T HE EASTER REBELLION Taken from OnWar.com

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1 AOH Division 61 Joseph Patrick Schickling April Newsletter 4131 Rhawn Street, Philadelphia, PA Reach us via at or by phone Celebrating over 100 years of Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity! April 2004 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Tir na Nog this month 2 Nite at the Races 2 Major Degree Ceremony 3 St. Francis Inn donations 3 GUINNESS Facts 4 Sponsors 5 Officers 6 Division Calendar AOH Monthly Meeting Fri., April 2 nd, 8 PM LAOH Monthly Meeting Wed., April 14 th, 7:30 PM Home Association Mtg. Wed., April 21 st, 8 PM T HE EASTER REBELLION Taken from OnWar.com Easter Rebellion (1916) was the republican insurrection in Ireland against British government, which began on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, in Dublin. The insurrection was planned by Patrick Pearse, Tom Clarke, and several other leaders of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, which was a revolutionary society within the nationalist organization called the Irish Volunteers; the latter had about 16,000 members and was armed with German weapons smuggled into the country in These two organizations were supplemented by the Irish Citizen Army, an association of Dublin 34.3 MILLION: The number of U.S. residents who claim Irish ancestry. This number is almost nine times the population of Ireland itself (3.9 million). workers formed after the failure of the general strike of 1913, and by the small Sinn Féin party. The uprising was planned to be nationwide in scope, but a series of mishaps led to its being confined to Dublin alone. The British had learned of the planned uprising, and on April 21 they arrested the Irish nationalist Sir Roger Casement in County Kerry for arms running for the rebels. Eoin MacNeill, the leader of the Irish Volunteers, therefore canceled mobilization orders for the insurgents, but Pearse and Clarke went ahead with about 1,560 Irish Volunteers and a 200-man contingent of the Citizen Volume 11, Issue 4 Army. On April 24, their forces seized the Dublin General Post Office and other strategic points in Dublin's city centre, and Pearse read aloud a proclamation announcing the birth of the Irish republic. British troops soon arrived to put down the rebellion, and for nearly a week Dublin was paralyzed by street fighting. British artillery bombardments and fires (see EASTER on page 4) Pionta Guinness led thoil' (A pint of GUINNESS please) The AOH National Board has arranged for booking services for trips to Ireland. This service offers hard to beat discounts to the members and friends of the AOH on flights, car rentals, bus tours, and accommodations at hotels and B&Bs. For more information, go to and click on The AOH Travel Site link. Please do not park your car in the drive through lane of the bank or the rear parking lot through the gate. There is a possibility of your car getting towed. Please spread the word!

2 Page 2 Volume 11, Issue 4 Breithlá Sona! Happy Birthday to: Michael Bergiven Mike Boylan Daniel Buckley Dan Delaney Anthony Leneghan Jim Leonard Mark McCloskey John McGreevy Ed McLaughlin James Mooney James Murphy Joe Murphy Dom Roberto Edward Rodriguez John Devlin Ruane Kevin Scanlon Robert F. Schickling Jim Wick Go maire tú an céad! May you live to be a hundred * * * Happy Belated Birthday to: Joe Watson 3/19 Sorry we missed you! T IR NA NOG IN APRIL B Y : JOE CAMPBELL The Tir Na Nog was well represented at both the St. Patrick's Day Parade and post parade party. I hope everyone enjoyed the day as much as I did. Our April meeting is scheduled for Sunday April 18th at 3 PM. This will be our third annual Tir Na Nog games. This years format will be different then in the past the contestants will be assigned to one of three teams Gold, White or Green. Each team will have members of all age brackets, as the teams compete against each other. Come out and have some family fun on the 18th. N ITE AT THE RACES B Y : DOM ROBERTO As mentioned in last month s newsletter, this year s Nite at the Races will be held Saturday, April 3rd at St. Dominic s Marian Hall starting at 7pm. Tickets are on sale now at the club (behind the bar) for $5, includes: Hot Roast Beef, Hot Dogs, Beer and Soda. Tickets will still be on sale at this month s meeting. We are still in need for volunteers to help with all aspects of the event. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Dom Roberto as soon as possible. Nite at the Races is one of If you are not receiving the reminder post cards for the Tir Na Nog meetings, please contact either Joe Campbell (jcampbellfamily@rcn.com ) or Jodi Boylan (boylan7@yahoo.com) and let us know. We can send the reminder either via or post card, let us know which address you would like us to use. The Tir Na Nog is open to all children and grand children of our members both Men's and Ladies Divisions. The meetings are aimed at children 3-13, there are no dues or membership fees. We will be distributing our Pizza Fund raiser forms at the Men's and Ladies meetings in April, orders and money need to be back by the 18th. You can also order pizza kits from the bar tenders. our major fundraising events. Advanced ticket sales, race returns, and volunteers have all been low so far. Please don t forget to come out and support the club and your fellow Hibernians. H IBERNIAN HUNGER PROJECT B Y : Mary Steiger Good and Welfare May everyone have a happy and safe Easter season! Please remember to keep our troops and their families in your prayers Special thanks goes out to those volunteers who helped last Saturday morning, March 27, to make sandwiches for St. Francis Inn. We made 300 delicious sandwiches for the hungry and delivered them that day. Another special thanks to all those who donated supplies and money for the project. It has been very helpful. Starting this month and continuing monthly, we are going to list certain items needed for St. Francis Inn. These items can be donated at each month s meeting. Your generousity is always appreciated! (See page 3, right column)

