Shamrock Club of Columbus - 60 W. Castle Road - Columbus, OH 43207

Office: 614.491.4449 Fax: 614.295.8486

Email: shamrockclub1936@shamrockclub.com Web Site: www.shamrockclubofcolumbus.com

June 2021

Volume 85 - Issue 2

Seanachai

Inside this issue: Full Electronic Version

OFFICERS

President: Andrew Shuman

Vice-President: Karen Komatsu

Secretary: Nancy Murphy

Treasurer: David Stearns

Chaplain: Msgr. John K. Cody

Director: Nora Feeney

Director: Jim McDonald

Director: Christina McConahay

Director: Patrick Conley

Sgt-At-Arms: Rich Finn

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Irene M. Kenney

PUB SUPERVISOR

Penny Giesemann

Central Ohio’s Largest

Irish Organization

President’s Message Oh, the Places You’ll Go? The title of this popular Dr. Seuss book is often used as the theme for graduation speeches. “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!” Since hearing this theme when I was in college, it has been a source of reflection and optimism. As we congratulate recent graduates Kelli Murphy, Macy McNeely, Nash Giesemann, and Victoria Gaughan, we can ponder what places their post graduation journeys will take them.

Look at the place’s life took Januarius Aloysius MacGahan. MacGahan was born June 12, 1844, near New Lexington, Ohio. His father was from Coun-ty Derry. When he graduated, he became a teacher and eventually a news-paper reporter. In 1868, he traveled to Europe to continue his studies. While there, he reported on the Franco-Prussian War, and later numerous

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Chaplain’s Comments

Dear Shamrock Club Members and friends,

‘Tis the wonderful month of May! Our long and frigid

winter is over, flowers and blossoms are everywhere,

people are getting their covid vaccinations, and a more

hopeful atmosphere is evident in our world today.

May begins end-of-the school-year activities: gradua-

tions, weddings, ordinations and warm weather activi-

ties! What a relief!

This May also begins Shamrock Club summer activities. Watch the web-

site for more information. With the recent CDC guidelines permitting us to

be free of masks in outdoor activities, we can begin to anticipate the even-

tual turning point in the pandemic. What a time this has been!

The month of May is traditionally dedicated to Mary, wife of Joseph and

mother of our Lord Jesus. Many people not of the catholic faith misunder-

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President’s Comments Cont.

Sunshine Report

Chaplain’s Comments Cont.

Membership Report

President Club/C-Note Club

Club Calendar

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Flag Day

Irish Golf Classic

Irish Golf Classic Sponsorships

Treasurer’s Report/Celebration of Life

Club News

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other adventures from all over the world. Perhaps his most significant achievement was in 1876 when he reported on the atrocities being committed by the Turks against the Bulgarian people, during their April nationalist uprising (sound familiar). His reports caused the Russians to intervene on behalf of the Bulgar-ian people and turned the British from supporting the Turks. MacGahan died two years later, short of his 34th birthday, but he is remembered as one of the liberators of Bulgaria. He is buried in New Lexington, and Bulgaria has honored him with streets named for him and public statues. He is still remembered in New Lexington where, on June 5, the city will resume their annual festival in his honor. Oh, what places lie ahead? Logan Kinzel (Dempsey) recently celebrated four years of being cancer free. Logan is already quite a character, so where will his imagination take him? Michael McConahay (the younger, more handsome one, and son of Christina) is returning from a long tour at sea during his service with the US Navy. How many other members like Michael experienced the world while serving our coun-try in both war and peace? We will remember one of them, Bob Black, during our Flag Day ceremony on June 14. There are many stories among our members of the places they have been, and many more to be written as the world is opening back up. Next time you are in the pub, take some time to talk to someone new. Find out some of the places they have been. You might even find out that both our Vice-President Karen Komatsu and Morey Brady used to ride motorcycles. The book is now closed on some of our friends and their stories are written. I won’t try to retell Jim O’Connor’s story. He wouldn’t want the recognition either. His obituary said it best, teacher, coach, fa-ther, loving husband, and loyal friend. So, I’ll simply say “oh, the places he went”, and the things that he did. It was a life well lived. Film at 11:00, as he used to say. “So... be your name Murphy or Giesemann, or McNeely or Gaughan, You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So...get on your way!” Andy

