Don’t miss out, get your ticket now. We awarded $2,000 at our first drawing party on November 10th. We will give out another $12,000 at our final drawing party this Sunday, December 22nd, including our grand prize of $10,000 cash. The purchase of 1 ticket gets you and a guest admission to the party and qualifies you for the drawing. Tickets are available at the Hibernian House … [Read more...] about POT O’GOLD FINAL DRAWING PARTY DECEMBER 22ND
AOH Division 3 December 2019 President’s Message
Our next meeting will be this Friday, December 20th at 8pm. Welcome aboard to new members Gary Hughes and Terence Frize. Congratulations to all the division officers who were re-elected and to newly elected President Chuck Parnow and Vice President Phil Lane. It has been my honor and privilege to serve you these past 14 years and I know that I am leaving you in good … [Read more...] about AOH Division 3 December 2019 President’s Message
John Mackay, the Forgotten “Bonanza King”
William Shakespeare observed, “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” It speaks to the ironic tendency for society to notarize, even glorify, the darkest aspects of humanity while ignoring the noble. Nowhere is this clearer than in the case of Irish American John Mackay, the “Bonanza King.” John Mackay (pronounced Mackee) was … [Read more...] about John Mackay, the Forgotten “Bonanza King”
Please support our Adopt a Family Christmas Fund
Every year Denise and Larry DeGennaro reach out to school nurses, social workers, etc. to get Christmas lists for local needy families. It is often heartbreaking to read these lists where children are not asking for toys, but for necessities, many of us take for granted. Your generosity allows Pete Dunne and John Gannon to go out and fill these lists not only with the basics … [Read more...] about Please support our Adopt a Family Christmas Fund
The Real “Saving Private Ryan” and the Parachuting Priest
Many consider the film “Saving Private Ryan” to be one of, if not the most, significant films on the violence and sacrifice of war ever made. Sadly, the story is not the product of a writer’s imagination, but an adaptation of an all too real story of unflinching duty and unfathomable loss. It is an Irish American story of the four Niland brothers and Fr. Francis Sampson. … [Read more...] about The Real “Saving Private Ryan” and the Parachuting Priest