St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 2000

Event

Date: 2000-03-18
Kind: Celebration
Where: The Shamrock
Followed by: St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 2001
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationcommunityheritageirish-arranmore
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s March 2000 issue carries a Shamrock advertisement for “Clan-A-Gael Festivities” on Saturday, March 18, and a separate community calendar entry listing a “St. Patrick’s Day Party Island-Wide” on March 17. No held issue reports the outcome or a detailed program.

Program

The Shamrock’s advertisement names only the event and date; no individual games, winners, or attendance are given. No outcome report was found in the held April 2000 issue.

Evidence limits

This is an announcement only. The Shamrock ad’s Saturday, March 18 date and the community calendar’s March 17 “Island-Wide” party are both given verbatim from the source and not reconciled here — they may describe the same weekend of activity from two different vantage points, or a specific games date distinct from the holiday itself (as in 1999, when the Games were also held several days after March 17). Confidence is set to unverified because neither the program details nor the event’s actual occurrence is confirmed by an outcome account.

Open questions

Did the 2000 Clan-A-Gael Games take place as advertised, and what were the results?
Does “St. Patrick’s Day Party Island-Wide” on the community calendar refer to the same Shamrock event, or a separate, broader observance?

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 2000, "ERIN GO BRAGH!... St. Patrick's Day Weekend!! ... CLAN-A-GAEL FESTIVITIES" (Shamrock advertisement).
Announces "Join us Saturday, March 18, for CLAN-A-GAEL FESTIVITIES," in an advertisement placed directly under the Shamrock's logo. No event-by-event program or outcome report was found in the held issue or in the held April 2000 issue. 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 · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 2000, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held thirty-three-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 · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 2000, "Beaver Island Calendar of Events - 2000."
Lists "March 17 St. Patrick's Party Island-Wide" — a date that differs from the Shamrock advertisement's Saturday, March 18. Both dates are reported here as given; the discrepancy is not resolved. 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 · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 2000, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held thirty-three-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 · 2000-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2000, "ERIN GO BRAGH!... St. Patrick's Day Weekend!! ... CLAN-A-GAEL FESTIVITIES" (Shamrock advertisement). (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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