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1 March 2013 Mi Na Marta Emerald Society Officers President Hugh A. Ryan st Vice-President Donald F. Harrington, Jr. 2nd Vice-President/ Parliamentarian Sean P. Hayes Treasurer John P. Doherty Historian Daniel L. Fitzgerald Recording Secretary Kassandra Kassie Doyle Immediate Past President Christopher P. Kelley Directors Charles Chuck Daley Patrick L. Duffy Sean M. Ferrell Mary Gerhardt Donald F. Harrington, Jr. Sean P. Hayes Christopher P. Kelley Joseph W. McManus Philip F. Morrissey William O Brien, Jr. Paul Reilly Skip Russell R.I.P. Hugh A. Ryan Judi Tierney Sherry Erin Lynn Sieber Donald Slesnick III Noel McManus Stillings Richard Welch Co-Editors Barbara & Joe McManus Member Tel: (305) emeraldsocietysf@gmail.com St. Patrick s Day Festival in Coral Gables Cancelled for 2013 But Here are the Alternatives. Ft. Lauderdale. The St. Patrick s Parade will be on Las Olas Boulevard, starting at Noon, March 9 at SE 6th Avenue and ending at the Riverfront at 1:30pm. The Festival takes place on Huizenga Plaza, 32 E. Las Olas Boulevard and along the Riverwalk from 11:00am to 7:00pm. Highlights include live performances, live music, Irish dancers, stilt walkers, leprechauns, exhibits, and Irish food and beverages. Parking is available at numerous locations for a $5 flat rate. Hollywood. The St Patrick s Day Parade and Festival, Sunday March 10, from 12noon to 6, takes place at Hollywood Boulevard & Harrison Street. Breffni Dancers and NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums. West Palm Beach. The Irish Fest on Flagler, Saturday and Sunday March 9 & 10 is located at Meyer Amphitheatre, Datura & Flagler. Admission $5; under 14 free. Gaelic Mass at 11am on Sunday. Upcoming: Sunday Mar 10 4pm Celtic Cultural Series, Celtic Spirituality Rev. Megan Smith, JohnMartins, Coral Gables Tues Mar12 6pm Council of Past Presidents( COPPs) KBYC Sun Mar 17 St. Patrick s Day (see page 2) Thur Apr 4 6:30pm SFES Board of Directors Meeting, Miami Yacht Club, Watson Island, M Arthur Cswy

2 The St. Patrick s Day Committee, Inc Charlie Davis has announced that that the 35th Annual St. Patrick s Day Festival, scheduled for March 9, has been cancelled because there were so few volunteers to work. The Committee is a 501c (3) under IRS rules and a Florida corporation. Election of officers will be held in the coming months; current officers are: Charlie Davis, John Doherty, Clodagh Michel and Rosemary Hart. Charlie Davis, President St. Patrick s Day Committee And on that Great Day-March 17 The SF Emerald Society does not sponsor a Social during March, however you may wish to observe the Great Day by attending any of the following Irish establishments starting at 12Noon, Sunday March 17. JohnMartins Irish Pub, 253 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. Hurricane Bar, 365 N.Royal Poinciana Boulevard, Miami Springs. Irish Times, 5850 Sunset Drive, South Miami. Mike s (Shelow) at Venetia,555 NE 15 St. Miami Future Events Judi Tierney Sherry announced that the Installation Banquet will be held at Jungle Island on Wednesday, May 22. Mary Gerhardt announced that the Halfway to St. Patrick s Day Pub Crawl is scheduled for Friday, September 13 Cooke Convenes COPPs on March 12 The Council of Past Presidents (COPPs) of the Emerald Society will meet at the Key Biscayne Yacht Club at 6:30pm, Tuesday March 12; appropriate Irish fare and liquid refreshments will be served. Of the 21 past presidents, 12 have agreed to attend, to date; Emerald Officers have been invited. The assembled past presidents and the board officers will discuss the St Patrick's Festival next year and the years after, what it will take to restart the Festival, and how past presidents can help the restarting. Past presidents will commend Mike Shelow and Joe Healey for their civic patriotism and Irish generosity shown to the Wounded Warriors Caravan. Emeralds Shelow (Venetia) and Healey (Hurricane Bar) greeted the veteran cyclists of Iraq and Afghanistan, and their police escort, at the Venetian Causeway entry with bottled water, juices and fruit. The veterans were traveling from North Miami Beach to Cape Florida Park. Attendance is by Invitation Only; remember the password Commodore Tom Flynn and wear your GREEN. Convened by Past President Ed Cooke 24

