This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Community Corner

Irish Heritage Park Family Social Fundraiser- Sunday April 13th

A family afternoon social is on tap Sunday, April 13 at Emmett’s Castle to raise money for the 
new Irish cultural and heritage section of the Memorial Day Irish Festival May 24-25 in East 
Durham, NY. The Heritage Park brings more family oriented cultural events to the Festival, now 
in its 37th year.
There will be live Irish music and poetry reading. Everyone is invited to bring their singing 
voices and instruments to join in.
The fundraiser starts at 2 p.m. at Emmett’s Castle, 285 Blue Hill Road, Pearl River. Donations 
at the door all go to the Family Park. Food and drink will be available for sale. There will be a 
variety of raffles including one in which the first prize is 2 nights at Gavin’s Irish Resort, 4 tickets 
to the Zoom Flue Water Park, 4 tickets to Bailiwick Ranch and Discovery Zoo, and 2 tickets for 
golf at Blackhead Mountain Country Club. All these resorts are close to East Durham in upstate 
New York. Second prize is an engraved brick placed in the largest map of Ireland in the World at 
the Heritage Park; third prize two pieces of Galway Crystal. 
There will also be a sneak preview of the “Dreams of Fionn McCool”, written and directed 
by Donal Lehane and performed by families in the Nanuet/Pearl River area. Donal calls this
neighborhood Theater. It is an opportunity to teach children Irish songs and legends and to 
have fun. Their play was a big hit at the Festival last year and promises to be even more fun this 
year.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?