Beannachtai na Feile Padraig

The Blessings of St. Patrick Upon You


Milwaukee Celebrates!
2010 St. Patrick's Day Events

MILWAUKEE and WISCONSIN St Patrick's Day Calendars

Go to Our calendar pages for the most extensive listing of Irish events in the state.

Happy 50th Birthday to Us!
Milwaukee Shamrock Club Monthly Meeting on March 4

Irish Week 2010
Milwaukee Shamrock Club and Westown Events

MARCH 13 EVENTS:

Special Mass to Honor St. Patrick 8:30 A.M.

Continental Breakfast After Mass at ICHC

44th Annual St. Patrick's Parade
Downtown Milwaukee - Step off at Noon

Post Parade Party at ICHC 1-6 PM

APRIL EVENTS:

Easter Rising Mass April 4 - 9:30 A.M.

Shamrock Club Raffle: Drawing at April Meeting


The Milwaukee chapter had a number of events on or around St. Patrick's Day in 2010. These included our March meeting and 50th birthday; our parade; our Post Parade Party, and our Mass in honor of St. Patrick.

March 4 Membership Meeting
And 50th Birthday Party

Our March 4, 2010 meeting was our 50th birthday celebration. The meeting was held at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, at 7:00 PM. The Irish honorees for 2010 were sashed.

MILWAUKEE IRISH WEEK 2010
MARCH 4-13, 2010

Irish Week 2010

The Shamrock Club and Westown,l presented a week of Irish entertainment and culture for more than the week prior to the parade. The celebrations started off with the Shamrock Club's annual birthday party at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center on March 4, with a concert by the Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums. Starting March 10, there was daily entertainment at the Shops of Grand Avenue, featuring local Irish bands and dance schools, as well as our press conference on Thursday, March 11; the ShamRock the Avenue, at the Miller Time Pub in the Hilton Hotel Downtown on March 12; and the Saturday events, our Mass in Honor of St. Patrick, our Parade, and our Post Parade Party. In addition, there is pre-parade music at the Shops of Grand Avenue. It is truly a magnificent week of Milwaukee's Irish Pride.

IRISH WEEK SCHEDULE

  • March 4 - Shamrock Club Birthday Party - ICHC - 7 pm
  • March 10 - Trinity Irish Dancers at the Shops at Grand Avenue
  • March 11 - Irish music by Frogwater at the Shops at Grand Avenue
  • March 12 - Press Conference and McMenamin Irish dancers - Shops at Grand Avenue - 11 a m
  • March 12 - ShamRock the Avenue - Millertime Pub - 5.30 pm - Ian Gould and Reilly
  • March 13 - Mass in Honor of St Patrick - St Patrick Church - 8.30 am
  • March 13 - Pre Parade Music by Reilly at the Shops at Grand Avenue
  • March 13 - Parade - Noon - Downtown Milwaukee
  • March 13 - Post Parade Party


MARCH 13, 2010 Events

Thank You for joining the fun and make 2010 a Grand Success!!!

MILWAUKEE PARADE DAY


25th ANNUAL MASS
IN HONOR OF ST. PATRICK

Saturday, March 13, 2010

At St. Patrick's Church, 723 South 7th at Washington Street, Milwaukee

The 25th Annual Special Mass To Honor St. Patrick took place on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at St. Patrick's Church, 723 South 7th at Washington Street, Milwaukee. The celebrant for the 2010 Mass was Archbishop Jerome Listecki.

The Shamrock Club Choir, under the direction of Bob Harrold, sang the liturgy. The Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums piped in the colors and stood as honor guard for the Mass. There was a sign reader for hearing impaired. There were readings and songs in Irish and English.


Archbishop Jerome Listecki


BUS SERVICE TO MASS FROM ICHC

There was bus service to and from the ICHC before and after the Mass.

For BUS reservations or information contact in 2010:
Terry Stephens
Phone (414) 771-0458
Or email us at St Patrick's Mass
Send self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Make checks payable to Shamrock Club)

POST MASS BREAKFAST

A full and a continental breakfast took place after the Mass in Parlor B. It is being provided by Victory Christian School.


MILWAUKEE PARADE DAY - MARCH 13, 2010

44th ANNUAL PARADE
Downtown Milwaukee - Noon

OUR NEXT PARADE - SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010 - OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND 44TH PARADE

Lineup Set for 2010 Parade

The Lineup is set. Please click on 2010 Parade Lineup for a copy. For questions, please call Director Mike O'Leary at 414-305-1961, or email him at Mike O'Leary - Parade Director.

