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St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1996

Also 9th Annual Clan Na Gael Old & New St. Pat's Day Games

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TypeEvent
Date1996-03-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1996-03-16
Kind
Celebration
Where
The Shamrock
Followed by
St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1997
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s March 1996 issue carries only a brief announcement of the “9th Annual Clan Na Gael Old & New St. Pat’s Day Games,” set for noon, March 16, at the Shamrock. No outcome report for this edition was found in the held April 1996 issue.

Program

The announcement gives no event-by-event program beyond naming the Games and their date, time, and venue; compare the fuller programs held for the adjoining 1995 and 1997-1999 editions.

Evidence limits

This is an announcement only, not a report of what actually happened; no attendance, results, or winners are recorded for 1996 in the held issues. Confidence is set to unverified rather than probable because the event’s occurrence as announced is not independently confirmed by a later account. The same February and March 1996 issues separately announce the Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids’ “30th Annual St. Patrick’s Celebration,” a distinct diaspora fundraising party in Grand Rapids, not this island event.

Open questions

  • Did the 1996 Games take place as announced, and if so, what were the results — is there an account in a source not checked here?

See also

Sources

  1. A brief announcement: "AN' DON'T BE MISSIN'... Th' 9th Annual 'Clan Na Gael' OLD & NEW St. Pat's Day Games, MAR 16, NOON at the SHAMROCK!" This is the first held issue in this series that names the organizing group "Clan Na Gael" directly. No outcome report for the 1996 Games was found in the held April 1996 issue. 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 · 1996-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-03_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Announces a March 9, 1996 party at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Grand Rapids, benefiting Beaver Island — the separate diaspora party, not this island edition. 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 · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twenty-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Reports the announced March 16 Games as held about 1:30 p.m. and records the shopping-cart race, tug-of-war, fish toss, fish stomp, ring game, and limerick contest with named winners and prizes. 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 · 1996-05_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held issue scan confirms the retrospective Games report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1996, "Th' 9th Annual 'Clan Na Gael' OLD & NEW St. Pat's Day Games." (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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