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A Registered 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization
Here are the Ad Book Form and Dinner Reservation
Form for the 2010 Dinner. Click the links below to download your form or send a contact message with your address and I'll
mail you copies.
Click here for the 2010 Ad Book Form
Click here for pg. 1 of 2010 dinner invite
Click here for pg. 2
Click here for jigs and reels music
The golf outing was a great time for all at Metuchen
Golf and Country Club. If you weren't able to make it this year, we hope to see you at the Charity Dinner in March and
at next year's golf outing. Keep watching this site for updated news.
See our last page for some Irish News
I copied from Irishcentral.com. We have a great Irish Herbed Drop Scones Recipe.
Gentlemen, The dinner seems to be
going in a positive direction. We are looking at a successful event that will be a great night for all of our honorees. Our
next meeting will be on FEBRUARY 18th 2010 @ Center for Hope at 7:00 p.m. Please make every effort to attend as we
will be finalizing many of the efforts needed. On this home page and the forms page you will find the Ad Book
and Dinner Invite Forms. I encourage all of you to get your ads in sooner than later. We all must participate and sell ads
in order to have a successful event!!! Thanks for all of your participation and cooperation. I look forward to seeing everyone
on the 18th. Enjoy the Super Bowl. Peace. Bob
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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| 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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Druids
Glen Golf Resort
Newtownmountkennedy,
Co.Wicklow, Ireland For Druids Glen Golf Club ring 00 353-1-2873600
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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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An Irish Blessing for the New Year:
May the new year bring
The warmth of home and hearth to you.
The cheer and goodwill of friends to you,
The hope of a childlike heart to you.
The joy of a thousand angels to you,
The love of the Son and God's
peace to you.
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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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