I had the pleasure of being invited to dinner by several newly arrived Embassy staffers here in Washington. This dinner was also attended by former president Ned McGinley and Immigration Chair Dan Dennehy. With recent cutbacks in staffing at the Embassy, the responsibilities and workload of the newly arrived have increased. The dinner was enjoyable [...]

It was a rainy day in Baltimore at the Irish Shrine to Irish Railroad Workers on Lemmon Street for the first national fundraiser for the Commodore Barry Memorial at the U.S. Naval Academy.  Over 200 people attended the event including members of the AOH and LOAH from Maryland, DC, Virginia and Pennsylvania as well as [...]

Brothers, summer is upon us and many divisions take a month or two hiatus to enjoy State Conventions, vacations and family time.  I plan on attending a number of state conventions and look forward to working with new State Officers who will be dedicated their time to the organization. I am pleased to have helped, [...]

Happy 175th!  What a busy month of March for the AOH, and April was not far behind in keeping pace.  I had the honor of marching with the New York State Board in the 250th New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade.  This was truly a thrill for me – I had spent my youth [...]

As always around St. Patrick’s Day we are very busy.  Dinners, Masses, parades and parties I wanted to pay my respects to Hal Cousins who passed away recently – his obituary was in the last edition.  Hal was a member of my Division – the Commodore John Barry Division in DC, yet he was retired [...]

A few years ago I was doing family research at the National Archives in Washington, DC – researching a grandfather on my father’s side who lived in the 1800’s.  He fought for the Union Army from Massachusetts and died in the Civil War.  One of the research tools at my disposal was Census records from [...]

First and foremost – Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas!  Please remember to keep Christ in Christmas.  It is hard to believe that we are closing out 2010 – it seems that Congress has cleaned house a bit after the election results and I look forward to the upcoming year. I was honored to represent [...]

I have received my assignment as National Director from President Boyle and I will be representing the following areas: Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and a portion of Pennsylvania (the south east area including Philadelphia).  I look forward to serving these areas for the next two years and look forward to the growth in [...]

The hard work of the convention and the election are now behind us and the new Board’s work must begin for the next term.  While I await my assignment from President Boyle I will strive to make a positive difference in the Order and to advance our efforts over the next two years in whatever [...]

The St. Patrick’s Day events are behind us and we now turn our attention to the upcoming national Convention in Cincinnati; how time flies!  It is hard to imagine that two years has gone by since our last convention and my election as National Director.  As a Director there has been a significant amount of [...]