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Updated by: thepinetree on 03/16/2013 06:08 PM
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MURPHYS IRISH DAY - Presented by the Murphys Business Association - Saturday, March 16
Murphys, CA...Saturday, March 16, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Murphys Irish Day. Daylong family celebration of the historic gold rush town of Murphys CA and its Irish heritage, Saturday, March 16. 8-11 a.m.: Pancake Breakfast, Congregational Church. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Festivities will include live entertainment, arts and craft vendors, pony rides, a wide variety of foods and beverages, and a raffle with a trip to Ireland as grand prize. At 11 a.m. a parade featuring bagpipes, marching groups, horses and other animals, classic cars, a circus wagon with calliope and much more will make its way down Main Street. Irish Day is presented each year by the Murphys Business Association. There is no admission charge. Parking and shuttle service is available at Ironstone Vineyards on Six Mile Road. Information: 728-8471 or www.murphysirishday.org. The expanded calendar is now available for perusal...
Click Above for a Blast From The Past Slideshow of "only" 687 photos from the 2009 Irish Day Parade and Festivities. I know, I know, we will try to do better this year. 2009 when Paul was the Grand Marshal was one of my favorite years. Until this year of course....
8:00 a.m. The day begins with a hearty pancake breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m.
at the Congregational Church on the corner of Church and Algiers Streets. Sponsored by the church’s Men’s Fellowship, the menu includes ham, eggs, pancakes, juice and coffee. $6.50 for adults and $4 for children under 6. To-go orders will be available.
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Some 100 vendors offering fine arts and crafts, home-baked delicacies, Irish Day t-shirts, souvenirs and many tasty things to eat and drink will line historic Main St. A wide variety of foods, including corned beef sandwiches, Greek gyros, corn dogs, pulled pork sandwiches, and hamburgers will be available. There will be items to satisfy the sweet tooth such as kettlecorn and almond roca. Beverages on sale will include fresh lemonade, Irish coffee, beer and local wines.
There will be pony rides and face painting to entertain the young folk. In addition, all the shops on Main St. will be open to explore and appreciate.
Live entertainment with a decidedly Irish theme will be presented throughout the day on two stages and along Main Street. Bagpipe music by the White Hackle Pipe & Drums will fill the air. The Tommyknocker Cloggers will set everyone’s feet a-tapping.
Among the other performing groups will be Sequoia, Matt Cullen & Friends, Jim Lanier and the Bandoleros, a dulcimer player, and Jim Bailey’s Plan B.
11:00 a.m. To the swirl of bagpipes, the Murphys Irish Day Parade will make its way down Main St. The line-up will include musicians, including Al Lehr’s circus wagon calliope, classic cars, youth groups, civic organizations, equestrians, canines, police and fire units, and a ten-foot-tall leprechaun Rusty O’Flattery.
Matt and Suzan Cullen, of Gold Country Coffee Roasting fame, will be the Grand Marshals. Announcers Dave Bowman and Jim Bailey will be stationed along the paraderoute to describe each entry as it passes.
4:00 p.m. Drawing for the Win a Trip to Ireland raffle. The lucky ticket holder
will receive air transportation, a standard shift rental car, and six days of
accommodations. There will be three other prize packages. You need not be present
Throughout the Day Free parking will be available at Ironstone Vineyards on
Six Mile Road. A free shuttle bus, provided will run between Ironstone and the Arbors parking lot at Jones and Scott Streets. Shuttles will leave approximately every 20 minutes from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Weather permitting, paid parking will be available close to the event off of Big Trees Rd. and Main St. and free parking will be available at the Black Bart Playhouse parking lot on Algiers St. around 12:30 p.m. after the parade has finished and cleared.
Handicap Parking will be located in the Arbors parking lot at Jones and Scott Streets.
There will be no parking from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Main, Church, Algiers, Sheep Ranch, Scott, and Jones Sts. and Six Mile Road. When traveling to the event motorists should use Highway 4, and not Murphys Grade Road.
Main Street will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the day of the event.
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