132 Commerce St PO Box 620 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Ph. (860) 633-9691

President’s Message

Dear Fellow Members, You will be happy to know by the time you read this newsletter, our club will have reopened following our recent repair project. I encour-age you to come down and see the newly built bar and accessible rest rooms off the back lounge, in addition to a few other changes we made to the layout of the pub and adjacent lounge. We think you will be delighted with the open floor plan and the daylight that floods the space. A fresh coat of paint, refreshed wainscoting and some comfy chairs around the hearth should provide the setting for many memo-rable afternoons and evenings to come at your club! So come on down and see for yourself…we’re waiting for you! During the demolition, copies of a newsletter dated August, 1974, were found in one of the walls behind the bar along with a brand new, unopened box of cigars. Coincidentally, the newsletter, signed by then President Jimmy Staunton, discusses the newly remodeled bar and the festivities surrounding the grand re-opening some 43 years ago. When we opened up the flooring we found old beer cans most likely used to support the pipes during installation back when the building was constructed in the late 1960’s. We’ve saved these memen-tos and will be displaying them at some point in the near future. This project would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of some of our members. Please see the article pertain-ing to the project inside this newsletter. Our Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day event will be held on Saturday, September 16th, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Please support this event either by attending, volunteering, or both! We have some great volunteer opportunities …visit our website and click on the link to sign up. During the September monthly meeting, nominations for Officers and Directors takes place. We will also be voting on an increase to membership dues. I encourage you to attend this meeting. The meeting will be held on Friday, September 8 th, 7:30 p.m. in the Upstairs Hall.

All the best,

Maureen A. Kennedy

President

Irish American Home Society Inc.

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

PUB GRUB

Sept 1st – No Pub Grub Sept 8th – Food Truck Friday – TBA Sept 15, 22, & 29 – Regular Menu as we get our new crew up to speed!

Next New Member screening: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 @7pm. Next Monthly Meeting: Friday, September 8, 2017 @ 7:30 pm.

ENTERTAINMENT

Sept 1st

– No Band Sept 22nd

– Brennan Brothers Sept 8

th – TBA Sept 29

th - TBA

Sept 15th

- TBA

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INTERESTED IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN YOUR CLUB? The Nominating Committee is seeking indi-viduals who wish to run for one of the open Board of Director positions or any Officer position. We currently have a 2 year term and a 3 year term Board position open. Each Officer position is for a term of 1 year: President, Vice President, Recording Secre-tary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Mem-bership Secretary, Assistant Membership Secretary, Corresponding Secretary or Sar-gent-at-Arms. Interested candidates should contact a member of the Nominating Com-mittee: Joan Hallberg at (860)416-4695 or joannis@gmail.com, Tom Pilch at (860)659-4463 or tom240@aol.com or Allen Scarfone at (860)899-5889 or Scarfone184@cox.net. Nominations are made at the September Monthly Meeting, Friday, September 8, 2017 at 7:30 p.m

ELECTIONS

If an election is required, there will be two sessions held as follows: Sunday, October 1, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday, October 6, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Results will be announced on Oc-tober 6th following tabulation. If an election will be held, watch our website, Facebook and notices posted at the club for more infor-mation. Voting will occur in the Upstairs Hall. You must be a Member in Good Standing as of March 31, 2017 to be eligible to vote. You must present your Membership Card to cast your vote.

NOTICE The Board of Directors has voted to endorse

a rise in the annual Membership Dues as follows:

2018 Single Membership: $ 85.00 2018 Spousal Membership: $125.00 2019 Single Membership: $100.00 2019 Spousal Membership: $140.00 Per our by-laws, a vote must be held by the membership to change membership dues. The vote will occur at the September Monthly Meeting, Friday, September 8, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at the Irish American Home So-ciety, Inc. 132 Commerce Street, Glaston-bury, CT.

