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 8th year, may be obtained by emailing the Society, info@emmetsociety.org.

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 fall semester of study in Galway, Ireland. Click here for a letter home from the most recent scholarship winner.

Information about McCarthy Scholarship here

IRISH FILM FESTIVAL - As part of the Harbor Celtic Festival every August The Robert Emmet Society presents a Series of classic films and documentaries with lecture and music depicting the Irish home rule movement from Robert Emmet's time to Independence in 1948. 7 p.m. music, 7:30 film, followed by Q&A session at the Harbor Springs Middle School Cafeteria. Click here for 2005 schedule.

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

Welcome home gathering for Robert Emmet Society Scholar Brandon Hubbard is held at the City Park Grill. RES members George Colburn and John Rohe converse with Brandon about his experience in Ireland.

SPEAKER REVIEWS LIFE OF EMMET 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 Robert Tunney, a guest presenter at North Central Michigan College..." Details.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
P.O. Box 2027, Petoskey MI 49720
Telephone: 231/535-2346 ~ Fax: 231/535-2618