The Shamrock Club's 2010 St. Patrick's Events took place on Saturday, March 13, 2010. For information on the parade, call Mike O'Leary at 414-305-1961.

We had the greatest parade in Wisconsin. We had 180 untis, with the most floats ever,in this, the Shamrock Club's 50th anniversary year. The entire event took one hour and fifteen minutes, with brisk marching the course of the day.

PARADE ROUTE

The 44th Annual Shamrock Club of Wisconsin St. Patrick's Parade steps off at Noon from 3rd and Wisconsin in front of the Grand Avenue Mall. The parade proceeds east to Plankinton, north on Plankinton to Kilbourn, west on Kilbourn to Old World Third Street, north on Old World Third Street to Juneau, east on Juneau to Water Street, south on Water Street. 180 units were a part of the largest parade in Wisconsin.


Parade Route

Download a Copy of the Parade Route Map

The 2010 St. Patrick's Day Parade took place at our original home along Wisconsin Avenue. March 13 saw the Shamrock Club's return to Wisconsin Avenue for the seventh time in over two decades. This is the largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in Wisconsin, and in 2010, was viewed by 80,000 spectators.

Parade Application Download

To join in as a part of this celebration of Wisconsin Irish Pride, download a 2010 Parade Application It lists the terms and agreements for the parade.

We have the largest parade of any kind in the State of Wisconsin. It is a day of family fun.

The downtown parade has been the largest parade of any type in Wisconsin for the most of the past five years, and this year we are staying true to that history. Check our parade site at Saint Patrick's Parade. Thanks for joining the Shamrock Club, and our partners, Westown, and Miller Lite, for what has become one of the largest St Patrick's Day Parades in North America. It is the greatest family friendly event of the season. We had six Irish dance schools, pipe bands, clowns, drill teams, marching bands, and the most Irish organizations in the greater Milwaukee area. It is a spectacle to behold, and a very Irish display of our honor to St. Patrick. It will be a wonderful display of our Irish pride.

Milwaukee's Hunger Task Force collected non-perishable food along the parade route again this year.

Thanks to all who join us on the greatest day of the year. And thanks for being a part of Milwaukee's Irish history and present. And remember - Everyone is Irish for St. Patrick's Day!!!


Bus Service For the Day

The Shamrock Club offered bus service from the ICHC to the parde route until 4 p.m. Parade pickup and dropoff spots were at the Trinity Three Irish Pubs, Edison and Juneau; Mader's Restaurant, Old World Third Street and Highland, and Mo's Irish Pub, Plankinton and Wisconsin.


Check out the Parade site at Saint Patricks Parade

Parade Contacts

To contact our Parade Committee, please call

Parade Director Michael O'Leary - (414) 305-1961
mikeoleary-at-shamrockclubwis.com

Download a parade application if your unit would like to be part of the green procession through downtown Milwaukee. 2010 St. Patrick's Day Parade Application..

PARADE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

  • BEST MARCHING UNIT - Wisconsin National Guard Challenge Academy; Fort McCoy, Wisconsin
  • WARD ARCHIVES BEST MUSICAL UNIT -- Great Lakes Naval Band; Great Lakes, IL
  • BEST PARADE UNIT - Shamrock Club of Wisconsin 50th Anniversary Float and Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums,
  • THOMAS J. SMITH BEST IRISH UNIT - Glencastle Irish Dancers; Milwaukee
  • BEST FLOAT -- Shamrock Club of New Dublin; New London, WI
  • DANNY O'DONOGHUE DIRECTORS CHOICE AWARD -- United States Marine Corps, Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines.

Thank you to all who came out for the parade. It makes us all proud to be Irish. And remember - Everyone is Irish for St. Patrick's Day!!!

Special guests for the 2010 Parade were Different Drums of Ireland, riding the Shamrock Club's 50th Anniversary float.

Check our parade site at Saint Patrick's Parade. The Shamrock Club, and our partners, Westown, and Miller Lite, thank you for joining us in what has become one of the largest St Patrick's Day Parades in North America.


Post Parade Party

March 13, ICHC 1 to 6 PM

DIFFERENT DRUMS OF IRELAND
To Headline Post Parade Party

The Northern Ireland band Different Drums of Ireland were the headliner at the Shamrock Club's Post Parade Party on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Different Drums have been a Milwaukee favorite for many years. This was their first appearance at the Shamrock Club's party.

The Post Parade Party took place on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee from 1 to 6 PM.

