President Bill Flannery presided over a very successful State Board meeting in Naugatuck on October1, during which reports were made and plans were developed for future events. A high point of the meeting was the unanimous endorsement of Frank Kearney Jr. of Meriden for the position of National Treasurer. Connecticut Hibernians are particularly proud of [...]

The First Annual Connecticut AOH Softball Bash was hosted by the JFK Division of Bridgeport on the 27th of August at Foote Field in Milford.  The event was organized under the leadership of Bridgeport Division activities chairman Jim Murray.  We don’t know who the trophy winner will be as we go to press but we [...]

Past State AOH President Bob O’Sullivan completed his four years in office in style as He presided over a very successful State Convention at Waterbury, which was held over the weekend of June 10-12.   Vice-President Bill Flannery a former President of the Stamford AOH succeeds Bob as President. Bill has been an enthusiastic Hibernian for [...]

by Phil Gallagher   As predicted in the last issue of the Digest, spring weather came to Connecticut by mid March and brought out record crowds to view the State’s many St. Patrick’s Parades that were held over a two-week period. Connecticut Hibernians will next head to Waterbury on the weekend of June 10-12, 2011 [...]

As we write this report for the March-April edition of the Digest, Connecticut has not yet emerged from an epic winter. It is the 22nd of February and the temperature stands at 10 degrees with the ground covered with snow as it has been since Christmas. It has been said that with St. Patrick’s Day [...]

Danbury’s Irish were feisty and loyal Reprinted with permission – Danbury Times In a corner of this city are the roots of Irish freedom fighters. Their voice came through in the Emmett Club — the local chapter of the national group, Clan na Gael — which supported financially and politically, from this side of the pond, [...]