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Upcoming Events
CHURCH HILL IRISH FEST-THIS WEEKEND
PARADE-SATURDAY 10am
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Be there at 9:45am across from the fire station on N. 24th.
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Wear green jackets & sash, if you have them (something green, if you do not)
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52 degrees forecast early in the morning w/high of 75....72 forecasted for Sunday
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RAFFLE SALES/RECRUITING
Sat 25th/Sun 26th 10a-6p
***NEED VOLUNTEERS***
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Check in at volunteer tent in front of St. Patrick's prior to work time.
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Past-President Vince Eikmeier should be there at 2:30 pm to set-up our booth.
If you would like to help, contact for Vince, mr.vince.eikmeier@gmail.com
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Also, help always welcomed to help the Festival as a whole.
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And hey, lookithat...our very own Dooley Brother Stokes McCune got 5 minutes on Channel 12 to give a soup-to-nuts on the Irish Festival. (and you can find a few other Dooley brothers in the background of the file footage)
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100 Years Ago This Week In The Irish Civil War
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17 March Nice piece speaking about how St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated
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after the Easter Rising. (March of 1917)
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20 March The Teehan family home at Kilmanagh, Co Kilkenny was burnt by Pro-Treaty soldiers after only given five minutes to leave. Bill Quirke, O/C of the 2nd Southern Division of the Anti-Treaty forces described the Teehan home as a “Field GHQ” and the night before it was burnt de Valera, Frank Aiken, Austin Stack and Tom Derrig had called to the house. In retaliation, Anti-Treaty men burnt the house, grocery and bakery of James Walsh of Templeorum, Piltown. Walsh was an outspoken Pro-Treaty county councillor.
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23-26 March Executive of Anti-Treaty army meets in James Cullinane's, Bliantas farmhouse, 3 miles east of Ballinamult (Waterford), at the foot of the Monavullagh Mountains. In attendance were Liam Lynch, Frank Aiken, Tom Derrig, Sean Dowling, Austin Stack, Tom Barry, Tom Crofts, Sean MacSwiney, Humphrey Murphy, Bill Quirke and Sean Hyde. De Valera was also asked to attend but without voting rights. Executive debated continuing struggle vs dumping arms but could not agree. Immediate peace proposal defeated by six votes to five. Decided to postpone until 10th April.
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Pro-Treaty/Free State/National Army/Regulars
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Anti-Treaty/IRA/Republican/Irregulars/Volunteers
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In Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity,
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