Irish Night at the Fairgrounds

When: March 16, 2012

Time: 5:00– 9:00 pm

Location: 2^ndFloor Grand Buffet Slots Area

Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots

1751 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70119

Price: $40.00

Entertainment: Starlight Racing / Rockin Dopsie and The Zydeco Twisters

Price of Admissions includes a buffet meal: Shepherds Pie, Corned Beef and Cabbage, Mediterranean Shrimp Pasta, Vegetable Du Jour, Salad Bar with assorted Toppings and Dressings. Also available assorted Soft Drinks, Ice Tea and Water. A Cash Bar will be set up within our area as well.

All paying members will pick up a “bracelet” at a special AOH Will Call table. The bracelet gives you access to dinner, music and a special AOH sitting area in the Grandstand.

Do Not Miss our Trophy Presentation: for the first time ever the AOH of Louisiana will present a Trophy after a race that will be Simulcast across the Country.What an incredible opportunity for our Organization to shine!

Do you have questions or concerns? Please do not hesitate to contact me  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or             716/799-2028       . 

Registration and payment may be made at our next meeting on March 8^thor you may pay at the door. Do not miss out- this is brand new event on a very special weekend; help to support the AOH and Come Out for Irish Night at the Fairgrounds!

From March 14th to March 17th, New Orleans is hosting the 50th anniversary celebrations of the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) at the Hotel Monteleone. In recognition of this milestone event, the Consul General of Ireland, Paul Gleeson, joined by Jimmy Deenihan, Ireland’s Minister for Arts, Heritage & Gaeltracht Affairs will be in New Orleans to extend an official welcome to the attendees at the opening reception scheduled for Wednesday, March 14 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The theme of this year’s meeting, Erin at Home, Erin Abroad: Capturing the Irish Experience, engages scholars in diverse fields from history to literature to art and anthropology. The unprecedented response to this conference attests to the popularity of this theme: over 475 scholars, writers, actors as well as theatre and film directors from 15 different countries will present and discuss their work. What a fitting way to conclude the 50th birthday of this organization!

2012 also marks the 50th birthday of Cecil Woodham-Smith’s ground-breaking book, The Great Hunger. In honor of these occasions, we are particularly pleased to feature as this year’s plenary speakers Christine Kinealy as well as Cormac Ó Gráda to discuss the often controversial and even taboo aspects of this great tragedy.

Please join us on Thursday, March 15 at (The Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception), 6:00-8:00 pm for

THE FAMINE LECTURES

Cormac O Grada: Eating People is Wrong: Famine’s Darkest Secret

and

Christine Kinealy: Zealous Convert or Haunted Man? Cecil Woodham-Smith & The Great Hunger

Friday’s highlights include Pulitzer prize winner and New York Times columnist, Dan Barry’s talk, The Unquiet Man: A Homeric Struggle for One Irish-American Soul, “wherein” so he writes us “the author presents himself to assembled scholars as Exhibit A in the study of the first-generation, post-war, pre-Celtic Tiger, hyphen-exhausted Irish-American experience.” Dan’s skill with words and his insightful humor should make this event a most enjoyable experience.

Local theatre buffs will be particularly pleased that funding from Culture Ireland will allow them to watch the renown Irish Theatre company Ouroboros perform a staged reading of Brian Friel’s Making History. Denis Conway and Philip O’Sullivan, two of the original actors in the famous first performance of this play in Dublin, will again perform their respective roles. Wednesday March 14th 5:00-6:30 (The Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception )

This is the first time that ACIS meets in New Orleans. Our city, true to its hospitable spirit, is rolling out the red carpet. Our large Irish-born and American Irish community has opened its arms, its doors and its pocketbooks to make this event the most memorable in our history.

Please join us. It is St. Patrick’s Day week. Let’s celebrate the Irish in all of us!

For more information and the conference program, please visit the conference website http://acisnola2012.org/index.html And feel free to send us an email with any inquiries you may have! This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Brothers -

As you know, the Ancient Order of Hibernians has a long standing tradition of supporting and protecting the Catholic Church. On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 (Ash Wednesday), Archbishop Aymond will celebrate mass at noon. Based on past experience, we expect that there will be several protesters demonstrating against the church and the clergy before, during and after the mass. In keeping with our tradition, we are called to gather in the face of these protestors to show unity with our church and also to protect against any potential acts of violence against the clergy or parishioners. We will gather in front of the cathedral between 11:30 and 11:45 AM, dressed in coats and ties, wearing armbands. We have been invited to attend the mass as a group by Archbishop Aymond and Rev. Msgr. Kern, so a section of the church pews will be reserved for us and we will participate in the procession into and out of the mass, essentially functioning as an honor guard. We will also have a bagpiper in attendance to announce our presence with authority.

Having said that, please let me remind you that this is a peacekeeping mission. If you are looking to start trouble with the protestors, please stay home. Misbehavior will not be tolerated. As much as we may not like the message they are sending, they have a right to do so. However, they do not have a right to try to intimidate parishioners or clergy, nor do they have a right to engage in any acts of violence. Our presence is meant to ensure the safety of everyone on site, so please govern yourselves accordingly.

Thankfully these opportunities do not present themselves often, but when they do, we are meant to rise to the occasion, so please plan to attend and participate. This is who we are, gentlemen! Proud Irish Catholics willing to stand up for their church and community. I'll see you out there.

Yours in Our Motto,

Joe Casler

 Acadiana Division

The Ancient Order of Hibernians

AOH Annual Crawfish Boil

Saturday, March 24, 2012

6 pm

Fatima Knights of Columbus Hall

515 Rena Drive

Lafayette, LA  70503

 $35 per person

Provides:

 Crawfish

Draft Beer/Refreshments

Irish Dancers

Irish Music

 Make checks payable to: AOH

And mail to: Mark C. Foley

118 Japonica Drive

Lafayette, LA 

 Your tickets will be held at the door.

 For more information call 337-654-0077

A March Evening in Ireland

Featuring Irish Music and Dance
From Dublin, Stephen's Green.
The McTeggart Irish Dancers of Louisiana.
Irish Choral Music.
Presented by: Frs. Cronin & Macleay Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
Benefiting: The Richard Murphy Hospice House.
March 2nd ‐ 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Bantaa's Le Fleur de Lis
Ponchatoula
Food ‐ Beverages ‐ Music Included
$50 per person
In memory of: Catherine M. Letellier, Terry Ann McMahon, Myra Kuhn Ramsey, Edith Kuhn White
For ticket information please contact.
Ronnie Crimmins: 985 773 8965 or 985 386 0186
Dr. Martin Kearney: 985 549 5766
Heavenly Gifts: 985 386 3558
Don Fellows – Central Drugs: 985 345 5120

New Orleans -- An empty lot in the 900 block of Conti St. is full of history.

 
UNO archaeologist Andrea White says she's reading the ground there like a diary.

"We're doing an archaeological and scientific investigation at the property to understand the people who lived here before us," she said.

White is digging for her idea of Gold at 933 Conti.  A new Irish Channel Cultural Museum will soon be built on the site.  The property owner wanted to investigate the history of the lot before construction begins.

"It's not often archaeologists get the opportunity to dig into the French Quarter, especially not in this part, out of the footprint of the early French Quarter," said Terri Landry of the Irish Cultural Museum.

White says the house that was on the property in the 1800's was a Creole cottage, owned by John McDonogh.  It was believed to be rented to others.
 
"We actually have a brick pier in this corner right here, so those are some of the features of this house," said White as she pointed to a brick pillar underground.

She says the property had more than 16 owners since 1777, but the people who lived on the property are harder to trace.