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SAYING GOODBYE TO THE SHAMROCK RESTUARANT, A LANDMARK FOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES

James Rada, Jr. With the announcement that a Thurmont landmark, the Shamrock Restuarant, will end its 56-year-run on December 30, 2019, The Catoctin Banner thought it would share some of its reader’s memories of the Irish-themed restaurant. The late Mike Fitzgerald opened the Shamrock in 1963. He said in a 2014 interview that the restaurant…

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Thurmont Lions Club Presents Multiple Awards During Its Charter Night

On October 22, 2019, the Thurmont Lions Club celebrated its 90th Anniversary on its Charter Night, held at Shamrock Restaurant. SVDG Charlie Croft presented to the club a certificate from District Governor Evan Gillett in recognition of its 90 years of service. Past International Directors Ted Reiver and Richard Liebon greeted the audience.  SVDG Croft…

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When Irish Eyes Are Crying

James Rada, Jr. In early March of this year, Mike Fitzgerald’s children performed a sad duty in honor of their father: they made his casket from standing dead trees that Mike had harvested years earlier. Donald “Mike” Fitzgerald passed away on February 28, 2016, in the log home that he built himself. He was eighty-five…

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Town Hall Reports

March 2016 Emmitsburg New Website Up and Running The town has launched its new website design. You can still view it at www.emmitsburgmd.gov, but it has a new, updated look that includes many new features, such as county alerts, streaming of old meetings, a business directory, and an online incident report. “This is light years…

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Shamrock’s Little Christmas

Deb Spalding On Tuesday, January 6, 2014, the public was invited to enjoy the Irish tradition of Women’s Little Christmas at Shamrock Restaurant in Thurmont. Outside the dining room windows that day at Shamrock, diners observed beautiful soft snow falling, as they settled in the fire-warmed dining room listening contently as singers, Nita Corn and…

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