PUB GRUB NEEDS YOU! No experience required! All you need is a positive attitude, enjoy working as part of a team and the desire to become more in-volved in your club! We will train you on the rest. We are looking to form 3 or 4 teams of members who would like to volunteer for Pub Grub, with the goal of working one Friday night a month. We are also looking for vol-unteers to help prep specials, etc. on Thurs-day nights. Interested? Give Maureen Ken-nedy a call (860)550-3126 or email presi-dent@irishamericanhome.com. Please note that the Sunday Seisiun re-sumes on September 3rd and the Set Danc-ing Classes resume on Wednesday, September 6th.

A FEW WORDS OF GRATITUDE… It takes a village…and here at the Irish Ameri-can Home Society no words could ring more true. Several of our members and friends pitched in and volunteered their time and talent to get the job done and cut down on our costs for the recent repair project. Yes…we did have to pay certain contractors. But we wanted to make sure their enormous contributions were brought to the attention of their fellow members so you know how much they went above and beyond for their/your club…. Dave O’Leary, owner of Colonial Painting and Restoration, LLC, of Glastonbury paint-ed the entire pub and lounge spaces at no cost to our club! Dave also gave us the paint at his discounted cost. Thank you, Dave! Director Stephen Miskell, owner of Galway Tile, LLC, of Wethersfield and his brother, David Miskell, assisted with the demolition re-quired to make the needed repairs along with hours spent tiling the restrooms and kitchens. David put his plastering and sheet rocking skills to good use. Both Stephen and David removed the existing flooring in addition to putting the flooring back in place to save our club money. Stephen gave us all the new tiles at his dis-counted cost and he saved us a bundle! Thank you, Stephen and David! Martin Geoghegan, owner of MG Masonry, of Andover, gave the club an extremely dis-counted price on cutting through the concrete floors, digging up and exposing the old piping and then putting the whole thing back together again. I am sure you saw the pictures of the dirt piles in the pub in a recent email on the progress of the project. Thank you, Martin! Joseph Byrne and Lisa Jameson, owners of ServPro of Newington/Central Hartford did the remediation and cleaning when we had the first pipe back-ups in April of 2016. This was an enormous clean-up job that cost thousands of dollars…and they did it for free. AND nei-ther is a member of this club! Joe Byrne is the nephew of Mary Byrne and the late Sean Byrne, longtime members of this club. Joe remembers spending time here as a kid and in honor of both Joe and Lisa’s Irish heritage, they charged the club nothing. So as their motto says…”like it never even happened”. It was truly like that for us! Not only did they clean it up, they left us without a bill! Thank you, Joe and Lisa! Consider patronizing these fellow club members and business owners who went above and beyond for our club! Without their generosity, some of the work would have proven to be very costly. Our thanks and gratitude to all of you! Thank you to our Permittee Dan O’Connell and to Board Chair Pat Whelan, both of whom did more than their fair share of physical labor, but who also were on site day in and day out ensuring that the repairs and rebuild was on pace. They were also able to immediately communicate to the President and Directors

when it became apparent that we faced a minor obstacle that required considera-tion and a decision on how to proceed. These men were invaluable during this project. Thank you to Director Peter Hart and Jim Byram who were on site during the demolition and during the clean-up and truly went the extra mile. Thank you all! Many thanks to the following members that assisted with clean-up….and let me tell you it could not have been dustier or dirtier! They worked very hard for their club: Mary DaMotta, Jessica Dunn, Shei-la Dupuis Green, Sana Hart, Megan Hodlin, Joe Kennedy, Bob Landfear, Ted Lloyd, Myles McGee, Emily Mojica, Ei-leen K. Moore, Brian Moran, Sarah Mo-ran, Charlie Murray, Margaret O’Keefe, Elizabeth O’Leary, Liz Saunders, Allen Scarfone and Daniel Ustach (please note that Bob Landfear and Emily Mojica are not members…but good friends of the club). Thank you all! “The smallest thanks is always worth the effort it takes to give it” Anony-mous

GAA ALL-IRELAND HURLING AND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

LIVE FROM CROKE PARK! Come on down to the club on Sunday, September 3rd and view the hurling matches LIVE from Dublin. The minor championship begins at 8:30 a.m. EST. At 10:30 a.m. EST the battle for the Liam MacCarthy Cup begins. On Sunday, September 17th, the football matches will be broadcast at 8:30 a.m. EST and 10:30 a.m. EST. Watch our website or call the club for the contenders at they are not available as we go to press. Non-season pass holders are $20 to view the games. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. both days.

