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Foras Cultuir Gaeil Aontuighthe

Volume XLV No. 8August 2014

2012-2013 OFFICERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Judith KellPresident

Caitie O’SheaVice President

John TuckerSecretary

Michael BowlerTreasurer

Megan CumminsMichael LeboeufBill Luqué

Purpose ~ Respect ~ Organization ~ Unity ~ Determination

Dear Members,

Welcome to August at the Center. August is a month known for many historical events. One of my favorites is the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution (which provides the vote for us ladies) was adopted ninety-four years ago in August. Giving women the vote was a victory for men and women alike! August is also known as “National Catfish Month” and, as a teacher for many years, my other favorite “Get Ready for Kindergarten Month”. At your United Irish Cultural Center, August is known as “We Will Be Closed for Awhile, But Wonderful Things Will Be Happening Month!”

During the UICC period of August closing (August 11th through August 25th), the UICC Board Room will get new life thanks to the 32/50 Club’s funding of new flooring. Also, new carpet will grace the stairs from the second to the third floor. The Board Room will have a new coat of paint, and the ladies’ room on the 2nd floor will undergo a wonderful renovation and renewal with new sinks, lighting, counter tops, and painting. Your UICC Library will have new flooring as well. In addition, there will be intensive professional cleaning throughout the Center.

During August, your Board of Directors will be putting the calendar for the 2014 - 2015 year together. All clubs and those who wish to reserve rooms for celebrations of all kinds are encouraged to get their preferred dates on the calendar during this month. Your September UICC Bulletin will contain a comprehensive calendar for the UICC’s forthcoming 40th anniversary year.

Meanwhile, your Board of Directors sends a special wish to all members for an enjoyable month of August. While most of us are not “getting ready for kindergarten”, all of us will be looking forward to one of the best-ever years at the Center.

In Caring and Unity,

Judith Kell, PresidentUICC Board of Directors

BOARD MESSAGE

United Irish Cultural Center, Inc.

THERE WILL BE NO GENERAL MEETING IN AUGUST

32/50 CLUBThe 32/50 Drawings June 26, 2014

The winning combination was Arizona & Armagh held by Joseph O’Leary/Teresa Moore for $550

32/50 ClubSally & Jerry Cassidy*James/Shannon CooperMary Costello-KozuchJulia Fitzgerald*Brian FlynnJohn GallagherMargaret Gavney*

Martin Howard*Sondra JohnsonFrances or Steven JonesPatrick R. KellyEileen Loftus*Sarah Nicole McEllistrimMcGuire SistersColleen McHugh

Fiona ShannonShawn SingletonStephen J. SullivanLaurie SullivanRussell SweeneyRosemary Valente/Valerie McGrew*Jessy Ward

Mark McKennaMary MurphyFrances MurphyKathleen O’ConnellJohn S. O’Keeffe*Catie O’Shea*Catie O’’SheaDaniel Kevin O’Sullivan

Congratulations to all the $100 Winners* Received an additional $50 for being present

For more information about the 32/50 Club please leave a message for the 32/50 Committee at (415) 661- 2700, ext. 305.

SILVER GAELS

THURSDAY NIGHT DINNER CLUB

Friday, August 8 is the date for our Silver Gaels luncheon and card playing at 12:30 pm. All are welcome. Come join us on a trip to Yosemite — See information within this bulletin.

There will be no Thursday Night Dinner in August.

Check out the following sites to see more photos.Main Stage: https://www.flickr.com/gp/124931237@N04/QW1Gf9/St. Francis Room: https://www.flickr.com/gp/124931237@N04/0252QU/St. Patrick’s Hall: https://www.flickr.com/gp/124931237@N04/h23q2P/

Visit of the taoiseach to the Uicc

AUGUST CALENDAR

■ AUGUST 2, SATURDAY • Irish Marvels, Past and Present Study Group 2:00pm - 4:00pm ~ UICC Board Room Everyone welcome. For more information call Jo Coffey 415/585-6506 or email: coffey.jo@gmail.com

■ AUGUST 11 THROUGH 25 • UICC CLOSED for ANNUAL CLEANING Office will remain open

■ AUGUST 28, THURSDAY • Set Dancing Classes ~ 7:30pm - 9:30pm For info call Josephine Brogan 415/681-4803

■ AUGUST 29, FRIDAY • Connaught Club Night in the dining room at the UICC Music by Kevin Roche provided by the Connaught Club Call the Center for reservations 415/661-2700

DEADLINE for SEPTEMBER 2014 BULLETIN

is AUGUST 15

Please call the UICC with questions at 415/661-2700. If you have specific questions contact

Adrienne Verreos Falcon Associates Inc. • tel: 415/468-4130 • fax: 415/468-3549

• email: falconassoc@earthlink.net

PLEASE NOTE

MeMbership Meetings

There will be NO Membership Meeting in August.

thursday night dinner Thursday Night Dinner will resume in September .

