The very first thing visitors entering Tyrone from Interstate 99 see is the welcome sign.
\nThis green mark, complete with a shamrock, lets visitors know that Tyrone was once settled by Irish immigrants many years ago.
\nTo celebrate this heritage, the Tyrone Community Partnership is holding a St. Patrick\u2019s Day Irish Stew celebration tomorrow beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Citizen\u2019s Social Hall on West Tenth Street.
\n\u201cTyrone is such a great place to live and the people are wonderful,\u201d said Alice Mulhollan, an organizer of the Irish Stew celebration. \u201cEveryone\u2019s been hibernating and this is going to be a good time to get people out of their homes and allow them to celebrate the community in which they live.\u201d
\nAccording to Mulhollan, the social hall will be decked out in St. Paddy\u2019s Day themes, including shamrock plants, gold coins and the vibrant colors of the Irish flag.
\nA full menu of Irish fare is scheduled to be served and includes Shamrock Stew, O\u2019Leary\u2019s Jello salad, Blarney bread, Celtic cookies and Paddy O\u2019Punch. The Frozen Cow will provide Galway Gelato and Irish Eyes Coffee will be supplied by Joybeans.
\nThe servers for the evening will be provided by the local Key Club.
\nRec. Norman Huff and Revel Kemp, the Australian Irish tenor, will provide the entertainment.
\nTickets for the event are $5 each and can be acquired at Alice\u2019s Garden, the Chamber of Commerce office, Joybeans, the borough building and Open Door Visions. Children aged three and under can eat free of charge.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to probably be lucky to break even with it,\u201d said Mulhollan. \u201cIt\u2019s not a money-making project. It\u2019s to get the public involved with the great heritage of Tyrone.\u201d
\nAny money that is raised, Mulhollan said will be used for seed money for an event next year.
\nBut those who are not of Irish descent are also invited to the celebration.
\n\u201cNobody is exactly sure how it landed on the name Tyrone,\u201d said Mulhollan. \u201cGoing back through the history, there have been several accounts of where it got its name. There is a county in Ireland named Tyrone and that\u2019s probably the most believable.
\nMulhollan said Tyrone was a melting pot in its early days.
\n\u201cWe had German, Italians, British, Irish,\u201d she said. \u201cEverybody had their different factions.\u201d
\nMulhollan hopes this initial celebration carries on in Tyrone and continues to expand year-after-year.
\n\u201cNext year, I have really big ideas,\u201d she said. \u201cWe really want to move into a town-like celebration. Eventually, I\u2019d like to see this town turn into a little Irish village for a period of time each year to not only explore our heritage on a local level, but also on a personal level.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s a million things we can do with it,\u201d said Mulhollan. \u201cThis is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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