See the IHSM Calendar Page by clicking on the “Calendar” tab above for all weekly entertainment, bands, trivia, etc.

Click on this link to see the most recent Happenings flyer!
Note: Any updates to the attached electronic copy of the Happenings would be found on the Calendar. Make sure you double check the Calendar in case things changed once the flyer was printed.

Don’t forget to visit Non-IHSM Events for activities not sponsored by IHSM but available locally. Monthly invitations from Comhaltas are posted here as well.

Our General Membership Meeting is May 28, 2019

List of Monthly meetings and activities –
Check the Calendar or Ongoing Events tabs for further details:
- All Committee Meetings posted on Calendar
- Activities Committee – May 30th
- Board Meeting – May 14th
- Book Club, 7 to 9 pm – May 21st
- Cultural Committee – May 8th
- Festival Committee –
- Genealogy (off-site) – May 4th
- Golf Committee – May 20th
- Irish Knitting, 6:30-8:30 pm – May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
- Irish Music Sessions, 1- 3 pm – May 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
- Irish Riders – check Calendar
- Membership Committee – May 7th
- Monthly Happy Hour (off-site) – check Calendar
- Monthly Luncheon – check Calendar for specifics
- Mulkerin Irish Dance Lessons, 7 – 9pm – May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
- Slainte – May 20th

May 18th, 2019
Come enjoy the music of the 50s & 60s and dress the part!
Click on this link to view the flyer!
7 – 10 pm with DJ Brandon
Dancing Photo Booth set up for “Doo Wop” pictures!
Members and their guests welcome.

Enchanting Irish Storyteller and Musician
Sunday, May 19th, 3 to 5 pm
IHSM clubhouse, free of charge and open to the public, but reservations required. Hosted by the Cultural Committee.
Click here to see her flyer!
Contact Maureen Moore, (203)877-1016, or maureenmoore_2001@yahoo.com, to reserve a spot by May 15th.

Details: Marianne McShane, Irish born multi-award winning storytelling champion, and her husband, Tim Dwyer, award-winning published Irish poet, will entertain you with folk and fairy tales, legends and myths of Ireland, a musical interlude, and possibly a bit of sean nos dance. Last chance to see this dynamic couple before they move from New York City to Ireland!

Our General Membership Meeting is June 25, 2019

List of Monthly meetings and activities –
Check the Calendar or Ongoing Events tabs for further details:
- All Committee Meetings posted on Calendar
- Activities Committee – June 27th
- Board Meeting – June 11th
- Cultural Committee – June 12th
- Festival Committee – June 10th
- Genealogy (off-site) – June 1st
- Golf Committee – Tournament June 3rd 11 am
- Irish Knitting, on hiatus for the summer
- Irish Music Sessions, 1- 3 pm – June 2nd, 9th, 23rd, 30th
- Irish Riders – check Calendar
- Membership Committee – June 4th
- Monthly Happy Hour (off-site) – check Calendar
- Monthly Luncheon – check Calendar
- Mulkerin Irish Dance Lessons, 7 – 9 pm – TBD
- Slainte – June 17th

Photography Showcase
Sun, June 2, 4pm – 6pm
More details to follow!

Annual Golf Tournament Monday, June 3rd, 11am – 6pm Oronoque Country Club, 385 Oronoque Ln, Stratford
Join friends and family as we celebrate the memory of three great friends of the IHSM, Lyle James, Bill McNamara, and Charlie Bristol. It is with great pride Slainte is able to conduct this even in their honor and provide funds for three scholarships in these gentlemen’s names as well as a Platt Tech Slainte Scholarship. Only $175.00 per golfer; Singles, Doubles, or Foursomes welcome! Includes BBQ Lunch, 18 holes of golf
11am- Check in & luncheon 12:30pm- Shotgun Start 5:30pm- 19th Hole Reception
Enjoy two hours of Open Bar, Hors D’oeuvres, and Snacks. Gifts, Prizes and Raffles If you can’t participate in the golf tournament, then please still support this fundraiser by joining the 19th hole reception for $30. Please contact Allen Grealish at slaintemilford@gmail.com to sign up.

