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St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1999

Also Clan Na Gael 3rd Annual 10th St. Patrick's Day Festivities

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TypeEvent
Date1999-03-20
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1999-03-20
Kind
Celebration
Where
The Shamrock
Followed by
St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 2000
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s April 1999 issue reports the Clan Na Gael Games held at the Shamrock Bar on March 20, 1999 in detailed play-by-play, including two new games (“the Mystery Game” and “the Bag Game”) alongside the by-then traditional events. St. Patrick’s Day itself, March 17, was separately marked that week by an Old Rectory program of Irish-themed evenings.

Program

At the Shamrock Bar, March 20, 1999: the Shopping Cart Race, the Tug-O-War (Fishchokers over Hayseeders, 2-0), Pitch-A-Pike, the Fish Stomp, a new “Mystery Game,” a new “Bag Game” (picking up a shrinking bag using only the mouth), the Limerick Contest, and the King and Queen Contest, in which Julie Cherry and Jerry Pease were crowned. The Old Rectory separately advertised a St. Patrick’s Week of themed evenings running March 15-20, including “The Great Day Itself” on March 17.

Evidence limits

The Games report is a detailed contemporary outcome account with named winners, but not an attendance figure or financial record. It gives the event’s own title as “The 3rd Annual 10th St. Patrick’s Day Festivities,” an internally ambiguous numbering that is quoted rather than resolved. No sponsoring organization beyond “Clan Na Gael” itself (with named contacts) is attributable to an existing organization article, so carried_out_by is left empty. The Games were held March 20, three days after St. Patrick’s Day itself (March 17); the Old Rectory’s separate week of specials is reported here only as contextual programming, not as part of the Clan Na Gael event.

Open questions

  • What does “The 3rd Annual 10th” mean in the Clan Na Gael’s own numbering — a renumbering, a sub-series, or an OCR/typesetting artifact?
  • Why were the 1999 Games held on March 20 rather than nearer March 17, as in most other held years?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports the March 20, 1999 Games at the Shamrock Bar in detail: the Shopping Cart Race (winners: rider Laurel Sladek, pushers Bob Alexander, Jerry Sladek, Blaine Lagerman, Jimmy Kinney), the Tug-O-War (Fishchokers won 2 of 2 over Hayseeders), Pitch-A-Pike (won by Tony Rouch and Becky LaFreniere), the Fish Stomp (won by Lisa and Scott Duga, Scott Sikema, Michelle Hoexum), the Mystery Game, the Bag Game, the Limerick Contest (first place Bob Alexander), and the King and Queen Contest (won by Julie Cherry and Jerry Pease). Names Clan Na Gael contacts as Denise McDonough, Cindy Gillespie, Lynn Ann Cary, and Kathie Maudrie. The event's own headline number, "The 3rd Annual 10th," is quoted verbatim from the source and not resolved here. 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 · 1999-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-eight-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 · 1999-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Advertises a week of specials at the Old Rectory, Monday March 15 through Saturday March 20, including "WEDNESDAY MARCH 17TH. THE GREAT DAY ITSELF. COME AND BE GREEN WITH US!" This is separate restaurant programming, not the Clan Na Gael Games, and no article exists for the Old Rectory as a structure. 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 · 1999-03_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twenty-four-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 · 1999-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1999, "CLAN NA GAEL PRESENTS: The 3rd Annual 10th St. Patrick's Day Festivities." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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