3 Celtic Cultural Series Sponsored by the South Florida Emerald Society Ed Cooke Founder and Chairman 4pm, Sunday, March 10, 2013 JohnMartin s Irish Restaurant, Library, 253 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables Program 4:00pm Half-hour of Irish song, poetry, and Celtic culture. Rev. Megan Smith, Associate Pastor, Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ Rev. Megan Smith was born and raised in New York City and moved to Miami in Her roots are Scottish-Irish. She has traveled from Dublin to the Aran Islands on spiritual pilgrimage studying Celtic Christianity. She holds a bachelor s degree from Barry University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Florida Center for Theological Studies. She is the mother of three grown children, and a proud grandmother! Celtic Spirituality Resurgent Under Protestantism Celtic Spirituality predates St. Patrick s arrival Interwoven into early Catholic Irish tradition Suppressed by Rome in 700 AD Treated as pagan in later Irish seminaries Dismissed by Irish-American priests and teachers Robust resurgence today under Protestant denominations Embraced by today s Environmentalists who encounter it 5:15pm Special Interview Lad, We Hardly Knew Y eh. Ed Cooke will interview Bill O Brien, Georgetown grad in Cold War Era Proficient in Russian US Counter Intelligence. 5:45pm Adjournment. Emerald Society Members: Free To perpetuate the glories of the Gaelic culture Visitors and guests: donations will be gratefully accepted and to record the history of the descendants of Ireland 3

4 Seamus Heaney (1939 ) Poetry Corner A native of Northern Ireland Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in Here, he praises the satisfaction of manual labor, life on a farm, and the succession of generations. Follower My father worked with a horse-plough, His shoulders globed like a full sail strung Between the shafts and the furrow. The horse strained at his clicking tongue. An expert. He would set the wing And fit the bright steel-pointed sock. The sod rolled over without breaking. At the headrig, with a single pluck. Of reins, the sweating team turned round And back into the land. His eye Narrowed and angled at the ground, Mapping the furrow exactly. I stumbled in his hob-nailed wake, Fell sometimes on the polished sod; Sometimes he rode me on his back Dipping and rising to his plod. I wanted to grow up and plough, To close one eye, stiffen my arm. All I ever did was follow In his broad shadow round the farm. I was a nuisance, tripping, falling, Yapping always. But today It is my father who keeps stumbling Behind me, and will not go away. Wikipedia 2009 Emerald Elections Seventy-four Emeralds voted. New Officers and Directors for (with votes in parentheses) are as follows: Officers: President Hugh A. Ryan (69) 1st Vice President Sean P. Hayes (69) 2nd Vice President Richard C.Welch(67) Treasurer John P. Doherty(68) Historian Daniel L. Fitzgerald(72) Rec. Sec. Kassandra Kassie Doyle(70) 3-Year Directors: John P. Doherty (60) Ann Eustace(55) Kassandra Kassie Doyle (63) Blair Brogan (52) Jeffrey Bailey(54) Meghan Knol (52) Holdover directors are: Patrick L. Duffy, Sean P Hayes, Paul Reilly, Philip F. Morrissey. Donald Slesnick III, Hugh A. Ryan, Judi Tierney Sherry, Joe McManus, Sean M. Ferrell, Noel McManus Stillings, and Richard C. Welch Jr. The Board expressed appreciation for their past service to: Donald F. Harrington Jr.,Charles Chuck Daley, Mary Gerhardt, Bill O Brien, Erin Lynn Sieber and David Skip Russell R.I.P. Helen s Quiz (Answers on Page 7) 1.What stories does the Book of Kells contain? 2.What is the name of the popular and very fast Irish field game played using a ball and wooden stick? 3. Name the most famous Celtic legendary hero? 4.Who is the strong Irish woman in the legend The Tain Bo Cuailnge or The Cattle Raid of Cooley? 5. Who were the Wild Geese? 4

