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Writing Contest 2010 Winners Announced!
Our popular annual challenge for local high school students was a tremendous success. The contest asked the students to write a letter from the point of view of a tourist agent for the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.  In the letter the writer would promote Northern Ireland as an ideal destination for a vacation.  

All told, 363 entries from sixteen schools sent by twenty-seven teachers competed for the Society’s thirty-four prizes.  All of the entrants received a Certificate of Merit  and all of the libraries of the schools which sent entries received copies of the books An Oxford Companion to Irish History and How the Irish Saved Civilization.  The contest is supported by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the H.W. Wilson Foundation.
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Read the Winning Essays:
  > Matthew Dato - 1st Place
  > John Creighton - 2nd Place
  > Jacob Colon - 3rd Place
  > Mariyam Qureshi - 3rd Place
  > List of All Winners


Next Meeting in September
Date TBD   -   8:00pm
Garden City Public Library
60 Seventh Street, Garden City, NY  11530 (map)


The Hedgemaster Archives is our link to our heritage. Please visit our rich collection of Irish culture and history to learn some more of our lineage. We have significantly added to our collection, so that a look at the new additions! Click here for the Hedgemaster Archives Index.


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Garden City's Tribute to the Fighting 69th - There is a monument in honor of the 42nd Rainbow Division, on the site of what was Camp Albert Mills. Click here for more details.
Irish Immigration Stamp - The U.S. Postal Service paid tribute to the nearly 44 million Americans who claim Irish ancestry when the Irish Immigration stamp was officially dedicated in Boston. Click here for more details.

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