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Foras Cultuir Gaeil Aontuighthe
Volume XLV No. 11November 2014
2014-2015 OFFICERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Judith KellPresident
Caitie O’SheaVice President
John TuckerSecretary
Michael BowlerTreasurer
Megan CumminsMichael LeboeufBill Luqué
Purpose ~ Respect ~ Organization ~ Unity ~ Determination
BOARD MESSAGE
United Irish Cultural Center, Inc.
THERE WILL BE NO GENERAL MEETING THIS MONTH
Dear Members, As we come into the month of November, we do so with joy and excitement. October was absolutely wonderful in so many ways! Our San Francisco Giants led the way! The momentum of fall is with us, as we look forward to an absolutely wonderful November and holiday season. Events in November include some significant Sunday activities: a Library Open House on Sunday, November 2nd. Check out the library’s new look and wonderful collection of artifacts; a superb fashion show on Sunday, November 16th, sponsored by the LAOH, Division 2; the Annual Deceased Members’ Mass on Sunday, November 23rd at 10:00 a.m. It is with great respect that we celebrate the lives of those who gave so much. I would like to rectify an omission that occurred in the October Bulletin. When thanking the wonderful Building Committee and the incredible volunteers who helped during the August closure of the Center, I left out the name of one of the primary contributors on the Committee: Gerry Cassidy. Apologies to Gerry and kudo’s to him and those who were mentioned in the October Bulletin for their stellar contribution to our beloved Center. I am bringing my large family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving with the UICC’s incredible Thanksgiving dinner. I hope to see many of you with your family, friends and others as our very talented chefs, kitchen folks and servers are gearing up to give you the very best. There is a surprise offering in the mix, Rosie Keehan, our Rose of Tralee, is organizing a “Last Rose of Summer” competition for those of us who “barely” miss the age cut-off for the Rose of Tralee competition. This event will serve as a kick-off for the January Rose of Tralee event. Yours truly will be in the competition and more information regarding date and time will be forthcoming. Others who will admit to being “around” my age are welcome to inquire in regard to joining the competition. More information will be forthcoming. As mentioned in the email blast, there will be no General Membership Meeting in November as Thanksgiving falls on our usual meeting date. Although we usually do not have a membership meeting in December, we will have a “Membership Appreciation Meeting” in December this year. Your Board has set the date for this “first” on December 11th. Stay tuned by referring to the December Bulletin message. Additionally we are going to have a traditional Irish holiday variety show, “An Irish Christmas”, on Wednesday, December 10th. Please calendar the date. Your Board of Directors and I am thankful for the wonderful opportunity of serving as your Board this year. I would like to close with best wishes to the family of John (our former BOD President) and Arleen Gallagher on the marriage of their son, Tim, in Milwaukee (brrrrrrr) on November 22nd. The word is they have found an Irish piper and dancers for the celebration in Wisconsin!!
In Caring Unity,
Judith Kell, President
There will be no Thursday Night Dinner in November and December. The Dinners will resume in 2015 if there is enough interest.
SILVER GAELS
THURSDAY NIGHT DINNER CLUB
Friday, November 7, is the date for our Silver Gaels luncheon and card playing at 12:30 pm. All are welcome.
DEADLINE for DECEMBER 2014 BULLETIN is NOVEMBER 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: [email protected]
QThank you everyone for the Mass cards and get well cards we received. Your good wishes helped in our speedy recovery! —Chris & Tony Sheehan
Have you seen this smiling man, lately?
Tom, we miss you and your jokes.
— Your Friends
Annual Memorial Mass
to Honor Our Deceased Members of the
United Irish Cultural Center
Sunday, November 23, 2014
St. Francis Room ~ 10 am
Brunch to follow in the main dining room.
Reservations are suggested UICC 415/661-2700
NOVEMBER CALENDAR
■ NOVEMBER 1, 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: [email protected]
■ NOVEMBER 2, SUNDAY • Poetry Workshop ~ 1pm UICC Board Room Contact Sean Casey 415/668-0102 or [email protected]
• Library Open House ~ 2pm - 4pm
■ NOVEMBER 11, TUESDAY • 49er Goal Rusher Booster Club Dinner ~ 6:00pm Call Sue Hoffman for reservations 415/665-4483
■ NOVEMBER 13, THURSDAY • IIPC Senior Mass & Luncheon ~ 12:15pm See Ad
• Set Dancing Classes ~ 7:30pm - 9:30pm For info call Josephine Brogan 415/681-4803
■ NOVEMBER 15, SATURDAY • Comhaltas West Region Convention 12 noon ~ St. Francis Room For info call Josephine Brogan 415/681-4803
■ NOVEMBER 16, SUNDAY • S.F. Ladies Ancient Order of Hiberians Div 2 San Francisco Syle Fashion Show and Lunch 11am ~ no host cocktails Noon ~ Luncheon $55 per person/$15 child RSVP by November 10 Call Pam Naughton 415/566-1936
■ NOVEMBER 20, THURSDAY • Set Dancing Classes ~ 7:30pm - 9:30pm For info call Josephine Brogan 415/681-4803
■ NOVEMBER 23, SUNDAY • Annual Deceased Members Mass - 10:00am St Patrick’s Room
• Irish Literary & Historical Society 4:30pm ~ St Francis Room Dr. Matt Spangler, an award -winning playwright and theatre director, who will speak on the topic “Staging Intercultural Ireland: Theatre and Inward Migration” ILHS Members free - Visitors $5 www.ILHSSF.org
Music at the Bar
saturday, NoveMBer 1 KeviN roche & coMpaNy
saturday, NoveMBer 15 Comhaltas Traditional Irish Dancing
Save the Date! deceMBer 6th
reBel corK diNNer
deceMBer 7th
coMhaltas christMas ceili
deceMBer 10th
aN irish christMas
deceMBer 11th
iipc active retirees Mass & luNch
MeMBer appreciatioN Night
deceMBer 12th
laoh, div 1 christMas luNcheoN
ulster christMas party
deceMBer 21st
2Nd aNNual cooKie decoratiNg party coMMuNity christMas party with the iipc aNd the gaa
■ NOVEMBER 27, THURSDAY • Happy Thanksgiving! Come & Enjoy Our Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner Make your reservations early. 415/661-2700
■ NOVEMBER 28, FRIDAY • UICC will be closed. All business resumes on Saturday, November 29.
