President’s Message
- June 2026 President’s Message
Brother Hibernians, It seems we’re having another year of a very short spring launching right into summer. Thanks to those members who took the time out to march with us at the Pearl River Memorial Day Parade. We look forward to seeing you Friday, June 12th at 8pm at our monthly meeting. This will be the last meeting of the school year, as we take off the remainder of the summer. Congratulations to the Golf Committee, headed by Scott MacMaster, on a very successful golf outing. It seemed we had three seasons on the course during the day, and we… Read more: June 2026 President’s Message
News
- Division 3 Celebrates the High School Scholars of 2026
We also got to recognize our high school scholars at the Mass, as well as present them with their awards at the Communion Breakfast that followed. Division 3 takes great pride in our scholarship program as both a way to support our young scholars and to pass on our traditions, history, and heritage. Each year,… Read more: Division 3 Celebrates the High School Scholars of 2026 - Remembering Our Departed Brothers: Annual Hibernian Mass
On Sunday, May 3rd, we had our annual Hibernian Mass. The event both recognizes those Hibernians we’ve lost since last year’s Mass, as well as recognize our high school scholarship winners. Following is the list of Hibernians Brothers whom we had lost in the prior year and memorialized at the Mass: May they rest in… Read more: Remembering Our Departed Brothers: Annual Hibernian Mass - Annual Golf Outing a Success
We had 120-something golfers playing in very “Irish-like” weather, and even more attending the post-golf dinner. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported this event. Again, a huge thanks to the golf committee who spent so much time in the lead up to the event, and thank you also to all the volunteers who… Read more: Annual Golf Outing a Success - 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
History
- 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 - 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” - 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