{"id":637,"date":"2019-03-08T21:50:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T21:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/03\/08\/201938hamdens-lucky-ewe-is-closing-up-shop-1\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:35:11","slug":"201938hamdens-lucky-ewe-is-closing-up-shop-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/03\/08\/201938hamdens-lucky-ewe-is-closing-up-shop-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamden\u2019s Lucky Ewe is closing up shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shayla Colon<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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As of March 17, 2019, the Lucky Ewe Irish Goods<\/span><\/a> shop on Whitney Avenue will be closed. The store is in the process of selling any merchandise left in a closing sale and shutting down operations.<\/p>\n

But the Lucky Ewe Irish Shop is going out with a grand celebration. On St. Patrick\u2019s Day, the shop owner will be hosting its annual party. There will be Irish music, step dancers and a bagpiper to celebrate the holiday and the store\u2019s closing.<\/p>\n

Kathleen O\u2019Neill, 56, opened the shop three and a half years ago and is parting with the store on good terms. According to O\u2019Neill, the shop is not closing because it was not doing well- it was actually growing, but O\u2019Neill has come to a crossroads and decided it was time for her to make a transition in her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m planning on spending more quality family time. My family has grown, I have three grandchildren and also my kids have moved away.  I just want to have more availability,\u201d said O\u2019Neill. <\/p>\n

Although O\u2019Neill is closing the location on Whitney Avenue, that leaves the possibility of pop-up stores for her to dabble in. She hopes to have some pop-up locations across Hamden at the Playwright Irish Pub Restaurant<\/span><\/a> and Ireland\u2019s Great Hunger Museum<\/span><\/a>. She plans to donate the store\u2019s heraldic pins to the museum.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe would like to do whatever we can to support the Hunger Museum. I think it would be a great fit if they [Ireland Great Hunger Museum] do a little gift shop. I\u2019ve been planting those seeds and watering them, so we\u2019ll see what happens with that one,\u201d said O\u2019Neill. <\/p>\n

In her time running the shop, O\u2019Neill finds the best part to have been the people she met as a result.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been amazing that people have come in and shared their stories. It\u2019s been wonderful just getting to know people and when people come into an Irish store they tend to talk, so they\u2019ve been sharing their stories, sharing their families. On a personal level, it has been wonderful because it has helped me to reconnect with my Irish heritage. As much as you think a store is about selling goods, no. It\u2019s been more about the relationship with people that has been the best blessing of all,\u201d said O\u2019Neill. <\/p>\n

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