Different Drums of Ireland was created in 1992 as a community relations project in Derry, N Ireland. The two main drums, the Lambeg and Bodhran represent the two main communities in Northern Ireland and bringing them together. The music also features the Uilleann, whistles, guitar, snares, long drum, and 4 voices and is driven by the engine of the African djembe.

The band has played across the world, for everyone from US and Irish presidents to school children. The message is the same: Celebrate that which makes us different and that which bonds us together.

Other acts booked for the PPP were Blarney and Dublin O'Shea,Glencastle Irish Dancers, Rince Nia Academy of Dance, and Kinsella Irish Dance School, Ian Gould, Athas, the Caledonian Dancers, Myserk; and Eileen O'Rourke: Leprechaun Stories, and more. Food and beverages will be served .


Call 414-384-4119 for more information.

The Shamrock Club Color Guard, Pipes and Drums opened the Hallamor performances at 2 pm.

The party ran 1-6 pm at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center , 2133 West Wisconsin. The party is a part of the Shamrock Club's events on March 13, including the Downtown Saint Patricks Parade Milwaukee.

Easter Rising Mass April 4 at ICHC

The Shamrock Club's annual Easter Rising Mass took place at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 9.30 am. That Mass is said in honor of the members of the Irish revolution who took part in the Easter Week, 1916, Rising. Father Terry Brennan, S. J., celebrate the Mass.

A Continental breakfast took place after the Mass in Parlor B.


Annual Scholarship Raffle Drawing
At April Meeting

During February, March and early April we sell our tickets for the Shamrock Club Scholarship Raffle. The prizes in 2010 included: $1000 Grand Prize; $400 Golf package to Brown Deer Golf Course; a stay at the County Clare Irish Inn in Milwaukee, stay at St. Brendan Inn in Green Bay; a night stay at The Irish Cottage in Galena, IL; Silver earrings from Blarney Imports. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10.

The drawing will be held April 8, 2010, at 7.30 pm, at the Shamrock Club General Meeting.

We awarded four $500 scholarships for college level students who qualified in 2009. In 2008, we gave away 4 scholarships totalling $2000, and in 2007 we gave $2500 to five winners. In 2005, we gave away four scholarships.


SHAMROCK CLUB
2010 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
ANNOUNCED

The Shamrock Club is happy to announce the 2010 Shamrock Club Irish Studies Scholarship winners. They are: Corey Klinzing, (UWM, Oideas Gael, Donegal) ; John Kellogg, (UWM PHD Candidate - Oideas Gael, Donegal) ; and Drew Blanchard , (UWM PHD Candidate - IASIL Conference, NUI Maynooth) . The AOH/Shamrock Club Scholarship winner is Emily Fitzgibbons, (Wesleyan University, Queens University, Belfast, Investni).

Each of the candidates will be awarded $500 to further their studies. Congratulations, Corey, John, Drew, and Emily. Enjoy your fields of study.

Since 1974, the Shamrock Club has awarded over $25,000 in scholarships to 45 men and women.

In addition, we have awarded the Ted Nestor Drumming and Piping scholarship for the Midwest Piping and Drumming School each June.


Shamrock Club Honorees for 2010 Named

Left to right: Joe Hughes and Bridget O'Brien, Josh Walton, and Veronica Ceszynski

Congratulations to our Irish Honorees for 2010. They are Josh Walton, Irishman of the Year; Veronica Ceszynski. Irish Rose, and Joe Hughes and Bridget O'Brien, Parade Marshals.

SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The 2010 Shamrock Club Irish Studies Scholarship winners were drawn on April 8. Here are the winners and their prizes:
  • Grand prize: $1000 --Frederick Smith
  • 1st: Brown Deer golf package: Mary Beth Holloway
  • 2nd: ICHC concert series and Waterford crystal: J. Robert Scanlan
  • 3rd: Overnight Stay at County Clare Inn, Milwaukee: Mary Beth Holloway
  • 4th: Overnight Stay Irish Cottage, Galena, IL: John "Jack" O'Day
  • 5th: Overnight Stay St. Brendan's Inn, Green Bay: Joan Wilson
  • 6th: Silver necklace-(Courtesy of Blarney Fine Jewelry): Ray Christensen
  • 7th: Beleek vase: Jean Petersen
Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets.

SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE FOR 2010

We want to thank the Milwaukee Hurling Club for underwriting the cost of print our Scholarship Raffle Tickets.

We also want to thank all of our donors.

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