the Great Famine, Irish flooded into New York at an astonishing rate. By 1860 one in every four New Yorkers was Irish, and by the 1920s Irish-American authors like Eugene O’Neill and F. Scott Fitzgerald had transformed the American literary landscape and laid the foundation for a century that would put Irish writing at the forefront of American letters. This series of essays by and about Irish-American writers traces that heritage from its humble origins through the twentieth century. Editor Colin Broderick provides background essays on Brendan Behan’s New York, Maeve Brennan’s heartbreaking decent into madness, Frank McCourt’s rise from school teacher to literary phenomenon, and 23 of today’s top Irish-American authors provide personal accounts of how they found their voices in the Big Apple. Taken together, the stories provide a vivid portrait of a community of authors who continue to fight for Ireland’s place at the top of literary canon.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MARCH DATE IS THE 4TH TUESDAY TO AVOID ST. PATRICK’S WEEK!

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Monday, April 4th @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, April 5th @ 7 pm – Membership
Tuesday, April 12th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, April 18th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, April 26th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, April 28th @ 6:00 – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

PVO Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is at the Irish Heritage Society of Milford today, April 9th — the second Saturday of the month — from 12:30 pm until 3:00 pm to host a lively session! You are welcome to bring food or snacks but all beverages must be purchased from IHSM.

The CCE sessions are open to the public and membership is encouraged!

We look forward to seeing you!!

Open to the public! Be there!

New Leaf Band
When: Saturday, April 23 from 7-10 pm.
Members and their guests welcome.

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Monday, May 2nd @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 3rd @ 7 pm – Membership
Tuesday, May 10th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, May 16th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Thursday, May 26th @ 6:00 – Activities Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 31st @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

PVO Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is at the Irish Heritage Society of Milford today — the second Saturday of the month — from 12:30 pm until 3:00 pm to host a lively session! You are welcome to bring food or snacks but all beverages must be purchased from IHSM.

The CCE sessions are open to the public and membership is encouraged!

We look forward to seeing you!! (yes March 2023 is an exception).

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 7-9 pm: The Paper Bracelet by Racheal English, ©2020, 420 pages. This novel was inspired by heartrending true events in a home for unwed mothers and is set in Ireland, Boston and London. For almost fifty years, Katie Carroll has kept a box tucked away inside her wardrobe. It dates from her time working as a nurse in a west of Ireland home for unwed mothers in the 1970s. The box contains a notebook holding the details of the babies and young women she met there. It also holds many of the babies’ identity bracelets. Following the death of her husband, Katie makes a decision. The information she possesses could help reunite adopted people with their birth mothers, and she decides to post a message on an internet forum. Soon the replies are rolling in, and Katie finds herself returning many of the bracelets to their original owners. She encounters success and failure, heartbreak and joy. But is she prepared for old secrets to be uncovered in her own life?

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website
Monday, June 5th @ 7 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, June 7th @ 7 pm – Membership
Tuesday, June 14th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, June 20th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, June 28th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
Thursday, June 30th @ 6:00 – Activities Committee Meeting

For a full, updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above. Additional details can be found by clicking on the “More Fun” tab, too.

PVO Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is at the Irish Heritage Society of Milford today — the second Saturday of the month — from 12:30 pm until 3:00 pm to host a lively session! You are welcome to bring food or snacks but all beverages must be purchased from IHSM.

The CCE sessions are open to the public and membership is encouraged!

We look forward to seeing you!! (yes March 2023 is an exception).