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President’s Message Continued

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Sunshine Committee Report

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stand the Church’s devotion to her. Some mis-

takenly believe that we worship Mary: nothing

could be farther from the truth. We give honor to

Mary for a number of reasons: because she was

the person chosen by God to be the mother of the

Messiah, she was the first Christian because she

was the first to say “yes” to Jesus, and she was

given to us by the crucified Jesus as our spiritual

mother. Because Mary was important to Joseph

and Jesus as well as the Apostles, disciples and

the early Church, she is important to us. We ask

Mary to intercede for us before the throne of God

so that we can obtain the graces we need to be-

come better disciples and followers of Jesus. As

our spiritual mother, she is concerned with our

growth as disciples of her Son, Jesus.

Traditional prayers such as the Rosary, the

Memorare, the Hail Mary and the traditional

Crowning of the Blessed Virgin’s image in May

are expressions of our love and devotion to her.

Our love for Mary in no way diminishes our love

and worship of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We can easily relate to Mary because she was a

real human being who understands our struggles

and difficulties because she faced them in her life

on earth.

May this glorious time of year lift our spirits and

strengthen our hope for better days to come! Cer-

tainly, Mary who faced challenges in her own day,

is sympathetic to us in our challenges each day.

May Mary, mother of Jesus, help all of us to ap-

preciate the new life that Christ has given us in

our baptism and our membership in His body, the

Church.

God bless always,

Msgr. John K. Cody, Chaplain

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Chaplain’s Comments Continued

Jim O’Connor, 82, passed away, after a coura-geous battle with cancer. He was an inspiring ex-ample of dealing with a terminal illness with grace and acceptance. Clyde (Doc Rock) Fenton, broth-er of Hilda Doyle, had a stint put in and is doing well.

Chris Konik is scheduled for open heart surgery. Lois O’Reilly had gall bladder surgery and was in and out in one day. Josef Fallon is having some serious health issues. And, finally, Joan Shanahan fell and broke her hip. Please pray for these as well as the following. David Issenmann, Irene Cassady, Jo Kitchen, Devin Doyle, Judy Douglass, Pat O’Neil, Nick Voit, Jean Cotter, Mary Valus, Betty Quinn, Mary Jo McGarity Wheeler, Sam Severence, Brandy Carroll Hig-gins,. Denise Walter, Marian Morrison, Ryan Graves, Annie Graves, Rick Byrne, Tony Sobony, Anne O’Farrell Devoe , Betty Regan, Laura Geist, Correne Wade, Kevin Ryan, Joe Motika, Shelly Beal, Bill Morbitzer, Rick Ralston, Joe Berkemer, Brian Morse, Peggy Koch, Patty Bry-ant, Dorothy Byrne & Marty Becker.

Terry and Chris McKenzie are moving to Cleve-land to be near family. They will be sorely missed. Sharon Selby sold their house!!

Blood Drive

Sunday June 13th 10am to 4pm.

You can sign up on line.

It takes so little effort to smile instead of frown. Just turn the corners of your mouth up instead of down. Every smile you give away will bless someone anew.

And the nicest part of all, you’ll be happy too!!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL FATHERS

Mike McConahay

614-354-5742

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Membership Report

Remember to renew your Shamrock Club Membership!

