To view the IHSM Calendar Page, click on the “Calendar” link above for updated weekly entertainment, meetings, activities, etc.

Clubhouse Trivia happens every Thursday. It’s game on at 7:30pm with Judy, Glenn & Sheila, or Tim! Each hosts on a rotating schedule: 2 Judy, 1 Tim, 2 Judy, 1 Glenn & Sheila. So grab some friends and head to the Clubhouse! Limit 6 per team. Good times, fun prizes and lots of laughs are what you’ll find! Join the party!

The Cnoitáil (Knitting) and Crotchet Club will begin meeting on January 29th at 6 pm! Among other activities, the club plans to create an Irish-themed raffle basket (or 2) for next year’s annual craft fair. All members are welcome to join regardless of ability. We welcome all who wish to learn! Email amyjlacey2@gmail.com.

Mulkerin Dance Lessons!
Next 8 weeks starting Jan 22nd.
Wednesdays 6-7 pm.

Contact Mulkerinirishdancers@yahoo.com for more information!

Don’t forget to stop by for darts practice:
Friday, January 31, 2025, 7 pm

2nd Saturdays with Comhaltas
PVO Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is at the Irish Heritage Society of Milford every Second Saturday (excluding March, July and August)! The CCE sessions are open to the public and membership is encouraged! We look forward to seeing you in December from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Note: You are welcome to bring food or snacks, but all beverages must be purchased from IHSM.

- Contact Mary-Ann White to sign up for the monthly luncheon
@ realestatemawhite@hotmail.com

The next Luncheon is at Plan B at noon on Friday, 2/21/25. Come down and enjoy the company. Please contact Mary-Ann first, so she can supply the restaurant with an accurate head count.

Mike Flyte is happy to announce the next happy hour! It is Monday, February 3rd at Citrus Restaurant from 4 – 7 pm

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website:
Monday, January 6th @ 6 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, January 7th @ 6:30 pm – Activities
Tuesday, January 7th @ 6:30 pm – Membership
Tuesday, January 14th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, January 20th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, January 28th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting*

Tuesday, January 21, 2025. 6:30-8:30 pm
The Hunter: A Novel by Tana French (hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction), published in March 2024, 480 pp. Cal Hooper (introduced in The Searcher), retired Chicago detective now living in the west of Ireland, tackles another mystery that continues the story of his new life in Ireland. (Book suggested by Kathy McGuire)

Round Two Band
Friday, January 24, 2025·7:00 – 10:00 pm
Members and Guests!

Football Spinoff Event
Sunday, January 26, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00 pm
Save the Date: It’s back! Spin the Wheel for fabulous prizes! Lots of excitement during the NFL playoff games that determine the Super Bowl teams! More details to follow.

Updates to Meetings/Events are posted on the Calendar page of the website:
Monday, February 3rd @ 6 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, February 4th @ 6 pm – Activities
Tuesday, February 4th @ 6 pm – Membership
Tuesday, February 11th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, February 17th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, February 25th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting

Bobby Morrill
Saturday, February 8, 8-11 pm
“Open to the Public!”

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Tara Theater – Outside Mullingar
- Friday, February 21, 2025·7:30 – 9:30 pm
- Saturday, February 22, 2025·7:30 – 9:30 pm

An Afternoon of Music
Sunday, February 23, 2025·2:00 – 6:00 pm
Musical Lineup:
Afternoon of Music
2-3:30 pm The Emily Mager Band
4:30-6 pm The Tommy Ryder Band

Updates to Meetings/Events are posted on the Calendar page of the website:
Monday, March 3rd @ 6 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, March 4th @ 6 pm – Activities
Tuesday, March 4th @ 6 pm – Membership
Tuesday, March 11th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, March 17th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, March 25th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting

Parade Committee Announces Annual Events:
More information to follow!
- Pancake Breakfast
Saturday, March 1, 2025· 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Grand Marshall Reception
Sunday, March 2, 2025·3:00 – 6:00 pm

Please Come Out to Congratulate Two Very Special Irish Women! The First, the 2025 Grand Marshal, Is Our One and Only Maureen Moore! The Second is the Soon-to-be-decided Miss Emerald Isle! Please Come Out and Honor Them!

Grand Marshall Reception
Sunday, March 2,·3:00 – 6:00 pm

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Get Ready to March with IHSM and Hoist an Irish County Flag! Hold the Date and Join the Fun! Contact Mark Walsh at JinSuePark26@icloud.com for details.

Music Lineup:

Saturday, March 15 – Parade Day
2-4:30 pm Lads and Lassie
7-10 pm Jolly Beggars

Monday, March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
Noon-3 pm Chris Kiley
3:30 – 6 pm Night Visitors
7-10 pm Once Removed

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 6;30-8:30 pm; Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (released 9/24/24; 464 pp). Our group read her novel Normal People in July 2020. This has been described as an exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially about love. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties, successful and competent, but in the wake of his father’s death, he’s medicating himself and struggling to manage relationships with two very different women. Ivan is a 22-year-old competitive chess player and has always seen himself as socially awkward and a loner. In the wake of his father’s death he meets an older woman and their lives become intertwined. For the two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude. (Book recommended by Maureen Moore)

The Void Band
Saturday, March 29·8:00 – 11:00 pm

Open to Members and Their Guests

Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 6:30-8:30 pm; Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict (pen name of Heather Terrell whose ancestors came to Pittsburgh from Ireland) © 2018; 288 pp. Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She’s not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh’s grandest households. She’s a poor farmer’s daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the woman who shares her name has vanished, and assuming her identity just might get Clara some money to send back home. With captivating insight and heart, Carnegie’s Maid is a book of fascinating 19th century historical fiction. Discover the story of one brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie’s transformation from ruthless industrialist to the world’s first true philanthropist. (Book recommended by Brenda Prokop)

Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 6:30-8:30 pm; Time of the Child by Niall Williams, released Nov. 19, 2024; 304 pp. From the author of This Is Happiness (which we read in May 2020), this is a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha. Set over the course of December 1962 in the same small village as in his previous novel, Williams tells the tale of Doctor Jack Troy and his eldest daughter Ronnie whose lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. (Book recommended by Marge Jones)