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St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1992

Also The Clan-Na-Gael's 5th Annual St. Patrick's Day Festivities

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TypeEvent
Date1992-03-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1992-03-14
Kind
Celebration
Where
The Shamrock
Followed by
St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1993
Eras
Modern era
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Within
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Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s March 1992 issue headlines its report “THE CLAN-NA-GAEL’S 5TH ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVITIES, MARCH 14, 1992” — the only edition in this knowledge base’s held run that gives the organizing group’s own numbered annual count, placing a first Clan-Na-Gael edition around 1988, a year with no held Beacon issue in this collection.

Program

An 11:30 a.m. parade with two entries (McDonough’s Market and the Shamrock Bar); a race at the Shamrock Bar with named teams and a rider; a “Best Irish Hat” contest; and named judges, host, emcee, and organizers.

Evidence limits

This is the clearest contemporary attribution of the games-and-parade format to a “Clan-Na-Gael” group by name and by numbered annual count, but no organization article for Clan-Na-Gael exists in this knowledge base, so carried_out_by is left empty and the named individuals (Denise McDonough, Kathy Maudrie, Cindy Gillespie, Kitty McNamara) are recorded in prose only. The February calendar’s separate March 7 “St. Patrick’s Day Dance - Grand Rapids” is a diaspora event, not part of this island edition. No proceeds or attendance figures are given.

Open questions

  • If 1992 was the 5th annual Clan-Na-Gael festivities, was 1988 (no held Beacon issue in this collection) the founding year, or did the count start from an earlier informal celebration?
  • Was the March 14 date (a Saturday) chosen deliberately ahead of March 17 itself, as in several other years in this series?

See also

Sources

  1. Calendar entries: "March 7: St. Patrick's Day Dance - Grand Rapids" (a diaspora event, not this island celebration) and "March 14: St. Patrick's Day Celebrations on Beaver Island," with "March 17: St. Patrick's Day" marked separately. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Names the organizing group explicitly by its numbered annual count. Reports an 11:30 a.m. parade with two entries (McDonough's Market first place, the Shamrock Bar "Best Late Entry"); a shopping-cart-style race at the Shamrock Bar with named teams and riders; a "Best Irish Hat" contest (first place Rich Gillespie, second Bob Turner) with prizes donated by Archipelago Builders and the Shamrock Bar; and closing thanks naming judges Emma Jean Belfy, Madonna McCafferty, and Bonnie Keie, host venue the Shamrock Bar (Dennis and Fran Clarkson), master of ceremonies Rich Gillespie, and organizers "The Clan-Na-Gael, Denise McDonough, Kathy Maudrie, Cindy Gillespie, and Kitty McNamara." The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-03_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twenty-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1992, calendar page. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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