- Date
- 2024-09
- Kind
- Celebration
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunityirish-arranmoremusic-folklore
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
During the 2024 Emerald Isle Irish Féile, a pear-wood baton made by Barry McDonough was presented to Jerry Early of Arranmore. The retrospective describes the ceremony as a newly begun tradition intended to express the relationship between the islands and the role of elders in passing it to younger cultural workers.1
Evidence limits
The post-event report establishes the reported presentation and its stated meaning. It does not establish a formal recurring protocol, the object’s full provenance, a complete ceremony record, or future transfers.
Footnotes
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Katie Johnson, Northern Islander, October 2024, “The 2024 Feile.” ↩
Sources
- Katie Johnson, “The 2024 Feile,” Northern Islander, October 2024.Post-event account says a pear-wood baton made by Barry McDonough was presented to Jerry Early of Arranmore in a new ceremony intended to symbolize elders passing responsibility to younger musicians, historians, artists, and storytellers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island–Arranmore baton ceremony, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-arranmore-baton-ceremony-2024/, accessed [date], citing Katie Johnson, “The 2024 Feile,” Northern Islander, October 2024..
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