For the fourth straight year, AOH Bishop Whelan Div 1 from Wheeling, West Virginia, marched in the Pittsburgh, PA Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Sixteen members of Div 1 participated, displaying the Div. 1 banner throughout the streets of Pittsburgh on the brisk morning of Saturday March 12 in one of the oldest and biggest St. [...]

Country roads around Wheeling, West Virginia roared to life with the sound of steel on pavement as Bishop Whelan Division 1 hosted its first annual Ohio Valley Road Bowling Championship. On Saturday, September 18, 2010, Division 1 brought the exciting sport of Irish Road Bowling to the Ohio Valley for the first time in modern memory. A [...]

The members of the Bishop Whelan Division #1 in Wheeling, West Virginia, have been learning the ancient sport of Irish Road Bowling.  Several AOH members travelled to Kingwood, WV in October to participate in one of the West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association’s tour events. Two teams of Wheeling Hibernians participated, and they enjoyed the [...]