Shamrock fish boil is repeated after a successful July event, 1988

Also 1988 Shamrock fish boil · July 16 fish boil

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Date1988-07-09

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1988-07-09
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: foodwayscommercecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Shamrock Bar & Restaurant held a successful fish boil on July 9, 1988, and scheduled a repeat for July 16. The July Beaver Beacon describes the second event as a response to local enthusiasm for fish and vegetables cooked in the traditional open-fire style.

Evidence limits

The notice does not report attendance, proceeds, or a complete menu and recipe.

Sources

“Fish Boil,” Beaver Beacon, July 1988.
Reports that the July 9 fish boil at the Shamrock Bar & Restaurant was successful enough to prompt a second boil on July 16, 1988. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Shamrock fish boil is repeated after a successful July event, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-shamrock-fish-boil-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Fish Boil,” Beaver Beacon, July 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-04. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Shamrock fish boil is repeated after a successful July event, 1988”RIS for “Shamrock fish boil is repeated after a successful July event, 1988”