- Dates
- 2003-03-06 – 2003-03-09
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- irish-arranmoreheritagecommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island delegation’s March 2003 visit to Arranmore included a ferry welcome, a schoolchildren’s guard of honor, pipe-band music, historical talks about the evictions, dancing, and community gatherings. The Beacon said poor weather did not diminish the exchange.
Evidence limits
This is a participant-oriented newspaper account and does not provide a complete delegation roster or independent itinerary record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “A fine time on Arranmore.”Reports the Arranmore welcome, schoolchildren’s guard of honor, pipe-band music, talks on the evictions, dancing, and the community’s hospitality despite bad weather. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the April 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “The Way it Was: the Famine in Arranmore.”Relates Paul Cole’s talk during the March 2003 twinning visit to a historical account of the Arranmore famine, landlord eviction, emigration, and the connection to Beaver Island families. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the May 2003 Arranmore history report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon
- A post under the Beaver Beacon account announced that Rich Gillespie had uploaded photographs from Ireland to an online gallery. It corroborates post-trip documentation of the exchange but does not preserve the images, identify every pictured person or place, or establish image rights and captions.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000037
Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders return from their March 2003 Arranmore exchange”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-arranmore-exchange-return-march-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, “A fine time on Arranmore.” (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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