GAA NEWS

After a hard fought season, the Senior Football and Hurling teams continue to work hard hoping to get better with every practice. Hurling training is every Mon-day night at 6:30 and Football training is every Wednesday night at 7:00. New players are always welcome! The Fenway Hurling Classic is returning to Boston and the HGAA will be running a bus so we can enjoy the event as a club. $92 pp includes a roundtrip bus ride and tickets to the game. Contact Paul O’Sulli-van to reserve tickets at 203-527-7253 or fota86@yahoo.com. SAVE THE DATE!! Hartford GAA is pleased to announce the date of their 2017 Sports Night. Please mark your calendars for Saturday, November 11th. Look for details in the October newsletter and online at www.hartfordgaa.com

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We are looking for a few volunteers to man the front door on Friday evenings to collect the cover charge. Contact Maureen Kennedy at presi-dent@irishamericanhome.com to sign up!

IRISH LANGUAGE CLASSES Irish Language Classes will be starting back up at the Club in September. There is room in the Interme-diate Class for anyone who has previously studied the Irish language. We will also be offering a begin-ners class for anyone with little or no previous expe-rience with the Irish language. If you are interested, please contact Johannah Mackey at: Johan-nah@snet.net or (860) 982.1959

IRISH SET DANCE CLASSES

Traditional Irish country set dancing classes are

held on Wednesday evenings (except the fourth

Wednesday of the month). This is a cultural function

of the Irish American Hone Society and there is no

charge. The only requirements are hard-soled

shoes and a little stamina. Classes begin at 7:00

p.m. For more information, please call John Droney

at (860)521-2696.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians Division #2 and

Ladies AOH meets on the first Thursday of each

month at 7:30 p.m. in the Downstairs Lounge. The

AOH is an Irish Catholic organization that promotes

and encourages participation in our religion, charity

and Irish culture, following the motto, “In Friendship,

Unity and Christian Charity”. For more information

contact Jamie Forzono at (860)604-3021.

Memorial Funds

Please consider naming one of two funds the IAHS

has established over the years to receive memorial

donations upon your death. Both funds are intended

to memorialize our deceased loved ones while ben-

efiting our members . The first is our Scholarship

Fund which was established to grant educational

scholarships to the children of members in good

standing. Scholarships are awarded in June of each

year. The second fund is our Building Renovation

Fund, established to help fund the proposed new

building and renovation of the existing building.

Newsletter deadline is the 15th of the month for inclu-

sion in the next month’s edition. Send contributions,

in WORD FORMAT, to newslet-

ter@irishamericanhome.com.

WEEKLY CARD GAME Enjoy playing cards? Every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. in the downstairs lounge, members and guests are invited to join in a friendly game of Setback.

Get Well Wishes:

Bridget McSweegan

SIGN IN YOUR GUESTS! PROTECT YOUR CLUB!

State liquor control laws mandate that private

clubs maintain a guest book where non-member

guests are required to register and be signed in

by the member. Please ensure that your guests

are properly signed in…help protect your

club! Failure to comply with the liquor laws

may result in fines or other penalties such as clo-

sure of our pub for a period determined by the

Liquor Control Commission. Please remember

that you are responsible for the conduct of your

guests and they must depart the premises when

you depart…no exceptions. This is your

club…protect it at all times! Thank you for your

cooperation.

Seisiun Every 1st and 3rd Sundays

Live traditional Irish music continues on the first

and third Sundays of each month at the Irish

American Home Society, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00

p.m. Come join the singers and musicians at this

open seisiun. Listen or play along with the lively

jigs and reels…sing a song if you are so in-

clined…or simply relax and enjoy the music of

Ireland. A slow music seisiun is held on the third

Sunday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This is an

opportunity to learn Irish music. For more infor-

mation, contact Liz Raymond (860)346-3235.

