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 meets every Wednesday 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!

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, March 3rd at Archie’s from 4 – 7 pm

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

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

Darts!
Monday, February 24, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

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

I hope you will join us as we honor Maureen Moore as the 2025 Grand Marshal of the Milford St. Patrick’s Parade, as well as Lindsay Wiederhold as Miss Emerald Isle! A reception honoring them both will take place at the IHS clubhouse on Sunday, March 2, from 3-6 pm. This is a free event, and light refreshments will be served, as well as a cash bar.

Please tell your friends to join us as we honor Maureen’s lifetime of dedication to the Milford Irish community, and wish Lindsay congratulations!

Darts!
Friday, March 7th, 7:00 – 9:00 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)

Darts!
Friday, March 21st, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

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

Open to Members and Their Guests

Tuesday, April 1st @ 7:30 pm – Activities Committees
Tuesday, April 1st @ 7 pm – Membership
Mon, April 7th @ 6 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, April 8th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, April 21st @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, April 29th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting

Lord of the Cello for Saturday, April 12, 7:30 – 9 pm.

The Whabendos for Saturday, April 19, 8-11 pm

Monday, May 5th @ 6 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 6th @ 6:30 pm – Activities
Tuesday, May 6th @ 6:30 pm – Membership
Tuesday, May 13th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, May 19th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Wednesday, May – TBD @ 7:30 – Festival Committee
Tuesday, May 27th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting

Kathy Thompson Band for Saturday, May 10, 8-11 pm.

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)