Junior Members $5 Pub Members $25

Senior Members $30 General Members $50 Family Members $90

956 Current Members -- 400+ have not renewed from 2020

91 New Members YTD with 20 in May

Keep your membership information up to date, especially your email address! Email member-

ship@shamrockclub.com or call Irene Kenney in the office with changes. Using electronic media in-

stead of US mail saves our Club money. It currently cost the Club $2.00 a copy to print and mail the

Seanachai to members. So keep those email addresses current and use our web sites:

www.shamrockclubofcolumbus.com and www.facebook.com/shamrockclub

You can also renew and pay securely online at www.shamrockclubofcolumbus.com

It is time to renew your Shamrock Club Membership for 2021!

Renewals can be done online with a credit card by going to our website or if you would like to renew

by mail/check please use the application below

The Shamrock Club of Columbus MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL ONLY

60 West Castle Road Columbus, Ohio 43207 Phone: (614) 491-4449 Email:shamrockclub1936@shamrockclub.com

Please print or type legibly Todays Date: ______________ Last* First* Middle Date of Birth* Mailing Address* City* State* Zip* Phone* Occupation/Profession* Spouse/Significant Other & DOB E-mail address* *Indicates mandatory field [ ] Junior Membership (Age 17 & Under $5/year ) [ ] Pub Membership $25/year [ ] Senior Membership (Age 65 & over $30/year) [ ] General Membership $50/year [ ] Family Membership $90/year

New Member Application can be download from our website www.shamrockclubofcolumbus.com

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2022 President’s Club Members

2022 C-Note Members

None

John & Jenny Archibald George & Vanessa Arnold

Past President Bob Basbagill Steve Bates & Sandy Redmond

Janine L. Bourdo Ken Bowen

Rita H. Bowen Greg & Janell Brown

Director Pat & Kim Conley Teresa Conley

Megan Dempsey

Alan Dormire & Robin Nakkula Past President Francis & Hilda Doyle

Doug Eakins Terry Grady & Suzanne Butte

Tim & Glenda Huffman Tim & Karen Jones

Jerry & Donna Keffer Brian & Barbara Rae Kelleher Past President Ed & Teri Kelly

The Malloy Families Bruce Kotlinski John C. Lynch

Mike & Jeanine Malloy Terri Maloney-Houston

Julie McGhee

In Memory of Jeff McGowan Mark McKernan

Brian & Peggy McSweeney Judge Michael C. Mentel Art & Sharon Mittenbergs The Sean Moore Family Tom & Christine Murphy Lisa O'Connell-Paccioretti Judge Colleen T. O'Donnell

Kevin Patrick O'Reilly, M.D. Mollie O'Reilly & Scott Paynter Michael & Margaret O'Sullivan

Dick & Kathy Pulse Past President Towny Quinn

Rick & Ann Ralston Past President and First Lady 2015

Mike & Kathy Redmond Brad Reardon

Dr. James D. Ritchlin Dennis & Christina Smith Mike & Margie Sullivan

Tim & Tricia Timlin Paul & Mary Tisdale

The McCandless Family David & Maureen Veeley

Angelina & Michael Welling

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June 2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 6:30pm Summer

