The Robert Emmet Society, Emmet County Michigan

The Robert Emmet Society is based in Petoskey, Michigan, the county seat of Emmet County. Its mission is to create awareness of Irish Patriot Robert Emmet (1778 - 1803), the namesake of Emmet County, which is located in northwestern Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan. The Society's major event annually is the awarding of a scholarship to a student at North Central Michigan College for one semester of study at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. Information on the scholarship competition, now in its 12th year, may be obtained by emailing the Society, info@emmetsociety.org.

Robert Emmet Annual Hoolie - Photos of 2009 event
Every March at City Park Grill, Petoskey

RES, in partnership with the Blissfest Music Organization, presents an annual Robert Emmet Hoolie at the City Park Grill in downtown Petoskey that has become the highlight of the seasonal St. Patrick's Day celebration. The event features Irish music, song and dance with local artists, door prizes and special Irish dinner fare. Reduced admission prices are offered to Irish citizens, NCMC students, seniors, and members of the Blissfest Music Organization and the Robert Emmet Society.

Irish Landscapes Calendar - Annual RES Fundraiser $25
photos by Reinhold Schonemund. Order now for 2010 calendars
Call 231-348-7047 or 231-535-2440

Robert Emmet Society News

IRISH STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE - Each spring, the Robert Emmet Society awards a scholarship to an outstanding North Central Michigan College student for a semester of study at Galway-May Institute of Technology in Galway, Ireland.

Information about the Joseph W. McCarthy Scholarship. here

Click links below to read letters from Ireland from the recent McCarthy Scholarship Winners

2009 Winner Mrs. Joseph W. McCarthy helps Joshua MacVey of Petoskey add his name to the list of McCarthy scholarship winners at NCMC. MacVey is the 12th winner of the scholarship named in honor of Mrs. McCarthy's late husband.
Joshua MacVey, 2009	Elizabeth Merry, 2008
Elizabeth Lochinski 2007	Jennifer Hallman 2006
Brandon Hubbard 2005	Dan Corcoran 2004

Robert Emmet Annual Hoolie
RES, in partnership with the Blissfest Music Organization, presents an annual Robert Emmet Hoolie every March at the City Park Grill in downtown Petoskey. The 2009 event featured live Irish Music with John Richey and his Merry Band, the unique comedy of Dean Tahtinen and a variety of Irish dancers and singers. Don't miss this highlight of the St. Patrick's Day celebration in Emmet County when the season rolls around in March, 2010.

Robert Emmet Remembrance Day
RES, in partnership with the Blissfest Music Organization, presents an annual Robert Emmet Remembrance Day in Petoskey, Michigan, the seat of Emmet County. Robert Emmet, the namesake of Emmet County, met an untimely end on Sept. 20, 1803 at the hands of his British captors. He was the last Irish revolutionary to be hanged, then "drawn and quartered, and, finally, beheaded.

EMMET VIDEO TO SCHOOLS
The Robert Emmet Society has distributed video copies of a lecture entitled "The Life and Legacy of Robert Emmet" to public and high school libraries in Emmet County, the Emmet County Historical Society and North Central Michigan College (NCMC). Click here for details.

SPEAKER REVIEWS LIFE OF COUNTY'S NAMESAKE
From the Petoskey News Review: "Robert Emmet's life may have been short and his best-known endeavor marked by failure, but the namesake of Emmet County nonetheless left a considerable legacy in his native Ireland and beyond, according to John Tunney, a guest presenter at North Central Michigan College..." Click here for news article

Beth Merry, the 2008 McCarthy Scholarship winner, adds her name to the list of winners on the Joseph P. McCarthy scholarship plaque in the NCMC library. Since 1996, the Robert Emmet Society has sponsored the annual competition that sends a student to Galway, Ireland to study Irish history and culture. The plaque was designed and built for the Society by
The Wood Shop of Boyne City.

Robert Emmet Society
Calendar of Events

July 10-12, 2009 Come visit the RES Booth at the 29th Annual Blissfest Festival near Cross Village, MI

August 28,2009- Millish in Concert
Benefit Concert to support the RES Scholarship Fund. 8pm Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI

Sept. 15, 2009 - A Ceildh ("kaylee") featuring the great Irish music of Switchback will be held at Julienne Tomato in Petoskey to honor this year's McCarthy Scholarship winner, Joshua MacVey. Tickets are limited; call 348-7047 or 535-2440 to make your reservations.

Jan. 15, 2010- Competition opens for 10th Joseph W. McCarthy Scholarship.

March 2010- Annual St. Paddy's Day Hoolie at City Park Grill

April 15, 2010- Deadline for submission of Joseph W. McCarthy Scholarship essays.

April 16, 2010- 61th Anniversary of Irish Declaration of Independence

May 1, 2010- Winner of Annual McCarthy Scholarship announced

Robert Emmet's Speech from the Dock

Irish Landscapes Calendar - Annual RES Fundraiser $25
photos by Reinhold Schonemund. Order now for 2009 calendars
Call 231-348-7047 or 231-535-2440

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
P.O. Box 2027, Petoskey MI 49770
Telephone: 231/535-2440 ~ Fax: 231/535-2618


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