Boys and girls, PRFC is going to be making summer official with its Summer Kick-Off Party, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend. Mark you diaries for Sunday, May 29th at the Irish Heritage Center. We'll be co-hosting with our friends the Casco Bay Navigators, and the fun all starts at 6:30pm.
Since this is all in a good cause, I'll refrain from any jokes about "Irish heritage". In fact, I will go so far to point out that on May 29th 1798 in Irish history, under the command of Father Murphy of Boolavogue (a priest who had been in dispute with his bishop and who had reluctantly stepped forward as leader), the Wexford insurgents, gaining strength as they advance, march on Enniscorthy. The defences of the town are swept aside by means of a stampede of cattle. Elsewhere, General Sir James Duff arrives in Monasterevin where he augments his forces before marching on to Kildare and the Gibbet Rath and on this same date, the insurgents camp on Vinegar Hill, outside Enniscorthy town. In the north, the Ulster Directory of the United Irishmen meets to plan rebellion in counties Antrim and Down.
See, wasn't that a really interesting thing to have happen?
So let's all get together on the 29th and raise a glass for dear old Father Murphy, and all those other people...
...who's names I've already forgotten.
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