Italian Night Dinner, Music and Dancing at IHSM!
Presenting Paula Pettinelli with Dick DeLibro
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Buffet Dinner begins at 6:30 PM
Music and Dancing begins at 7:30 PM
Menu: Salad, bread, ziti, sausage and peppers, eggplant parm, meatballs, coffee or tea and dessert!
Tickets are $20.00 per person.
For tickets, please contact Melissa Hodges at melhodges72@yahoo.com and Sally Carter at sjcarter1@optonline.net, send us a message on Facebook, or purchase your tickets at the monthly meeting.
The deadline to purchase tickets is May 28, 2019.

Fri, June__, 12:30pm – 2:30pm
TBD

Friday, June 14th, 8:00pm: The Coracles
Members and Their Guests Welcome!
Please remember to sign in guests.

Saturday, June 15th from 9am-12pm
Come down to support a teen trip to Boston for the day! We need bakers and volunteer car washers for the day- if you can help contact jenniferhussey71@yahoo.com
Click this link to see the flyer!

SUMMER SOLSTICE DRUMMING CIRCLE
AT WALNUT BEACH
JUNE 21, 2019
6 pm – BYO dinner & beverage
7 pm – Drumming
$ 20.00 per person
Facilitator Lydia Smith will brings drums.
Click this link to view the flyer!

Contact Eileen Potkay to purchase a ticket 203-809-0188 or Eileenmary68@aol.com
Rain date is Friday June 28, 2019

Reception for Charter Members
Sun, June 23, 5pm – 8pm

Our General Membership Meeting is Tuesday, July 30th, 2019

List of Monthly meetings and activities –
Check the Calendar or Ongoing Events tabs for further details:
- All Committee Meetings posted on Calendar
- Activities Committee – July 18th
- Board Meeting – July 9th
- Book Club – July 16th
- Cultural Committee – July 10th
- Festival Committee – July 8th
- Genealogy (off site) – July 6th
- House Committee – July 13th
- Irish Knitting – on hiatus for the summer
- Irish Music Sessions, 1- 3 pm – most Sundays – Check Calendar
- Irish Riders – check Calendar
- Membership Committee – July 2nd
- Monthly Happy Hour (off-site) – check Calendar for specifics
- Monthly Luncheon (off-site), check Calendar for specifics
- Mulkerin Irish Dance Lessons, TBD
- Slainte – July 15th

Saturday, July 13th, 8:00pm: Howie and the Soul Potatoes
Members and their Guests Welcome!
Please remember to sign in guests.

New Haven GAA Cul Camp 2019
The New Haven GAA is running a week-long sports camp from July 15-19. The camp is open to boys and girls aged between 5-12 and runs every day from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. There will be training in both football and hurling with coaches from Ireland and every afternoon there will be fun activities including music, dancing, crafts and drama. Contact Fiona Hackett at fglavey@yahoo.com for more information.

July’s book: The Milkman: A Novel by Anna Burns
(Northern Irish born in Belfast), © 2018, 360 pp.
Date: Tue, July 16, 7 pm – 9 pm
Milkman is a story of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions, in a time when the wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive. Told with ferocious energy and sly, wicked humor, Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day. This book was the winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize for fiction.

Saturday, July 20th, 8:00pm: Dyna Mojo
Members and Their Guests Welcome!
Please remember to sign in guests.

Saturday, August 10th, 2019, 12-5 pm
Walnut Beach Pavilion, Milford
IHSM Annual Family Picnic – planning has begun, so SAVE THE DATE!!
$15 per adult, FREE for children 11 and under. Committee forming, with Tracy McCabe and Mary-Ann White as co-chairs. Committee members needed!
Signups available at monthly general meetings for volunteering and attending, starting April 30th. More details to follow!