5 February Social at Scully s a Success This past February 20, a Wednesday, 36 Emeralds and guests travelled to Scully s to partake of the victuals, libations and craic. Conversations flowed freely among these participants: Bob Feltman, Ann Eustace, Jim Weber, Barbara and Pete Luban, John Doherty, Kassie Doyle, Isaac Taylor, Ann McShane, Bob Meyer, Sean and Thelma Hayes, Mike Piper, Judy Henry, Mike Linehan, Ken Pines, Sean O Flaherty, David McCoy, Shelly Schoendofer, Judi Tierney Sherry, Johnette Hardiman, Oliver and Mary Ann Kerr, Dan and Dolores Fitzgerald, Billy and Carroll Cameron, John Sorgie, Annie Goodrich, John and Dorothy Kane, Bill and Reata Cassidy, Paul Reilly, Bill Owens and David Higgins. Ken Pines, Ann Eustace,, Mark and Annette Hackman John and Dorothy Kane Sean O Flaherty, Pete and Barbara Luban Photos by Bill Cassidy Mary Ann Kerr, Dolores Fitzgerald and Carroll Cameron Ann McShane and Bob Mayer 55

6 Condolences David Skip Russell ( ) Although born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Skip grew up riding a bicycle in the School House Road area and lived in Coral Gables and Miami for over 60 years. He married Judy after their graduation from Coral Gables High School (1959). Skip got his nickname from his love of sailing, which he inherited from his late father (Gus), a founding member of Coral Reef Yacht Club. Skip attended the University of Miami before starting a career in banking and insurance. He went on to earn a stellar reputation among doctors, hospitals and Florida officials in his decades of service in the healthcare industry. He was an excellent dancer who loved to talk politics and current events. Skip was active in many local organizations, President of the South Florida Emerald Society and a member of the Coral Gables Congregational Church. Condolences to his wife Judy, daughter Tiffany and son-in-law James Grippando, and three grandchildren: Kaylee, Ryan and Ainsley and sister-in-law Gayle DeJulio and cousin Richard Dodd. Services were held February 15 at Coral Gables Congregational Church, followed by a reception at his daughter Tiffany s home. R.I.P. (from the Miami Herald obituary of February 13, 2013) Valentine s Day Miami Herald How I Met My Other: Readers tales of love FLOWERS AND FOOTBALL, By Helen and Jerry Doyle, In the summer of 1974, I was fresh out of college, working for a shipping company at the Port of Miami. The company had leased a new ship. I was about to leave for the weekend on Friday when my boss informed me that I was expected on the ship at 7 p.m. for a reception welcoming the new crew. I had a date, but not going was not an option. I opted to go, meet everyone, welcome the crew, then leave. I met about 50 people. One of them showed up at my office the following Monday and said: I saw you across that room Friday night and knew you were the one. I m going to marry you! I promptly informed him that he was crazy. Not letting this deter him in any way, he embarked on a campaign to win me over, starting with tickets to the Dolphins game. Then came flowers, chocolates, concerts, even taking my mother to the circus and my cat to the vet. He convinced me. In July of 1976 we got married. We still go to Dolphins games. And, he still brings me flowers and chocolates. (Compiled by Howard Cohen and Jessica de Leon, Miami Herald February 14, 2013) (Helen and Jerry Doyle and the parents of Kassandra Kassie Doyle.) 6

7 April Board Meeting The new Board will be seated at the next Board meeting at 6:30pm Thursday April 4 at the Miami Yacht Club. All Emeralds are welcome.. Answers to Helen s Quiz (page 4) Dues John Doherty has mailed 2013 dues invoices to all members; 91 members have paid. If you have not paid, please send your check to the address below. 1. The Four Gospels (in Latin) 2. Hurling 3. Cuchulain 4. Queen Medb 5. Young Irish men who left Ireland in the 18th Century to fight in different European armies. Health and a long life to you. Land without rent to you. A child every year to you. And if you can t go to heaven, May you at least die in Ireland. Irish Proverb 7 The South Florida Emerald Society, Inc. PO Box Miami, FL Where are today s rebels who could articulate a fresh agenda for Ireland? Have they emigrated? agenda for Ireland? Have they emigrated?