To view the IHSM Calendar Page, click on the “Calendar” link above for updated weekly entertainment, meetings, activities, etc.

WE NEED EVERY MEMBER TO DO THEIR PART TO ENSURE THIS FESTIVAL RUNS SMOOTHLY. PLEASE SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER A COUPLE HOURS OF YOUR TIME! It’s a great way to meet some amazing people and build lasting relationships! :)
We really could use some help with security and general cleanup.

Click here to volunteer!

Please check the CALENDAR tab for any exceptions to the IHSM schedule.

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!

2nd Saturday with Comhalta – Resumes in September!
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 from 2:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. 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 will be in October – location TBD.
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 September 9, 2024 @Dockside from 4 – 7 pm

Monday, September 9th @ 6:00 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Monday, September 9th @ 6:00 pm – Festival Committee Meeting
Tuesday, September 10th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 11th @ 6:30 pm – Festival Committee
Monday, September 16th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, September 24th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
For an updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab at the top of the page under our logo.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 6:30-8:30 pm
Long Island: A Novel by Colm Toibin. We started our club reading this Irish author’s most popular work, Brooklyn. His new novel (published 2024; 304 pp.) is the story of Eilis Lacey (the herioine of Brooklyn), 20 years later. It’s a story of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love. Set in the spring of 1976, Eilish is now in her forties with two teenage children. She’s married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian-American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony’s parents, a huge extended family that lives and works, eats and plays together. (Book suggested by Nancy Smith)

Helena Byrne, internationally famous Irish Storyteller and Vocalist returns to IHSM for her third performance!
Sunday, September 29th, from 3-5 pm, doors open at 2:00 pm.
Admittance ONLY to ticketholders from 2:00-5:00 pm. Bar will close during the performance, reopen immediately following, and light refreshments will be served.
$10 per person. Ticket sales will begin at the July general membership meeting. Click IHSM website link for the online purchase option. Information: maureenmoore_2001@yahoo.com

Tuesday, October 1st @ 6:30 pm – Activities Meeting
Tuesday, October 1st @ 6:30 pm – Membership
Monday, October 7th @ 6:00 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, October 8th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, October 21st @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, October 29th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting
For an updated list of monthly meetings and activities, check the “Calendar” tab above.

New Leaf Band on Saturday, October 5, 8 – 11 pm
The Craic Bhoys on Friday, October 11, 7-10 pm
YES MA’AM on Saturday, October 12, 8-11 pm
Nosmo Kings Band on Saturday, October 19, 8-11 pm

YEE HAW!!
The Hoedown for Hope Committee is pleased to offer this exciting event!
It is open to members and their guests and will be a heart-pumping, jaunty, old-time!

The Hoedown for Hope is a light-hearted way to contribute to a worthy cause that honors those heroes in our lives who tragically lost their battle with breast cancer, fought it in the past, or are fighting it now. And you’ll get to “Give Breast Cancer the Boot” while you enjoy an exuberant, high-spirited, and energetic Dance Party!! Come dressed in Western Wear and be ready to kick up your cowboy boots!

Click here to make an On-Line purchase!

Can’t make it? Donations will be accepted in $5 increments through the above link from anyone who wishes to donate individually, too.

Please email ihsmhoedownforhope@gmail.com with the names of any appetizers or desserts you’d like to contribute. Thank you!

All Committee Meetings are posted on the Calendar page of the website:
Monday, November 4th @ 6 pm – Cultural Committee Meeting
Tuesday, November 5th @ 6 pm – Activities/Childrens
Tuesday, November 5th @ 6 pm – Membership
Tuesday, November 12th @ 7 pm – Executive Board Meeting
Monday, November 18th @ 7 pm – Slainte Meeting
Tuesday, November 26th @ 6:30 – Social; 7:30 pm – General Membership Meeting

The Fowlers on Friday, November 1, 7-10 pm
What It Is Band on Saturday, November 9, 8-11 pm
Once Removed band for Saturday, November 23, 8-11 pm

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 6:30-8:30 pm
The Lost Bookshop: A Novel by Evie Gaughan (Pseudonym of Irish author Evie Woods), published in 2023; 444 pp. On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found. For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems. (Book suggested by Kathy McGuire)

Tuesday, January 21, 2025. 6:30-8:30 pm
The Hunter: A Novel by Tana French (hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction), published in March 2024, 480 pp. Cal Hooper (introduced in The Searcher), retired Chicago detective now living in the west of Ireland, tackles another mystery that continues the story of his new life in Ireland. (Book suggested by Kathy McGuire)