MEMBERSHIP CORNER
IrIsh Prayer of ThanksgIvIng
May you live a long life, Full of gladness and health,With a pocket full of gold,
As the least of your wealth.
May the dreams you hold dearest, Be those which come true, The kindness you spread,
Keep returning to you.—Unknown
Welcome to our NEW Members: Sean Cleary, Frank Dunnigan, James Ferrell, Sharon Johnson, Patricia Madigan, Margaret Overbay, Keith Poulsen, Conor Tucker
Welcome to our new Transfer Members: Moira Casey, Pena Coen, Ryan Gavney, and Michael Panion
Condolences to the Family and Friends of our Deceased Members: Michael Breen, Mary Coen, Jeremiah (Jerry) K Cronin, Anne Marie Duffy, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Sr Jacqueline Golden, Joseph Hession, Joan Lagan, Jeanmarie (Jeannie) Maher, Warren Maloney, Cecilia Mateik, William (Bill) McDonagh, Eugene McMahon, Maureen O’Malley, Nancy Roddick, John (Jack) Ward
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Deceased Members Mass will be on November 23 at 10am.
MEMBER NEWS
Please tell us about your holiday and/or vacation adventures, special events or what’s on your mind. Send/share Member news items or comments for inclusion in the Membership Corner of the monthly UICC newsletter by sending them to the attention of MEMBERSHIP at UICC or e-mail news to:
Please make any comments or corrections regarding information in this Membership Section to the UICC Membership Committee at [email protected]
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Happy Thanksgiving to all.
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
A few months ago long time volunteer, Pat D’Arcy, was sorting through some books at the library when she came upon an anthology of stories about the Bantry Bay area, It Might
Have Been But Yesterday. I am not even sure why she was looking through those books since she usually catalogs Irish language books, but fortunately she did since it contains stories about her uncle, Michael Walsh, and her first cousins, Frank, Vinnie, and Noel who are still alive and residing in Bantry. The anthology chronicles the story of how her uncle was involved in the transportation of petrol that had come aground in Bantry Bay when a military ship had been torpedoed during WWI and how the petrol was used by Sinn Fein to drive voters to polling places and another story about her cousins involvement with a handball court/social club. Pat related the stories to her Bantry cousins on Facebook, who told her to keep sending more stories.
Kind of fun how the stories came to San Francisco from Bantry in the form of this little anthology and back to Bantry via Facebook.
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the collection of books at the library” —Pat D’Arcy
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IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO OUR OPEN HOUSE
Featuring the renovations and new additions to the collection
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Celebrations of Life
Wednesday December 10United Irish Cultural Center ~ 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco
“… The capacity crowd nearly brought the house down at the end of the evening.” (The Village News)
An Irish Christmas brings just about everything to the table – joy, hope, laughter, friendship, celebration, of life through storytelling, music, song, and dance in a night that sparkles with life and a bit of ‘magic!’ Dancers dance through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns, into the world of mythology and out again. Songs spinning out of the mists and into the familiar Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy and Carol of the Bells, and superb music of the pipes, flutes, fiddles, button accordion and bodhráns are just the beginning of this great Irish night! You can be sure of a rip-roaring celebration of Christmas from the heart of glorious Ireland with a superb team of Irish traditional musicians, dancers from the Kerry Dance Troupe led by Ciaran Maguire (Magic of the Dance), the Kerry Records voice squad, and Irish actor Sheelagh Cullen.
We will journey through Christmas in Ireland and celebrate the great tradition of butter making, chase the wren on St. Stephen’s day, draw down the half door for spectacular dance, enjoy superb music-making, singing of Christmas carols and great storytelling in an unforgettable Irish night. Irish folk theatre at its best!
So come and refresh your spirit, dust off the cares of the world and dance home with a smile in your heart as this joyful night brings you to a wonderful Ireland that echoes so forcefully in millions of hearts throughout the world. You can be certain of a GREAT IRISH WELCOME!
Wednesday, December 10th at 7:00 PMEarly bird tickets before Nov. 30th are $30, after $35 Kids $5
Tickets available at UICC bar OR online at https://sfirishcenter.vbotickets.com/events For information call 415/860-1854
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
32/50 CLUB
The 32/50 Drawings #1The winning combination was New Hampshire & Antrim held by Christine Smith for $550
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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.
The 32/50 Drawings #2The winning combination was Montana & Dublin held by AOH Div #17/Roger Gargano for $550
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