- Date
- 2025-09
- Kind
- Celebration
- Followed by
- 2026 Emerald Isle Irish Féile
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritageirish-arranmoremusic-folklorecommunitytourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The 2025 Emerald Isle Irish Féile was a completed September festival documented by a post-event BIIHG account. That account credits sponsors, donors, volunteers, and Arranmore collaborators; it describes an Arranmore-focused historical presentation and a performance of “Two Islands, One Soul” by Arranmore and Beaver Island musicians.1
Currach and cultural programming
October coverage says the Beaver Island Currach Club launched two locally built currachs shortly before the Féile, with support from the Milwaukee club. A separate article gives the club’s own origin narrative: Milwaukee brought boats and members to the inaugural 2019 festival and left one boat to encourage the local club. This contextual account is not treated as a complete institutional history or as proof of every race or launch.2
Economic claims
The November article presents BIIHG finance-committee estimates of the festival’s economic effects, including revenue over $97,000 and claimed spending beyond Beaver Island. They are useful evidence of what the organization reported and why it promotes a September event, but not a replacement for ticket data, visitor surveys, business records, or an independent impact analysis.3
Open questions
- What exact dates, venues, lineup, ticket count, and program can a final 2025 program or ticket system export establish?
- Can the organizational economic estimates be reproduced from disclosed method, assumptions, and underlying data?
See also
Footnotes
Sources
- Northern Islander, October 2025, “Beaver Island Irish Heritage Group Celebrates Success of 2025 Emerald Isle Irish Féile.”Post-event organizational account describes a completed festival, sponsors, volunteers, Arranmore collaborators, a cultural presentation, and performance of “Two Islands, One Soul.” No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Northern Islander, November 2025, “2025 Emerald Isle Irish Féile Estimates Economic Impact for Beaver Island and Charlevoix.”BIIHG finance-committee estimate of attendance/spending/revenue effects. It is used as an attributed organizational estimate, not an independently audited economic impact study. 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, “Emerald Isle Irish Féile, 2025”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/emerald-isle-irish-feile-2025/, accessed [date], citing Northern Islander, October 2025, “Beaver Island Irish Heritage Group Celebrates Success of 2025 Emerald Isle Irish Féile.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.
BibTeX for “Emerald Isle Irish Féile, 2025”RIS for “Emerald Isle Irish Féile, 2025”