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A Registered 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization
The Golf Outing will take place on August 2, 2010 at
the Metuchen Country Club again. Download the announcement and registration and send in by July 19th. Join us for
a really great time and good causes!
Click here for Sponsor and Registration Form
Click here for golf announcement
Click here for registration
Click here for mailing address
Click here for jigs and reels music
Next meeting is Thursday, July 8 in Croke Park
at Molly Maguires Restaurant in Clark, NJ at 7:30 PM. Final arrangements for the August 2nd Golf Outing. Please bring your
registrations, sponsorships and payments. Also, warm up your vocal chords and join Kevin Connelly for a night of entertainment
and revelry!
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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| MIchael T. Walsh, 2010 Irishman of the Year |
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President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Bob Coloney,
and Dinner Emcee, Bill Neafsey, Jr. give the Irishman of the Year Award to Michael T. Walsh.
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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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| 14th Hole at Druids Heath |
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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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An anonymous Irish blessing:
“I
wish you not a path devoid of clouds, nor a life on a bed of roses.
Not that you might never need regret,
nor that you should never feel pain,
No, that is not my wish for you.
My wish for
you is:
That you
might be brave in times of trial,
When others lay crosses upon your shoulders.
When mountains must be climbed,
And chasms are to be crossed,
When hope can scarce shine through.
That every gift God gave you might grow along with you.
And let you give your gift of joy to all who care for
you.
That you
may always have a friend who is worth that name.
Whom you can trust,And who helps you in times of sadness,
Who will defy the storms of daily life at your side.
One more wish I have for you:
That in every hour of joy and pain, you may feel God
close to you.
This is my
wish for you and for all who care for you.
This is my hope for you,
Now and forever.”
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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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