32/50 drawings There will be no 32/50 drawings in August. The next drawing will be in September.

irish Language CLasses & MusiC CLasses

Classes will resume in September.

Save the Date! September 7th

poetry group resuMes board rooM ~ 1pM

For information and/or to join the group please contact Sean Casey at: 415-668-0102

or email him at irishpoetryworkshop@gmail.com

September 16th & 17th

siLver gaeLs trip to yoseMite & ChukChansi gaMbLing resort

September 21st

robert eMMet reMeMbranCe ~ 12:30 pM Band Concourse at Golden Gate Park

Sponsored by the United Irish Societies of San Francisco

September 26th

roCky road tour: Mundy, Joe rooney ( Father ted, kiLLinaskuLLy)

and andrew stanLey MCappearing at the uiCC

Get your tickets early. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8:30pm. Tickets are $35 and are on

sale at the main bar or online at http://vbotickets.com/event/Rocky_Road/5400

September 28th

irish Literary & historiCaL soCiety

st. FranCis rooM ~ 4:30 pM Emer Martin is an Irish novelist, painter and film-

maker. She will be discussing her new historical novel titled, The Affection of a Hag.Free for ILHS

members Annual membership $25/$30 dual. www.ILHSsf.org/membership

there wiLL be no MusiC at the bar in august.

MusiC resuMes saturday, septeMber 6.

PATRICK J. DOWLING LIBRARY NEWS

THE MAD HATTER TEA PARTY

On Sunday, June 22nd the 2nd Annual ICCCLibraryMadHatter Tea Party tookplace in the SaintFrancisroom.Theguestsarrivedandwerewelcomedby Sally andCynthia,with theirwonderful hats, intoa room filled with bright colors and paper lanterns.Theguest tableswere repletewith stacked tea cupsandduplicatelibrarybooks.Muchthankstothekinddonorswhosupported thisevent:KathleenDowling,PattyDowling,RogerGargano, MargeHagan, JudithKell,MonicaMaguire,ValerieMcGrew, JackO’Keefe,andCaitieO’Sheaandthemanypeoplewhoattendedtheteaandhelpedmakeitsuchanenjoyableparty.Thislovelydaywouldnothavehappenwithoutthehardwork&creativityofAnneCarewandSallyCassidy.

TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY

Whencethe‘BlackIrish”ofJamaicaisafascinating100pagemonogramwrittenbyFatherJosephJ.Williams,SJ,aJesuitwhoresidedinJamaicafor5years.Duringhisstaythere,henotedthenumberofblackresidentsinJamaicaandBarbadoswithIrishnames.Thiscouldnotbeexplainedbytheadoptionof thenamesof IrishslaveownersbytheformerslavessincehistoricalrecordsshownoIrishslaveownersinJamaicaandBarbadoswiththosenames.HetheorizedthattheywereactuallythedescendentsofblackslavesandIrishindenturedservantsandareevidenceofanIrishslavetrade.Accordingtothisbookandothersourcesonthetopic,duringthe1600s,theBritishforciblytransportedupto100,000Irish(dependingonyoursource)totheCaribbeanandtheotherBritishcoloniesintheAmericastoworkinslavelikeconditions.

There are many treasures in the library’s collection. Occasionally one of them has been featured in the library news. By popular request, henceforth we will be highlighting a different one each month. Please send in requests for your favorite to appear in the library news along with a paragraph or two about it–whether it be a book, a photograph, a recording. Requests can be send to Valerie at the UICC or to our e-mail address library@irishcentersf.org

MEMBERSHIP CORNER

HeartfeltCondolencestothefamilyofHelenKelly(wifeofthelateNealKelly),RichardManning(brotherofJohnManning),andKittyHarrington(youngersisterofMaryLucey)

Father JoeWalsh,chaplainof theUnited IrishSocieties,hasmovedbackto Irelandto livepermanently.AregularvisitortotheIrishCenter,hewillbegreatlymissedbyhismanyfriendstherealthoughhepromisestoreturnregularlytovisitus.

MikeBowler,PiperandUICCTreasurer,isbacktoourSFsummerweatherafterawonderful,sunfilledtriptoItalywithhisfamily–wherehehadanopportunitytoseethenewPope.OnJune21,PeggyandDanNevincelebratedtheengagementoftheirson,Joey,andfuturedaughter-in-law,LisaDeVoto,atalovelypartyintheSt.Patrick’sRoom.Proudgrandmother&longtimeCorkLady,MaryLucey,wasinattendance.WelcometotheDeVotofamilyandfriends,manyofthemfirsttimevisitorstotheCenter,whoreallyenjoyedthefestivities—thefood,thebar,themusic(KevinRoche&crew).

