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    Irish-American Night at Cardines Field with the Newport Gulls on July 7

    Irish-American Night at Cardines Field with the Newport Gulls on July 7

    June 28, 2021 by admin in

    You are Invited: Irish-American Night @ Cardines Field with the Newport Gulls – July 7



    June 28, 2021
    Join members and friends of the Museum of Newport Irish History, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and game sponsor, the Irish American Athletic Club, for a fun & festive ballgame at historic Cardines Field in Newport!
    Bring the kids and grand-kids the evening of July 7 for some old-fashioned, Irish-infused family fun, and cheer on our beloved team, the Newport Gulls, as they face the Mystic Schooners.

    Irish Night @ Cardines July 2021
    A limited number of FREE tickets will be available for members of the Museum of Newport Irish History and their guests. Identify yourself as a member when checking in at the Gate, which will be staffed by Museum member-volunteers.
    Tickets can also be purchased at the Gate
    (see prices in the above graphic).
    Also, the Museum will be giving away FREE
    US-Ireland flag pins to the first 200 game attendees.

    US-Irish Flag pin
    The Gulls have terrific entertainment planned, including step-dancers, bagpipes and the Ancient Order of Hibernians Men Singers.
    Gates open: 5:00 pm
    Festivities Begin: 6:00 pm
    First Pitch: 6:35 pm
    Parking available across the street from the ballpark in the Newport Visitors Center lot at 23 Americas Cup Ave. Only $2 for the night when you show your Gull’s game ticket!
    If you are planning to attend only one baseball game this summer at Cardines, which has been called – “a small urban gem of a ballpark” –
    this is the one not to be missed!
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    QUESTIONS? Contact us at newportirishhistory@gmail.com
    The Museum of Newport Irish History congratulates the Newport Gulls on 20 years of
    “Raising the Bar in Summer Collegiate Baseball.”

    Newport Gulls celebrates 20 years in 2021
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    Museum of Newport Irish History
    Mailing: PO Box 1378, Newport, RI 02840
    Interpretive Center: 648 Lower Thames Street, Newport RI 02840
    Click Here for Museum Board of Directors Contact Info.
    The Mission of the Museum of Newport Irish History is to tell the story of the Irish immigrants and their descendants in Newport County and the surrounding area from the Colonial era to the present. It also seeks to preserve artifacts and mementos relating to their experiences and facilitate research on Irish history and heritage.




    Interpretive Center reopens for the 2021 Season on Fri. May 28

    Interpretive Center reopens for the 2021 Season on Fri. May 28

    May 26, 2021 by admin in

    Interpretive Center reopens for the 2021 Season this Fri. May 28



    Interpretive Center Opens for the
    2121 Season
    Interpretive Center_Nov 2019 by Allan Millora
    Photo by Allan Millora.
    May 26, 2021
    Dear Members,
    We are pleased to announce the reopening of our Interpretive Center for the 2021 Season after a lengthy hiatus, due to the pandemic.
    Opening day is the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend, May 28.
    Regular public hours are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, from
    12 noon to 5 p.m., through Sunday, October 31.
    (closed Mon.-Thurs.).
    Admission is free for Members and by donation for others.
    We especially encourage our new members to stop into the Center at 648 Lower Thames Street, just south of Narragansett Avenue. Please check out our website, newportirishhistory.org, for more information. Masks will be required to enter, and docent and visitor safety will continue to be our top priority.
    Can’t visit the Interpretative Center in person?
    Enjoy a 4 minute “virtual visit” with Mike Slein, Museum Board President, who hosted NBC10 WJAR’s Meghan Kayata in March 2020 (pre-lockdown) for a segment that aired on St. Patrick’s Day (of course!). To play the video, CLICK HERE.
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    Many thanks to our wonderful Interpretive Center member-volunteer docents for their service to the Museum and visitors from near and far. You are the face of the Museum to the public, and without you we could not operate.
    If you are interested in becoming a docent, we’d love to hear from you! To learn more, please contact Board Member and Interpretive Center Manager, Steve Marino, at (860) 995-7367 or at enzoteach@aol.com.
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    Historic Irish Cemetery Maintained by Dedicated Museum Volunteers
    Cemetery volunteers Spring 2019_photo by Joan Galvin
    Volunteers at work at the cemetery in June 2019. Photo by Joan Galvin.
    Speaking of volunteers, we are very grateful to the small team of folks who, under the direction of Board Member and Cemetery Committee Chair, Jack McCormack, have donated their time this spring to prepare the historic Barney Street Cemetery for the season ahead. A big “thank you” as well to PDC Landscaping and Patrick Carlisle for the generous donation of mulch which beautiful the flower beds and help keep the weeds at bay.
    This beautiful site is the final resting place of many of Newport’s earliest Irish residents and where the first Catholic church in R.I. once stood. Stop by the corner of Barney and Mt. Vernon Streets to see this important site in the history of the Irish in Newport. The Museum of Newport Irish History restored the cemetery in 1999 and continues to maintain and beautify the site under a special arrangement with the Diocese of Providence.
    Interesting in volunteering at the cemetery this summer? Please contact Jack at (401) 835-3243 or johnrmccormack@cox.net.
    Can’t visit the cemetery in person? Enjoy our 5-minute “virtual tour” of the cemetery, hosted by Steve Marino and filmed by Allan Millora last spring. It provides an introduction to this site, so central to the early history of the Irish in Newport. To play, the video, click the below GREEN graphic.

    Cemetery Virtual Tour video - screenshot
    Finally, if you missed our last members’ e-newsletter which went out on May 1, you can access it by clicking the below “Newsletter” graphic:


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    This this e-news with your friends on Social Media via these links:
    Museum of Newport Irish History
    Mailing: PO Box 1378, Newport, RI 02840
    Interpretive Center: 648 Lower Thames Street, Newport RI 02840
    Click Here for Museum Board of Directors Contact Info.
    The Mission of the Museum of Newport Irish History is to tell the story of the Irish immigrants and their descendants in Newport County and the surrounding area from the Colonial era to the present. It also seeks to preserve artifacts and mementos relating to their experiences and facilitate research on Irish history and heritage.