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Omaha's Irish Sister City:
Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Naas Home Page/Arrival | Inaugural Dinner | Parade & Luncheon | Girls & Boys Town | St. Pat's Bar-B-Que | Irish Arts Showcase
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Omaha's St. Patrick's Day Celebration took on a special meaning this year with the addition of a fourth sister city for Omaha -- Naas (rhymes with "face"), Ireland. Supported by the Omaha Sister Cities Association, AOH & LAOH, Omaha welcomed a delegation of 39 individuals from Naas, Kildare, Ireland - including the Naas Mayor Willie Callaghan, his wife, and three former Naas mayors and their wives. They visited Omaha March 14-20, 2002.
Read the article on the Naas events in the Midlands section of the Omaha World Herald, Friday, March 8: "Omaha's Irish kin to visit for holiday."
Naas Events The schedule (subject to change) is as follows: Thursday, March 14 Naas Delegation Arrival Friday, March 15 9:00AM Tour of Creighton University 10:15AM Tour of Mormon Winter Quarters 11:30AM Metro CC 2:15PM Tour of Joslyn Art Museum 6:00PM Signing Ceremony Cocktail Reception Creighton University, Lied Center for Performing Arts 24th & Cass Streets Music by Maggie Keelan, Harpist 7:00PM Signing Ceremony & Dinner (including Mayor Fahey) Creighton University, Skutt Student Center 26th & Cass Streets $40/plate Saturday, March 16 Naas Delegation Celebrates St. Pat's with AOH 124th St. Pat's Parade, 10:00AM Starts at 15th & Jones, Ends at 13th & Harney AOH Luncheon at St. Ann's, Approx. 11:30AM 24th & Poppleton $9.99 for Corned Beef/Cabbage & Entertainment Shillelagh Law Sullivan Dancers Sunday, March 17 St. Patrick's Day Mass 12:00 PM Girls and Boys Town Chapel (Mass will be preceded by a wreath laying at General O'Neill's grave site at Holy Sepluchre Cemetery at 50th & Leavenworth) "Into the West," A River City Barbecue with the bluegrass sounds of "The String Demons" 2:00-5:00PM McCormack's Mac Dome, 4428 S 140th St OPEN TO PUBLIC; Tickets are $20... Call AOH President Mike Leahy (339-1226) for tickets Monday, March 18 Naas Delegation Reception Irish Arts Showcase (Irish dancers, poetry reading & music) 7:30 PM Castle Barrett, 43rd & Leavenworth Tuesday, March 19 City/County Day for Naas Delegates 9:00AM Attend County Board Meeting/Tour City Hall 12:30PM Lunch at City Hall 2:00PM Attend City Council Meeting (Delegates to receive honorary Omaha citizenship certificates) 3:30PM Tour Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center Wednesday, March 20 Delegates Depart
NAAS PHOTO GALLERYArrival, March 14, 10:09PM
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