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A Registered 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization
Happy Father's Day! See the recipe for Irish
Father's Day Steak and Eggs on the Irish News/Events page. Hopefully your children or herself will cook them up for you
on Sunday.
Next meeting is July, 9th at 8:00 PM, at Molly
Maguires. The agenda will include a parade/dinner discussion, financial update, golf outing (August 3rd), group
picnic and any new or old committee business. This is a very important meeting, so do your best to attend.
History:
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick began in Philadelphia in 1771 at the midst
of
the foundation of our country. Earliest members include many influential
patriots who were devoted to the cause of liberty.
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Among the honorary members of the first meeting were John Dickenson, Robert Morris, who later signed the Declaration of Independence,
and General George Washington. The first president was General Stephen Moylan, who was a private secretary to General George
Washington. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin also frequented meetings of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.
We don't have much in the way of the early history of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County. Someone has a
picture of a dinner predating WWII but the best we can determine is it became most active after WWII.
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County was reorganized in 1962, with Joseph Higgins being the first president.
The organization was later incorporated in the fall of 2005.
More than 45 years later, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County continues to provide scholarships to young
men of Irish ancestry and support to worthy charitable
organizations.
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County is a registered charity in the State of New Jersey and is a registered
501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with the Internal Revenue Service.
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| Although it is index 12, the par 5 6th requires accuracy from tee to green. |
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| 2009 Irishman of the Year, Father John McCrone |
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President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Derek Guinane,
and Dinner Emcee, Bill Neafsey, Jr. give the Irishman of the Year Award to Father John McCrone.
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GALWAY BAY GOLF RESORT
Address: Oranmore, Co.Galway, Republic of Ireland
| Telephone: +353 91 790711/2 |
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Fax: +353 91 792510 |
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| 6th Hole at Galway Bay Golf Resort |
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Please get in touch to offer comments and/or join our organization. Enter your information in the box below:
| Annie Moore, first immigrant to pass through |
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| Ellis Island. |
This statue of Annie Moore - the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island -
stands on the dock in Cobh. Co. Cork. She looks back towards the home she is leaving while her brothers look out to sea and,
beyond the horizon, the New World, three thousand miles away.
Annie set off for America from here aboard the S.S. Nevada,
on December 20th, 1891. Imagine how excited and nervous she must have been when she and her brothers arrived in New York on
January 1, 1892. As the very first of 700 immigrants to disembark from her ship and two other boats that day, she was given
a wondrous welcome - and also a $10.00 gold coin!
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| Blessing for the New Year |
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A Father's Day Blessing
Lá na nAthair Faoi Shona Dhuit
Happy Father's Day
May the Father of us all
bless our oul' fellas,
wherever they might be,
at home in dear old Ireland,
or across the shining sea.
In heaven with the angels
or on earth still with us,
may God be good to the
dear old dad,
the one we love so much.
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Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County, NJ, P.O. Box 61, Cranford, NJ 07016-0061
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