Darts / 7pm Horse-

shoe League

3Cornhole League

7pm /DOE Ladies

Darts 7pm

25pm Happy Hour

Pub

5

6General Meeting

2pm / Hilda &

Molly 4pm

7 8 9 6:30pm Sum-

mer Darts / 7pm

Horseshoe League

10Cornhole

League 7pm 25pm Happy Hour

Pub

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13Blood Drive

10am

14Flag Day 6pm

157pm Emerald

Society Meeting

16 6:30pm Sum-

mer Darts / 7pm

17Cornhole

League 7pm 25pm Happy Hour

Pub

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20 21Executive

Board Mtg 6pm 22 23 6:30pm Sum-

mer Darts / 7pm

Horseshoe League

24Cornhole

League 7pm 255pm Happy

Hour / Ladies of

Longford 7pm -

Patio

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27General Meet-

ing 2pm(July Mtg) 28 29 30 6:30pm Sum-

mer Darts / 7pm

Horseshoe League

July 2021

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 7pm Cornhole

League

25pm Happy Hour

Pub

3

4 5 6 7 6:30pm Summer

Darts / 7pm Horse-

shoe League

87pm Cornhole

League

912pm Irwin Sum-

mer Feis / 5pm

Happy Hour Pub

912pm Irwin Sum-

mer Feis

912pm Irwin Sum-

mer Feis

12 13 14 6:30pm Sum-

mer Darts / 7pm

Horseshoe League

157pm Cornhole

League

165pm Happy

Hour Pub / 7pm

Drowsy Lads -Patio

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1811am H.O.P.E

Pet Clinic - Patio

19Executive

Board Mtg 6pm 207pm Emerald

Society Meeting 21 6:30pm Sum-

mer Darts / 7pm

Horseshoe League

227pm Cornhole

League

237:30am Irish

Golf Classic / 5pm

Happy Hour Pub

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25 26 27 28 6:30pm Sum-

mer Darts / 7pm

Horseshoe League

297pm Cornhole

League

305pm Happy

Hour Pub

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Our annual Flag Day Ceremony will be held this year on Monday June

14th at 6:00pm. Please arrive by 5:30pm.

This year will be recognizing long time Sham-

rock Club Member and Piper Bob Black. Bob

passed away in January 2020. Bob was a Ma-rine Corps Veteran and served in Vietnam. Bob

was retired from the Franklin County Sheriff’s

Office and was also a member of the Ancient Or-

der of Hibernians and the Emerald Society of

Columbus.

This year our keynote speaker will be the Ancient Order of Hibernians

National President Daniel J. O’Connell.

Flag Day

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FRIDAY, JULY 23 WESTCHESTER GOLF CLUB

IN THE

REGISTRATION 7:30AM SHOTGUN START 8:30AM $75 PER PERSON or $300 TEAM

18 HOLES WITH RIDING CART SCRAMBLE FORMAT PROXIMITY PRIZES & SKILLS CHALLENGES

BANQUET AT THE COURSE FOLLOWING THE OUTING TO PRESENT THE MOST COVETED AWARD IN GOLF

REGISTER EARLY AS THIS IS EVENT WILL SELL OUT! Send payment to the Shamrock Club 60 W. Castle Rd. Columbus, Ohio 43207

Credit card payment can be taken over the phone by calling 614-491-4449 or online at www.shamrockclubofcolumbus.org

Team Captain phone email

Golfer #2

Golfer #3

Golfer #4

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FRIDAY, JULY 23 WESTCHESTER GOLF CLUB

SUPPORT THE CLUB WITH YOUR SPONSORSHIP $1000 BLUE TEE SPONSOR

includes a foursome team at Westchester course, four dinners, a sign with your name at the hole, distribution of promtional materials provided by the Shamrock Club at the event

and your web link on the Shamrock Club website

$750 WHITE TEE SPONSOR includes a foursome team at Westchester course, four dinners, a sign with your name at the hole

$250 YELLOW TEE SPONSOR includes two dinners and a sign with your name at the hole

$100 RED TEE SPONSOR includes a sign with your name at the hole

phone Sponsor or Company name

Level of Sponsorship

email

Message

Please email any logos, art files to brianoreilly44@yahoo.com

IN THE

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Celebration of Life

The Irish Community Bereavement Committee would like to invite all of you to celebrate our loved ones

that we have lost since March 15, 2020.

Saturday, August 28, 2021 Shamrock Club of Columbus

We are planning a Mass for 4:00

The Bereavement Committee will provide the main dishes as we always do, however since this is going to

be a big one, we are asking if you could please bring food to share with hundreds of your friends. Bring an-

ything you like and how much you want we take anything.

Bring chairs, tables whatever you need to make your area on the grounds comfortable.

We have a few things planned and will have more details in the future, but we wanted to make sure you had

the date.

Please make some collages, pictures in frames, anything you want to celebrate their life with all of us.

