Céad míle fáilte!
Join us as we
celebrate our
Irish and Gaelic
heritage in
Tampa Bay.
SIGH MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage
is to meet as friends to share and celebrate the rich cultural heritage
of Ireland and the Gaels, and to welcome all who share this goal.
We intend to share the enjoyment of Irish/Gaelic Language, Food,
Drink, Music, Dance, Folklore, Crafts, Arts and Literature, as well as
the glorious history, and the spectacular scenery of this land.
This club will represent Ireland for the Saint Petersburg International Folk Fair Society
(SPIFFS) and will dedicate a display of our Irish Village representing the Irish and Gaelic
culture in the Saint Petersburg International Folk Fair and in other similar
cultural events in and around the greater Tampa Bay area.
Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage 2020-2022 © www.suncoastirish.com sigh.clubinfo@gmail.com SIGH on FACEBOOK
One Hundred Thousand Welcomes!
ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
PLEASE
RSVP: sigh.clubinfo@gmail.com
so that the Chef has an idea for food preparations!
SPIFFS celebrates 47 years as a
non-profit organization dedicated
to promoting cultural diversity
in the Tampa Bay area.
Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage
is honored to be showcasing our wonderful
Irish culture & customs at the Folk Fair!
See ya there!
A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST SPONSOR
DOWNING FUNERAL HOME
& CREMATION SERVICES
ALONG WITH SIGH MEMBER & OFFICER
SKIP De MONTOZON
A BIG THANK YOU
MARY MARGARET's Olde Irish Tavern
29 3rd Street North in downtown St. Pete.
Owner Pete Boland, along with SIGH musician member, Cage O'Hanlon - have teamed up to be our Suncoast
Irish Village PUB STAGE SPONSORS at the
St. Petersburg International Folk Fair.
and WELCOME
Mickey Quinn's Irish Pub
13071 Park Blvd North in Seminole
Chef McKenna and her team had
a booth of their scrumptious Irish
foods at our village for everyone
to enjoy! What a treat!
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR
IRISH VILLAGE at SPIFFS VOLUNTEERS!
It takes a village to create a village, and we reached out to our community to assist us in keeping the heritage alive and shared at the SPIFFS Folk Fair.
We thank you!
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Suncoast Irish Holiday Gathering
13071 Park Blvd No. Seminole Fl
3:00pm to 6:00 pm
You are invited to BECOME A MEMBER or RENEW
your membership as we celebrate a successful 2022 and step into 2023 for another exciting year to showcase our Irish & Gaelic Heritage.
(Visit our Membership INFO page)
Slainte' & Thank you,
Your 2022 SIGH OFFICERS:
Vice President-Skip DeMontozon
Treasurer-Billy Fisher
Secretary-Cheri Adams
Sgt. at Arms-Gary Fuller
President-Goody Haines
Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage, Inc.
Join us at our Holiday Gathering as we CELEBRATE our amazing members and friends that make this organization so wonderful!!!
Because of them, AND OUR SPONSORS, our Irish Village at the SPIFFS Folk Fair had the most awesome cultural presentation!!!
MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR 2022 SCRAPBOOK
Music for the afternoon by Newfoundland transplant - Jimmy Bragg.
And, of course, the most delicious foods created by
Chef McKenna!
There will be RAFFLES (one complimentary ticket to all dues paid members present.)
We have starting fundraising for our SPIFFS Village
in October 2023.
MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW DUE for 2023
Members present will be voting on club officers for 2023 & 2024. MEMBERS PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS!
Thank you and may you have the Luck of the Irish follow you always!
Visit
our
SIGH
Scrapbook
Cead Mile Failte to our SPONSORS!
VALUED SIGH SPONSOR
VALUED SIGH SPONSOR
VALUED SIGH SPONSOR
Kilts, Sporrans, Flashes & other fine Celtic items.
Visit us at the SPIFFS Folk Fair
Oct 22nd, 2022
www.vintagecelt.com
Please WELCOME to our newest SPONSOR!!!
VALUED SIGH SPONSOR
1214 Wendy Court Spring Hill, FL 34607
Tel: 1-352-684-5334
Aha! You found us! Thank you for stopping in...
sit a spell and have a cup o' tea - or a PINT- with us at one of SIGH gatherings!
We are pleased to bring to you, the only
Irish focused cultural group in our grand
Tampa Bay area.
There are several fine Scottish/Celtic groups, and many wonderful Irish pubs in the region, and we love them all.
We present to you an opportunity to connect with others that have an interest, fondness or love of all things Irish & Gaelic!
The best place in Tampa Bay to find out
where all the music and happenings are!
on Facebook
In addition to gathering socially, our goal is to create a fellowship of people that are interested in sharing their talents & knowledge at major festivals such as The St. Petersburg International Folk Fair!
We are proud to say the we will be the Irish group represented at SPIFFS!!!
The FOLK FAIR is where we will fill in this missing part of the Celtic community with this amazing and diverse organization. Thousands of school children and families from 5 Tampa Bay/Suncoast counties have come to SPIFFS Folk Fair.
SPIFFS is celebrating 47 great years! WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN IN THE CRAIC' as we share our heritage and Irish ways with the thousands of school children and chaperones at our SPIFFS "IRISH VILLAGE".
Re-enactors, food, musicians, demonstrations, Gaelic Language lessons, weapons demonstrations....
and so much more to be saying a BIG THANK YOU TO THESE VOLUNTEERS!
We would like say THANK YOU to the Brandon and Dunedin Chapters of the New World Celts for their volunteers & their support.
You can see the highlights of the many get-togethers of Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage
on our "SCRAPBOOK" page.
As we prepare for our SPIFFS IRISH VILLAGE in OCTOBER of 2023, we stay connected through
social media and communicating via emails. We ask that you support our group through your membership, sponsorship & donations.
SIGH is a 501c3 organization.
Connect with us on facebook: Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage Our Facebook page welcomes educational, enlightenment, interesting facts and general information to be submitted as it pertains to
the Irish/Gaelic Culture and your experiences.
We would love to hear about your Irish/Gaelic heritage, your travels to any of the Celtic lands,
maybe you could even share a tune or two??
Just send an email to: sigh.clubinfo@gmail.com
We will be holding our meet-ups to help support our
MEMBER MUSICIANS of SIGH. (Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage)
Please support SIGH- we are a 501 c(3) organization- and become a
member or sponsor today.
Slainte' and best of health to all!
Your SIGH Officers
TAMPA BAY GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Tampa Bay Irish Sports: Hurling, Camogie
& Gaelic Football
LEARN HOW TO PLAY!
SIGH MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of Suncoast Irish & Gaelic Heritage
is to meet as friends to share and celebrate the rich cultural heritage
of Ireland and the Gaels, and to welcome all who share this goal.
We intend to share the enjoyment of Irish/Gaelic Language, Food,
Drink, Music, Dance, Folklore, Crafts, Arts and Literature, as well as
the glorious history, and the spectacular scenery of this land.
This club will represent Ireland for the Saint Petersburg International Folk Fair Society
(SPIFFS) and will dedicate a display of our Irish Village representing the Irish and Gaelic
culture in the Saint Petersburg International Folk Fair and in other similar
cultural events in and around the greater Tampa Bay area.