Upcoming events include the September 20 1/2 way to St. Pat's celebration; Oktoberfest Parade on September 27; Oktoberfest Heritage Night on October 1, and the Torchlight Parade on October 2

Volunteers are needed for both the ShamroCk club and Irish Fest La Crosse. Contact Pam or Rod Smith at 608- 783-2435 for the festival; The Shamrock Club Information booth, call Jeannie Nolan at 608-782-6797; and the Monarch Pub Food Booth, please call Jon or Laurie 608 687-4231.

December; TBA; 4:45 - 10:15 pm; Shamrock Club hosts Rotary Lights - Volunteers needed

• February 18. - General Meeting;
• March 7 - St. Patrick's Dinner/Dance -Cedar Creek2600 Cedar Creek Lane, Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650
• March 14 - St. Patrick's Parade La Crosse 
• March 17 - St. Patrick's Day Road Trip
• April 15 - Board Meeting
• May 20 - General Meeting - Election of Officers
• May 23 - Onalaska Sunfish Days Parade
• August 7, 8, 9 - Irishfest La Crosse

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LAFAYETTE COUNTY

• LaFayette County . The Club will again hold a St Patrick Day parade on March 13, in Darlingtom.

History of Our Club

The Lafayette County Chapter was formed in 1981. As an organization we continue to enjoy the Irish heritage 26 years later through gatherings, celebrations and giving. We encourage and invite anyone interested in joining the club so we can continue for another strong 25 years and longer.

Meetins are at Annies in Darlington, 300 Washington St. (608) 776-3773

• March 7
• April 11
• May 9
• June 13

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NEW DUBLIN

The Shamrock Club of New Dublin meets each month on the 1st Monday. Our next meeting is Monday, October 3 at the at the Midtown Restaurant, downtown at 7:30 pm. We meet the first Monday of each month.

Meetings

• March 2
• April 5
• May 3
• June 7

2010 - 27th Annual New Dublin (New London), Wisconsin

Monday March 15, 2010

Leprechauns change the name of the town to New Dublin for the week.

Tuesday March 16 - St. Patrick's Day

Hooligan Day. Corned beef and cabbage is served throughout the week at Pup's Irish Pub on Hwy 54 in North Dublin, The Midtown, and Half Nelson's in New Dublin as well as many other fine local establishments.

Wednesday March 17

Irish Caroling at St. Joseph's Residence and Franklin Park apartments. It's a great way to learn all the traditional Irish sing-a-longs. Song sheets are provided. Meet in the lobby of St. Joseph's at 5:00 pm.

Thursday March 18

7:00 pm - Irish Entertainment at the New London High School auditorium (use south entrance). Talented artists of New Dublin present an evening of Irish entertainment featuring songs, dances, and humor of Ireland. Introduction of Irish Man & Irish Rose, Grand Marshal, and the Irish Lad & Lassie. Great family entertainment. Public invited. Free admission, donations appreciated.

Friday March 19

7:00 pm - Irish Ceili (kay-lee) at Crystal Falls Banquet Facility. A traditional gathering of friends and family in celebration of music & dance. Public welcome. Free admission.

8:00 pm - The Finnegan's Wake service begins at Pup's Irish Pub two miles west of New Dublin on Hwy 54 in North Dublin (Northport) and proceeds to other local establishments. Finnegan's Wake is a parody of an Irish funeral.

Saturday March 20 - The Grand Parade and Irish Fest

1:00 pm - St. Patrick's Day Parade - Downtown New Dublin. Wisconsin's largest St. Patrick's Day parade with marching & bagpipe bands, and clan & business floats. Over 100 units. Prizes awarded. Parade Route

11:00 am to 6:00 pm - Irish Fest under the big top by Festival Foods parking lot, downtown New Dublin. HUGE heated tent featuring Irish food, beverages, entertainment, and market booths.

