President’s Message

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  President’s Message April 2006
  Like April weather, April is very much a transition month at the AOH, too, as we move out of the St. Patrick’s season and ramp up to the many May activities, allowing us a bit of a breather. We look forward to seeing you on Friday, April 24th at 8pm at our monthly meeting as we discuss all of those upcoming events, including our Communion Breakfast, distribution of scholarships, our annual Golf Outing, and our “New Member” event. A big ‘thank you’ to all our members who donated and/or showed up to support the benefit for Kevin Haugh last Saturday.… Read more: President’s Message April 2006

News

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  New Member Night, May 15th
  On Friday, May 15th, we’re having a party focused on our newer members – those who have joined AOH Division 3 since 2024.  We look at this as an opportunity to have a fun night getting to know our newer members (and their spouse or significant other), while also sharing a much better understanding of… Read more: New Member Night, May 15th
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  Division 3 Hibernian Mass and Breakfast, May 3rd
  On Sunday, May 3rd, we’ll have our annual Hibernian Mass and Communion Breakfast. The Mass will be held at St. Margaret Church at the regular 9am Mass, and the Communion Breakfast will be held in the upstairs hall at the Hibernian House immediately thereafter, where our 10 scholarships will be awarded.  As an Irish Catholic… Read more: Division 3 Hibernian Mass and Breakfast, May 3rd
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  Memorial Golf Outing 5/8
  We’re making great progress on the Golf Outing. Golf Committee meetings are occurring weekly until the event on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 at the pub. Note, too, that sign-ups for foursomes are filling up fast, so if you want to golf, make sure to get your name(s) on the list (and get your money in,… Read more: Memorial Golf Outing 5/8
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  Rockland County St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  The Rockland County St. Patrick’s Day Parade will once again make its way down Pearl River’s Central Avenue on Sunday, March 22nd, and we will be marching as a Division, so we once again ask that all members who are able, please come out and march with us. We are the largest AOH Division in… Read more: Rockland County St. Patrick’s Day Parade

History

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  The Ghost Ship of 1916: The Audacious Mission of the SS Aud
  When we think of the 1916 Easter Rising,  we see it as a Dublin phenomenon: we speak of the heroism at the GPO, the sharp crack of rifles in St. Stephen’s Green, and the ultimate sacrifice of the signatories.  But there is a chapter of the 1916 Rising that played out far beyond the cobblestones… Read more: The Ghost Ship of 1916: The Audacious Mission of the SS Aud
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  The Manchester Martyrs: “God Save Ireland”
  The morning of November 23, 1867, was cold and damp in Manchester. Three young Irishmen stood on a scaffold outside Salford Gaol before a crowd of ten thousand. William Philip Allen was nineteen, a carpenter. Michael Larkin, thirty-two, a tailor with a wife and five children waiting at home. Michael O’Brien, a shop assistant and… Read more: The Manchester Martyrs: “God Save Ireland”
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  The Patriots They Erased: Ireland’s Sons in Washington’s Army 
  Even today, our school children are told the story of the American Revolution as one of New England Puritan Yankees and “Scots-Irish riflemen” on the frontier fighting for freedom. Over time, this portrayal has hardened into a historical dogma. Even in an age of revisionism that rightly seeks to recover the voices of women, African… Read more: The Patriots They Erased: Ireland’s Sons in Washington’s Army