National Chaplain Father Thomas O’Donnell was recently honored with a Mass at the beautiful Epiphany Catholic Church, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on the occasion of his 50 years of service as a priest. Hundreds of family members and well-wishers, including members of the National Board, attended the Mass and dinner for this grand celebration. Father O’Donnell, [...]
The Ancient Order of Hibernians was formed in New York City in 1836 for many reasons, one in particular was to protect young Irish men who had recently immigrated. While Joe Byrne was not considered by many to be “new” to America, his unjust arrest was enough for all who belonged to the AOH/LAOH to [...]
I’m absolutely delighted to be here today at the 2010 Biennial National Conference of the AOH and the LAOH. I want to thank your National President and our good friend Seamus Boyle for inviting me here. Our Consul General in Chicago will also be with you during these days. I would like also to salute [...]
We share the same objectives of Irish Reunification by Peaceful and Democratic means. We know that it is not enough to hold the aspiration; it is about what we do to make our objective real. I am proud that the AOH, LAOH and the bulk of Irish America has worked to make our shared objective [...]
After a year of planning, the Omagh Thunder Basketball Club of Omagh Northern Ireland toured portions of the Northeastern U.S. in July. Under the leadership of head coach Eamon Daly, a member of Philadelphia Division 39 now living in Omagh, and assistant coaches Aidan Bradley, Conor McElroy and Chris Grimes the team of eleven boys,12 [...]
In 1798, a union of Protestant and Catholic Irish, known as the United Irishmen, led an ill-fated rising against the Crown. One of the main fields of battle in that rising was Wexford. The courage of the Wexford men, armed with little more than scythes and pikes, fashioned by local blacksmiths to hook, stab and [...]
Reprinted with permission Democrat and Chronicle Media Group William “Billy” Lawler has relied on fellow police officers to help him catch killers, drug dealers and child abusers for 30 years. Today, the one-time Rochester homicide and narcotics investigator needs partners in a fight far more personal. Lawler, 53, who lives in Victor with his wife, Molly, [...]
As I write this, we are still in the dog days of summer, hot and humid in the wonderful Commonwealth of Virginia. But, brothers, now is the time to get active – to take those steps we all need to take to get March officially designated as Irish American Heritage Month. Our National President has [...]
When Ireland Fell Silent by Harolyn Enis from Rose Rock Publishers, LLC, 377 pages. A good first novel by a career educator with a Masters in History who apparently did a great deal of research on her subject – Ireland’s Great Starvation of 1845 and beyond. An author of academic books, this effort is her [...]
Michael Murphy of Kansas City, Missouri’s Padraig Pearse Division is proud to announce the birth of his daughter Piper Caroline Murphy. She was born 4 weeks early on July 19th at 7:50 a.m. and entered the world weighing 4 lbs and 13 ounces. Mother Amy Murphy is doing fine and the baby is growing fast. [...]