Onthesameeveningatasmalleryetequallyfunevening,ValerieMcGrewandfamilyheldabonvoyage/retirementpartyforhersister,ElizabethHull.Liz’sson,SeanHull&granddaughter,SaraHull,traveledfromColoradotoparticipateinthecelebration.Liz,nowresidinginArizona,saysthat,althoughsheenjoyshernewhouse,sheisgoingtomissherregularvisitstotheCenterwithhersister,Valerie.(Thank you to the UICC staff for doing such a great job.)

Callingonallmembers,oldandnew,tosendinyourcommentsandsuggestionsformakingtheCenteranevenbetterplaceto:UICCcomments@gmail.com.Itisagreatmemberresource.Anddon’tforgettocheckouttheUICCFacebookpageandwebsiteforuptodateinformation.

Please tell us what you and your family are doing. Send your news for inclusion in next month’s news-letter to: uicc_membership@yahoo.com or send us a letter at the Center.

PleasemakeanycommentsorcorrectionsregardinginformationinthisMembershipSectiontotheUICCMembershipCommitteeatuicc_membership@yahoo.com

FestivalofLughnasaAn ancient Gaelic festival celebrating the beginning of

the Harvest season, it is still celebrated in parts of Ireland in early August with dancing & bonfires

SpotlightontheVolunteers

Congratulations & Thank you to Peggy Nevin & Kay Gulbengay for doing such an amazing job with the recent raffle-raising funds for the Patrick J. Dowling Library, for the scholarship fund, & for the ICCC general fund and to all the UICC members who so generously supported the raffle. The library will be able to do some much needed renovations as a result.

Aloha Cardinals!Baseball Benefit DinnerSaturday, September 13, 2014

United Irish Cultural Center 45th Avenue & Sloat Blvd.

*Deductible as allowed by law.

Master of Ceremony, Joe Hallisy

Silent Auction, with items fromSF Giants and more Mahalo surprises!

Short Highlight Film ~ Hawaiian Shirt Attire

Proceeds to benefit Lowell’s entry to the 22nd Annual Stanley Costales Memorial Tournament

February 19-21, 2015 in Hilo, Hawaii

Make checks payable to : Lowell Alumni Assn.

Mail to : Lowell Alumni Assn. PO Box 320009 San Francisco, CA 94132

For tickets and information call John Donohue at 415/661-5002or go online to: https://lowellalumni.givezooks.com

Roast Cross Ribs of Beef orBaked Half Chicken w/Mushroom Sauce

orVegetarian Pasta

with salad, wine and mango sorbet

No Host cocktails 5:30 pm Dinner 7:00 pm

$60.00* per person

In partnership with the SF Irish Film Festival, we are pleased to announce our second Irish Art Competition for Children!

Irish art competition for children

We invite kids of all ages to submit artwork with an Irish theme - it can be your favorite place in Ireland,

your favorite Irish person or simply what comes to mindwhen you think of Ireland.

Closing date for entries is Monday, September 8, 2014

7 years and under8-10 years inclusive

11-14 years inclusive

A Community Outreach Program of the Irish Immigration Pastoral Centerin partnership wtih the San Francisco Irish Film Festival

Age Categories

For competition application forms and rules of entry,please call Joan at 415.752.6006 or email kidsart@sfiipc.org

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We are planning a trip to Yosemite with Chukchansi Gold Resort

September 16th & 17th, 2014Enjoy the sites of Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Falls,

Half Dome, El Capitan, Bridal Falls and More!Board the 2 hour ranger guided valley floor tram tour.

The ranger will describe history, geology, plant and animal life of the region followed by a two course lunch

at the famous Awahnee Hotel.

$250.00 per person/double occupancyTour Package includes:

Round trip transportation via a luxury motor coach, lunch, hotel accommodations at the

Chukchansi Casino Resort, bonus $10 free play and $5 food credit.

The trip is contingent on 30 PAID participants. Deadline August 15

If interested Contact Bill Luqué415/552-9620

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2700 45th AvenueSan Francisco, CA 94116-2696

There will be no General Meeting in August.

The Center will be closed for our annual clean-up!

From Monday, August 11 through Monday, August 25th

Come and volunteer to spruce up YOUR Center!

The Center will be open for business as usual on Tuesday, August 26th

The office will remain open while the Center is closed.