We have all suffered so much in the past year and have not truly been able to grieve our loss so come do

that with your Irish friends.

Everyone is invited because that’s what we do, support each other in our time of need.

If you have a name of someone that has passed please email it to me so that they can be recognized properly:

themightymary@gmail.com. If you have any questions you can text me at 614-316-8278

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Mary Grady Strickland

Treasurer’s Report

We have finally reached the end of our fiscal year and although it is not what we normally are used to seeing

at least we are still showing a positive result for the year. As the financials have not been finalized for the

end of May, I am not able to give you a better picture as to the exact numbers.

With the health restrictions being lifted in June we should be able to get back to normal operations for the

rest of this year. A lot has been planned in the coming months to help us get back to normal.

Stay healthy, get vaccinated, enter the vaxamillion sweepstakes, and who knows, we may have a new mil-

lionaire in our midst by the end of June.

Respectfully submitted,

David Stearns, Treasurer

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Club News

The Business Office:

Will be closed from Friday June 4th through Monday June 14th as Irene will be on Vacation. Emails

and Voicemail will be answered. Other Club/Pub activitiers are not effected by this.

Club Wi-Fi:

A new Mesh Wi-Fi System has been installed in the Club. Check with the bartenders or look for the new

guest password posted in the Pub Area. Coverage and connections have been vastly improved with wi-fi

coverage on the patio area as well. Coverage will be seamless as you move about the Club or the patio

area.

Health Mandates - UPDATE Last June, patience was a virtue, as we asked for everyone’s cooperation with new rules and restrictions. As health mandates are lifted, we ask that you show patience as we transition again. Masks and restrict-ed seating will no longer be required. If you have not been vaccinated, you may need to continue to wear a mask, social distance or take other measures to protect yourself. Members with other health con-cerns may also chose to take protective measures as well. There is no right or wrong answer. However, let us all respect each other’s choices and support one another. We can all still do the little things like washing your hands, cover your mouths when you cough or sneeze, and staying home if you aren’t feel-ing well. We want the Club to be some where everyone is comfortable to come and share Irish culture. Thank you to everyone for your patience over the last fifteen months, as things return to a sort of nor-mal, remember that the “best is still come.” Did You Know? Since 2010, the C-Note Club has generated $94,000 to support our Club. In return for a C-Note ($100), donors received tickets to our summer events. Donors could use these tickets to bring guests to the events, or they could resell them. This benefited both the donor and the Club as they recouped their do-nation, and the Club still made their money on the ticket. It also introduced new people to our events. Now is the time to consider a C-Note donation for 2021. We still have the Corn Roast and Halfway Day coming up, so why not pay forward and introduce some new people to the Club at the same time. While $100 may not seem like much, if everyone does a little, no one will have to do a lot.

Shamrock Club of Columbus

60 W. Castle Road

Columbus, Ohio 43207

Irish Golf Classic

Friday July 23, 2021

Registration 7:30am

Shotgun Start 8:30am

Westchester Golf Club

$76 per golfer

Hole Sponsorships Avaiable

OFFICE HOURS Monday - throgh - Friday

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Ph 614-491-4449

Irene M. Kenney

Operations Manager

Email

shamrockclub1936@shamrockclub.com

NEXT MEETING

Sunday June 6th 2pm

Sunday June 27th 2pm

PUB HOURS Monday Closed Tuesday Closed

Wednesday - Horseshoe League

Thursday - Cornhole/Darts Friday 5pm Happy Hour

Saturday Closed Sunday – Meeting Days only

All Times Subject to Change

Seanachai The Official Newsletter of

The Shamrock Club of Columbus

J. Michael Redmond - Editor

James B. Casey - Editor Emeritus

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The Shamrock Club of Columbus

Was Founded in 1936

And is Central Ohio’s

Largest Irish Organization

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The Ladies of Longford

Friday June 25th 7pm

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Friday July 16th 7pm

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