Road Bowling and Highlander Beer are just two of many activities at the Celtic Festival Missoula this weekend
What is Road Bowling, well, as this road bowling page explains, it’s an old Irish sport whereby players toss small cannon balls along a roadway. Much like golf, the lowest number of throws along a pre-determined course wins. There’s much more to it, but if this intrigues you, you’ll be able to play it this coming Saturday, when the Celtic Festival Missoula begins.
The Celtic celebration is twofold, really, one fold is the celebration of Celtic traditions, food and music. The other fold is that it’s a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Highlander beer, Missoula’s very own beer legend.
Add the Young Dubliners, a fantastic Celtic-style band, to the mix, and you’ve got yourself a full-blown Irish celebration.
Here’s the pertinent info:
Join us on the Clark Fork River in downtown Missoula, in Caras Park, July 31, 2010
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Irish Road Bowling (Stimpson Lumber site, Bonner) Register for your hour at the Missoula AOH website
3:00-5:00 p.m. Kids events (facepainting, art table, caber toss) guest appearence by Monte in a Kilt!!
3:00-4:00 p.m. Dillion Junior Fiddlers
4:00-4:15 p.m. Missoula Irish Dancers
4:15-5:00 p.m. The Celtic Dragon Pipe Band and The Missoula Highland Dancers
5:00-7:00 p.m. Malarkey
7:00-9:00 p.m. The Young Dubliners
Have questions? Want to volunteer? Contact us Shannon Lukes at 406-239-0105Proceeds to benefit Watson’s Children Shelter and the Friends of Irish Studies.
Prost,
GG
The Winters and O’Sullivans (and others) have been Irish Road Bowling just north of Big Timber, MT for over two years now! Our full course is a little over a mile long, with the usual hazards (stream and canal crossings, roadside ditches, tall grass, etc.). It is a lot of fun!!! (AND you can legally consume adult beverages while you do it…on county roads anyway…)