The Greenville St. Patrick’s Day Parade is March 29th lineup is at noon, St. John the Baptist Church and the parade kicks off 1pm.
The Nugent Association is one of the oldest Irish American clubs and they take over the Blackthorne Resort April 25-27 weekend. There is Irish music all weekend and we will attend the Friday happy hour called Beat the Clock. It’s a great opportunity to buy our raffle tickets and some merch. 6pm start in the Beer Garden.
The first weekend of May is the annual NYS AOH Spring meeting and festivities. Friday is the golf tournament. Saturday the meeting is held at the Shamrock House. Fr. Henry’s BBQ is held at McGraths and the annual cornhole tournament will also be held at McGraths. All proceeds go to the Thomas McNabb Scholarship. Sunday is the annual mass held at the Mass Rock, East Durham (right turn off the entrance to the Michael J Quill Irish Cultural Center).
East Durham Memorial Day Weekend at the MJQ Irish Cultural Centre is right around the corner. We will have the tent set up to sell raffle tickets and merch and hold our Whiskey raffle drawing on Sunday 3pm. Proceeds going to the Irish Arts Week Music Scholarship we have started in Tim McSweeney’s name.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY APRIL 17 – 7PM, Gallagher’s Banquet Hall, Cairo, NY.