Many thanks go out to Dennis Madigan, Joan Moore, and Conor Moore for all the work they did at the benefit to support the AOH Pipe Band. Special thanks goes out to Fergal Hayes, Mike O’Sullivan, Gordon Jones, Margie Mulvihill and John Reynolds for donating their time and tremendous musical talent and to Denis Toal who really came through getting the bathrooms ready early. … [Read more...] about February 2016 President’s Message
Archives for February 2016
The AOH National Board Scholarships for Study Abroad for High School and College Students
The AOH National Board offers several scholarship opportunities for the children and grandchildren of its members. The Irish Way High School Scholarship: The Irish Way Program is unique cultural experience for teenagers, and is a nationally recognized summer study abroad program that has educated over 3000 high school students since its inception in 1975. The 2016 Irish Way … [Read more...] about The AOH National Board Scholarships for Study Abroad for High School and College Students
James Connolly, Champion of the Irish Working Man and Woman
James Connolly was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1868. His parents were poor rural laborers from Monaghan that had traveled to the capital of Scotland in search of better opportunity only to settle in one of the city’s poorest sections, an Irish enclave in the Cowgate section nicknamed “Little Ireland”. Poverty was a constant childhood companion; forcing young Connolly to … [Read more...] about James Connolly, Champion of the Irish Working Man and Woman