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Overview
The 13th Annual Dublin Irish Festival is to be held on August 4-6, 2000 in Coffman Park, Dublin, Ohio just outside of Columbus. Dublin, Ohio REGIMENT - MAJOR Muster Master - John Machate Phone: 410-740-9240 Email: Jmachate@cathouse.com Full camp, drill demos & work with public for for recruiting purposes. This event is largest and longest running festival on our schedule. Everyone must try to arrive at the site Friday around noon and prepare the camp for opening at 5:00pm. We will sleep and eat in camp with a dinner (Restaurant) break Saturday. We break camp Sunday after 7:00pm and stay in a hotel and then return to Maryland Monday morning. Site Facilities Port-a-pots are provided by the site and no site fee. Sleeping arrangements can be made through John Machate, you can sleep on site or get a hotel room at a nearby Marriott ($29.00 + tax a night). The site does not allow fires outside of designated grills or fireplaces, though we can have a gas stove. The site is open to the public Friday 5:00pm – Midnight, Saturday 12:00pm – Midnight and Sunday 11:00am – 7:00pm. If you are from Maryland or New Jersey and staying until close on Sunday, ake plans to stay in a hotel Sunday night, as it will not be safe to drive home until Monday morning. Orders of the Daye Full camp without food plan, every person should contact John Machate to see what food items will be needed. People should arrive on site around 2:00pm for camp set-up, if possible then no later than 11:00am Saturday morning. We will run the event as if it is a soldier’s camp with sentries to protect our gear. The Sgt. will set-up a table for recruiting new soldiers and we will have recruits learn the drills of being a musketeer or pikeman. We will also hold drills of our own to show the public how it is really done. We will have sentries posted each night so expect to have to pull guard duty. This is a very large and important muster make time to attend. Directions From Dayton Area (Approx 1 hr 35 min): Take the I-675 exit towards CINCINNATI/COLUMBUS. Merge onto I-675 N. Take the I-70 EAST/OH-4 EAST exit, exit number 26A, towards SPRINGFIELD/COLUMBUS. Merge onto I-70 E. Take the I-270 NORTH exit, exit number 93B, towards CLEVELAND. Take I-270 N. Take the US-33 EAST/OH-161 EAST exit, exit number 17A, towards DUBLIN. About One mile to Coffman Park From Maryland (Approx 8 hours): Take I-70 West Take the I-70 WEST/I-76 WEST exit towards NEW STANTON/PITTSBURGH. Merge onto I-70 W (Portions toll). Take the I-70 WEST exit towards (US-119)/COLUMBUS/WHEELING. Merge onto I-70 W. Take the I-470 WEST exit, exit number 5A, on the left towards COLUMBUS. Merge onto I-470 W. Take the I-70 WEST exit on the left. Merge onto I-70 W. Take the I-270 exit, exit number 93, towards CINCINNATI/CLEVELAND. Merge onto I-270 NORTH RAMP. Merge onto I-270 N. Take the US-33 EAST/OH-161 EAST exit, exit number 17A, towards DUBLIN. About One mile to Coffman Park |
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