IRISH NORTHERN AID

The Hartford Unit of Irish Northern Aid meets the

3rd Friday of every month at 8:00 p.m. in the Up-

stairs Hall of the Irish American Home. Since

1970, the Irish Northern Aid Committee has been

at the forefront in support of the struggle for free-

dom, justice, and self-determination for all the

people of Ireland. For more information, please

contact Tom McBride (860)983-0846.

HONOR GUARD

It is this Society’s tradition to honor our

deceased members by the presence of an Honor

Guard at the funeral service and interment. While

we have several dedicated members who faithful-

ly participate in this tradition, we would like to

ensure a full complement at each service. If you

are interested in participating when the need aris-

es, please contact Charlie Murray at (860)633-

0663 or Kathleen Blake (860)633-0587. The

Honor Guard will participate in the funeral

services for all members when the member

has previously requested or the family re-

quests our services. If you would like to have

an Honor Guard at a member’s funeral, please

call Charlie or Kathleen to advise them of the

arrangements.

Sympathy to the Families of:

John Brett, Wally Cone, and Maureen Cosgrove

2016-2017 IAHS Officers & Board of Directors

President Maureen Kennedy

860-550-3126 president@irishamericanhome.com

Vice President

Elizabeth O’Leary (860)888-8200 elizoleary10@gail.com

Recording Secretary Eileen K. Moore 860-977-9700

Ekmoore1@yahoo.com

Treasurer Colleen Kissane 860-614-6440

cakissane@comcast.net

Financial Secretary Liz Saunders 860-951-5269

lizsaunders@comcast.net

Membership Secretary Kathy Saimininkas

dumpladykat@netscape.net

Assistant Membership Secretary Gaia Barbara McDermott (860)398-0375

mcdermott09@gmail.com

Corresponding Secretary Jenn Hedges

(860)794-3556 Sergeant at Arms

Scott Lima 860-368-1398

SMLIMA16@yahoo.com

Board of Directors Peter Hart

860-568-0628 p.c.hart@comcast.net

Dan Ustach 860-989-1965 ustachdaniel@gmail.com Sheila Dupuis Green (860)633-1883

Sheiladupuis123@gmail.com Pat Whelan

860-573-3884 Stephen Miskell 860-478-2052

stephenmiskell@icloud.com

Permitee Dan O’Connell 860-633-9691

GOOD AND WELFARE

If you know of any member who is ill, in the hospital or has passed away, please contact Margaret Moriarty (860)563-0804 or otker-ry27@gmail.com so that an appropriate remem-brance may be sent on behalf of the membership. If you have good news to share, i.e. birth, graduation, etc., please send the information to newslet-ter@irishamericanhome.com

HALL RENTALS Our Upstairs and Downstairs Halls are available to rent for parties and gatherings. Contact Dan O’Connell for available dates and rates (860)633-9691.

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Irish American Home Society

132 Commerce Street

Glastonbury, Connecticut

2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

$5.00 entrance fee – 21 and over

Grab the beach chairs and the family and come on down to enjoy our new Halfway to St.

Patrick’s Day event. Enjoy a variety of food trucks, vendors, entertainment, and of

course, some of the best brews Ireland has to offer! Enjoy the sunshine, some Irish mu-

sic and watch the performances of local Irish dance schools, then close out the evening

with that dynamic Irish band, Dicey Riley!

Help your club by volunteering for this event. Sign up at

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0449aca82ba6fa7-half

Can’t volunteer? Then support this event by attending this event! Tell your friends and

neighbors! Get the word out! It’s going to be a great day!

Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day is an all ages event. Adults age 21 and over pay a $5 entrance fee. Those under age 21 are free. Positive

ID of age 21 will be required to consume alcoholic beverages. We reserve the right to limit or deny the sale of alcoholic beverages to

anyone at our discretion. Handicap parking will be available adjacent to the club. We will not be providing transport from any of the

parking areas. Parking will be available on our property off Kreiger Lane. Anyone entering the club’s property, over the age of

21years, will be required to pay the entrance fee with no exceptions.