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SOUTH CENTRAL

• 2010 Irish Rose - Luanne Marie (Sheahan) Krohn
  Born in Richland Center, WI the second daughter (there are five girls in the family) of Edward J. and Lorrayne Sheahan. Graduated from Weston High School in Cazenovia and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Taught primary grades in Burlington, WI and Reedsburg, WI. Married Martin (Mick) Krohn in August of 1967 at St. Anthony’s in Germantown.
  Luanne’s father, Edward, was the son of Tim and Mamie Sheahan and the grandson of Maurice and Ellen Sheahan. Maurice immigrated to Richland County, WI from County Cork, Ireland and was known locally as the jig dancer of the county. He was trained as a cooper in Ireland. He and Ellen farmed in Westfield Township and had a large family of ten children. It was difficult to even find the family on the county records because when the census was taken in the county, Maurice’s Irish brogue was so thick that when the census taker wrote down the information, Maurice and Ellen were recorded as Moses and Olive! Her Grandpa Tim was one of a set of twin boys. His father died young (at 45) of blood poisoning.

  After marriage, Luanne took a ten year leave of absence from the teaching profession to raise their three children: Theresa, Nancy and Tim. She and Mick also have a daughter-in-law, Karla, and two grandchildren, Kevin and Rachel. They have lived in Reedsburg for forty three years and have been active members of Sacred Heart Parish during this time. Luanne taught third grade CCD class, is a member of the Council of Catholic Women (where she volunteers at functions including the Christmas Craft Fair), and is a First Friday Eucharistic minister to the home bound. She is a past President of the Friends of the Reedsburg Library, is a poll worker for the election board, Secretary of the South Central Shamrock Club for the past three years, has been a table hostess for ten years at Sacred Heart’s annual Spring Fling event, a Red Cross blood donor, a member and active volunteer for the Sauk County Historical Society, past Sacred Heart prayer line volunteer, and has been an annual Relay South Central Shamrock Club volunteer.

  She retired from Madison Area Technical College three years ago after twenty-five years of teaching and returned part-time this last fall. She loves working with students and has helped many throughout her long career. Many have stayed in contact with her through the years and she has acted as a mentor to numerous new teachers.
  She is thrilled to be selected as the 2010 Shamrock Club’s Irish Rose! 2010 Irishman Richard Patrick Fish
  Richard Patrick Fish, the second of 10 children of Clifton and Catherine (Horkan) Fish, was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1946 in Reedsburg. Dick’s Irish heritage is from his mother’s side of the family. His Irish great-great grandparents all immigrated to the United States from Ireland between 1810 and 1843. Peter and Bridget (Rowan) Horkan and James and Honora (McNealy) Corrigan and were born in County Mayo and James and Catherine (McHugh) Gallagher and Peter and Mary (Carrigg) Coughlin were born in County Clare.

  Through the age of seven he lived on the Silas Fish homestead farm on WD in the Town of Winfield and attended Pleasant Knoll School, an 8-grade one room school. In the spring of 1954, his family moved to a farm in the Town of Freedom south of Rock Springs where he attended Diamond Hill School, another one room school, through 7th grade and graduated from 8th grade at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Reedsburg.

  He claims to have walked miles to those country schools, uphill both ways with only potato skins for shoes. He graduated from Webb High School in 1964 where he was on the football and wrestling teams. During his grade school and high school days Dick worked a number of jobs including farmhand, milk (cans) truck route, and gas station attendant, while, as he says, doing all the work on the family farm. He always found time to play baseball, croquet, dodge ball, and may other games with his siblings and to teach them the rules (“Dick’s Rules”) and sportsmanship (at least how to lose).

  Dick attended Madison Area Technical College after which he began working for the City of Madison Engineering Department. In his 16-years with the City he held a number of positions including draftsman, surveyor, subdivision and development coordinator and supervisor of Engineering Technicians. He obtained his Registered Land Surveyors license in 1978. In 1981 he was recruited by one of his former co-workers at the City to join his startup environmental and engineering firm in Madison, RMT, Inc. In Dick’s 29 years (and counting) with the firm, RMT has grown to a 1000-person firm specializing in environmental, construction, and energy related services.

  Dick is a Vice President at RMT and manages multiple key accounts and major projects. He has been recognized for his contributions to RMT including Consulting Excellence Awards, Business Development Excellence Awards, and for his Community Service and by his clients on a number of projects including having his name on bronze plaques on the Workers’ Wall at Miller Park for his contributions to the construction of the new ballpark and the Marquette Interchange Workers Recognition Wall in Milwaukee.

