Brother Hibernians, Our next meeting will be held on Friday, December 18 at 8pm. Welcome aboard to new members John Coyle, James Scully, John Leddy Jr, Tom Diviny, John Conway, Shawn O’Neill, Bill Lacey, and Brendan Duffy. Congratulations (or maybe it should be condolences) to our re-elected officers and to newly elected treasurer Marty Davin. I and the Division owe our … [Read more...] about Presdent’s Message Dec 09
Archives for December 2009
Good and Welfare Dec. 09
Please welcome to the planet Earth Tim and Margie Hanson’s new son James Padraig. Say a prayer for the recovery of Larry Finucane’s daughter Susan from brain surgery, Gil Lynch’s bride and Ed O’Dea’s sister Mary from breast cancer, Mary Mahoney from abdominal problems, and Mike Dempsey’s mom Margaret confined to a hospital in Carlow with memory losses. Mike recently visited … [Read more...] about Good and Welfare Dec. 09
Hibernian House, December 09
Dear Santa, Nick, first let me apologize on behalf of the Hibernian House for the deviate who for some distorted reason thought putting a laxative in Rudolf’s Buttermilk was funny (actually everyone thought it was hilarious except for Pat Kelly who was standing in the parking lot at the Legion). I happened to be at the House when you guys took off (it was more like a … [Read more...] about Hibernian House, December 09
To Reach for the Stars
The coming of winter and the lengthening nights have always been times where people have traditionally consider their place in the universe. Certainly this was true of the ancient Celts who built the oldest known observatory on the banks of the Boyne at Newgrange where for over 5,000 years the sunrise on the day of the winter solstice floods the normally darkened inner chamber … [Read more...] about To Reach for the Stars