No coolers – No dogs (except service dogs)

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ANNUAL BUS TRIP TO

NEW YORK CITY!

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Depart at 7:00 a.m. East Hartford Commuter lot (Main Street on the

EH/Glastonbury line)

Return Bus 6:00 p.m. departure

$35.00 per person (non-refundable)

Deadline to reserve seats - October 15, 2017

Join your fellow members on this annual trip to the city that nev-

er sleeps. Spend the day your way…shopping, dining, sightseeing or at a

broadway show. Reserve your seat today!

Name: ____________________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________________

Phone: ______________________________Number of Seats: _______________

Email: ____________________________________________________________________

Checks payable to the Irish American Home Society. Mail to:

Kathleen Blake Margaret Moriarty

131 Coleman Road 8 Danforth Lane

Glastonbury, CT 06033 Rocky Hill, CT 06060

Ph (860)633-0587 Ph (860)563-0804

OTKerry27@gmail.com

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35th Annual IRISH GOLF CLASSIC To Benefit the IAHS Scholarship Fund

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Cost: $135.00 per person

BLACKLEDGE- ANDERSON GLEN

THREE FLIGHTS—Open, Champion, and Women

Longest Drive, Closest to the Line, Closest to the pin contests

PRIZES ON ALL PAR 3 HOLES FOR A HOLE IN ONE!!

Sponsor a Hole – only $100

Lunch at the course followed by Dinner at the Irish American

Home

Great Raffle Prizes!!

***11:00 AM REGISTRATION 12:00 NOON SHOTGUN***

Checks should be made out to: IRISH AMERICAN GOLF

Contact: Tom Pilch at (860) 659-4463, Tom240@aol.com

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35th Annual IRISH GOLF CLASSIC To Benefit the IAHS Scholarship Fund

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Application (Please print clearly)

Team Captain: _________________________________________________________

Name _______________________________________________________________

Address _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Telephone ________________________ E-mail _____________________________

Player #2 ________________________________________________________________

Player #3 ________________________________________________________________

Player #4 ________________________________________________________________

Select One _______ Open Flight

_______ Champion Flight (All players must be over 50)

_______ Women’s Flight

Sponsor a Hole – $100

Name _______________________________________________________________

Address _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Telephone ________________________ E-mail _____________________________

Name of Company / What you want printed on the sign:

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Checks should be made out to: IRISH AMERICAN GOLF Mail to: Tom Pilch

185 Great Swamp Road

Glastonbury, CT 06033

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MOVING?

Send us your new address

(include current address label)

Effective __________________

IRISH AMERICAN HOME SOCIETY INC. 132 Commerce Street / P.O. Box 620

Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033

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06033

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1No Pub Grub

No Band

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3Seisiun 4:00 p.m. – 6:00

p.m.

4St. Patrick’s Pipe Band 5New member screening

7:00 p.m.

Board of Directors Meeting

8p.m.

6Set Dancing 7:00 p.m. 7AOH Meeting 7:30 p.m. .

Set Back 7 p.m.

8Monthly Meeting 7:30

p.m.

Pub Grub 6-8PM

Food Truck Friday – TBA

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10 11St. Patrick’s Pipe

Band 12 13Set Dancing 7:00

p.m. 14Set Back 7 p.m. 15Pub Grub 6-8PM

Band TBA

16 Halfway to

St. Patrick’s Day

2PM-11PM

17Seisiun 4:00 p.m. –

6:00 p.m.

18St. Patrick’s Pipe

Band 19 20Set Dancing 7:00

p.m. 21Set Back 7 p.m. 22Pub Grub 6-8PM

Brennan Brothers 23

24 25St. Patrick’s Pipe

Band 26 27 28Set Back 7 p.m. 29Pub Grub 6-8PM

Band TBA

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SEPTEMBER 2017