  From 1965 through 1971 Dick served in the US Army Reserves. The initial two years was with the 322 Chemical Company in Baraboo as a Chemical Decontamination Specialist and the last four years with the 84th Division Basic Combat Training Company in Madison, where he was a Drill Sergeant, which enabled him to apply the bossing skills he had perfected on his brothers and sisters while growing up on the farm.

  Dick refereed high school and college wrestling in Wisconsin for 25 years including officiating the state high school tournament in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, and 1985 and working at the scorer’s table many other years. He was a Charter Member and Past President of the South Central Wrestling Officials Association.

  Dick married Barbara Williams in 1967 in the old Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Reedsburg. Dick and Barb lived in Madison for 35-years and moved to their new home on Lake Redstone 10 years ago. They are members of Holy Family Catholic Church in La Valle and were formerlymembers of St. Bernard and St. Dennis parishes when they lived in Madison. Their children, Laurie (Joel) Fish Paar is an elementary teacher in Oak Creek and Lisa (Cory) Buske is a Human Resources Specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in Madison. Dick loves to spoil his five grandchildren, Maddie, Paige, Nolan, Sam, and Owen with rides on the four-wheeler, shooting the BB gun (nobody has shot their eye out yet), Kiddy Cocktails at five (it is always 5-o’clock somewhere), woodworking projects, fishing, and with anything else they want.

  Dick is often asked "are you related to Joe Fish?" After a long pause he admits that Joe (Mary) is his brother but quickly adds that Paul and Don (Corinne) are also his brothers and that Sharon (Tom) Resch, Monica (Ted) Atkinson, Zita Harris, and Denise (Mike) Yontz are his sisters. His older brother Jerome died when he was 13 and his youngest sister Fran Kelly died when she was 40.

  Dick has been active in numerous community and charitable events and has held a number of positions including the South Central Shamrock Club (Vice President), Reedsburg Lions Club (Past President), Sandburg Elementary PTO (Past President), Bluff-Acres Neighborhood Association (Past President), Town of La Valle Plan Commission (Vice-Chair), served on Town of La Valle’s Comprehensive Planning Task Force, United Way Kick-off and Radio Auction, American Association of Consulting Engineers – Wisconsin, Fish Family Relay for Life Team for the American Cancer Society, Lake Redstone Property Owners Association, and co-chair of numerous Webb High Class of ’64 reunions. He spearheaded the Fish family’s construction of the Gazebo and Memories Plaza in Webb Park as a memorial to his sister, Fran Fish Kelly. The South Central Shamrock Club Members and Friends wish to invite all in honoring Luanne and Dick on March 20th for The South Central Shamrock Club’s Party and Banquet.

  St. Patrick’s Day Recipe to try…

  Creamy Irish Coffee

• Serving Size : 6
• 4 cups Strong fresh coffee
• 1/4 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Irish whiskey
• 1 cup Whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons Sugar
• 2 tablespoons Irish whiskey
• 1. Place 4 cups of strong fresh coffee in a saucepan with 1/4 cup of sugar, or to taste.
• 2. Add 1/2 cup Irish Whiskey and heat thoroughly but do not boil. (Scotch, Bourbon or other whiskeys could be used.)
• 3. Meanwhile whip 1 cup whipping cream until light.
• 4. Beat in 2 tb each of sugar and Irish whiskey.
• 5. Pour coffee into mugs or goblets and pipe or spoon flavoured cream on top.

We were saddened to hear the passing of two of our faithful members who dedicated many hours to the club throughout the years. Ruth Judkins (1996 Irish Rose) and E. Thomas Powers. St. Patrick’s Day Blessings on You! Beannachtai na Feile Padraig oraibh! Dana J. Horkan-Gant

Would you like to join a chapter?

To become a member of the Shamrock Club of Wisconsin contact the membership chair of the chapter you would like to join. Each chapter sets its own dues amount, renewal time, procedures, etc.

STATEWIDE MEMBERSHIP CHAIRS

TO JOIN THE MILWAUKEE CHAPTER: Family membership (includes both parents and all children under eighteen) - $25.00. Single membership - $20.00. Membership is renewable annually on the anniversary month of the original membership. Please send all new and renewal Milwaukee club membership dues to the General Membership Chairperson: Denis Donohoe, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233. Tele: (414) 345-8800, email djvdonohoe@sbcglobal.net. Be sure to send change of address notification to Mr. Donohoe, also. The post office will NOT forward copies of Reflections.

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