3 April Newsletter M AJOR DEGREE CEREMONY Hosted by: Firefighter John J. Redmond Division 22 Phila., Pa. April 25th, 2004 Contacts: Vice-President Tom Meehan Jr. at TFM 725@aol.com or Marshal Bob Haley at Defenders22@aol.com Phone # Location: Firefighters Local 22 Union Hall 400 block of North 5th Street,( 5th & Callowhill Streets ) Philadelphia, Pa. in the Olde city area near the historical Olde Saint Augustine Church. Candidate's will be $20.00 and Observers $10.00 be sure that all members of the order have their travel cards to be admitted. This will include refreshments after the ceremony. 2 ND ANNUAL KEVIN M. PIERCE B ASKETBALL MARATHON B Y : TIM CAWLEY 2004 Dues are now Due! Page 3 Don t forget the dues for 2004 are now due. Please come ready to pay at this month s meeting. Dues are $45 for the year! Dues can also be mailed to: Joe Schickling 188 Hickory Hill Rd. Phila., PA Don t forget to visit our website: If you know of a good link or have an address you d like to add send the info to aohdiv61@aol.com On March 20th & 21st, we had 13 teams join us for the 2nd Annual Kevin M. Pierce Basketball Marathon, and over $1750 was raised for the scholarship fund. A great time was had by all. Congratulations...to JoJo Georgio on his big win at the Division 61 Poker Tournament. JoJo bested a tough field of 19 contestants for the prized Thank you to all the AOH & LAOH 61 members who either played or volunteered for the marathon. Thanks again for your continued support of Catholic Education and we'll see you again next year!! Places to Spend the Day: For those of you who don t get around very often, you probably never got a chance to visit these cities: Mount-Gay Shamrock, West Virginia Shamrock, Texas Shamrock Lakes, Indiana Shamrock, Oklahoma They are the only four cities in the United States that are named after the shamrock. If you would like to write something in the monthly newsletter (making our job easier) or if you just want to post an upcoming event send an to div61newsletter@comcast.net HELP NEEDED The following items are needed at the St. Francis Inn. Please, bring donations to this month s meeting. Shampoo Sugar Extra large diapers Deodorant

4 Page 4 This Month in Irish History: 1 April 1776 Irish-born Edward Hand is appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army 4 April 1994 Premiere of Riverdance at the Eurovision Song Contest 10 April 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed 13 April 1829 The Catholic Emancipation Acts permits Catholic men (who can afford the poll tax) to enter Parliament and hold civil and military offices 15 April 1848 In Dublin, the tricolor national flag of Ireland is presented to the public for the first time by Thomas Francis Meagher and the Young Ireland Party 15 April 1912 The Titanic, built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff, sinks on its maiden voyage to New York with the loss of 1,490 lives, including 187 Irish, from a total of 2,201 passengers and crew 23 April 1014 The Battle of Clontarf is fought outside Dublin on Good Friday The Easter Rebellion...compelled Pearse and his colleagues to surrender on April 29. Pearse and 14 other leaders of the rebellion were court-martialed and executed by the British authorities in the weeks that followed. Though the uprising itself had been unpopular with most of the Irish, these executions excited a wave of revulsion against the British authorities and turned the dead republican leaders into martyred heroes. The Irish government collapsed, and, from then until the establishment of the Irish Free State (Dec. 6, 1921), the British made several attempts to govern, none of which was very successful. The Easter Rising heralded the end of British power in Ireland. 156,000: Total number of immigrants from Ireland admitted for lawful permanent residence to the United States in the 2002 fiscal year. Volume 11, Issue 4 G OOD & WELFARE For those of you who may not be aware of the purpose of Good and Welfare, let me explain. It is a resource available to all division members who become aware of a happy or not so happy event involving a fellow division Hibernian. Items that fall under Good and Welfare may include, but are not limited to: weddings, graduations, births, deaths, injuries, and other misfortunes. If you are unsure if a particular event falls under Good and Welfare, please ask. Inquiries and requests should be made to Art Hand III, who may be reached by either phone ( ) or (div61newsletter@comcast.net). Do you need something written in the newsletter but you re not sure what to do? Just the information to us at: Div61newsletter@comcast.net To ensure that the information makes it to the next newsletter, please send it at least a week in advance of the next meeting. Always forget? Just send us your address to receive a monthly reminder! 24 April 1916 Easter Rebellion (see right) Traditional Irish Toasts: May the saints protect you, And sorrow neglect you, And bad luck to the one That doesn't respect you. GUINNESS Facts How was your St. Patrick s Day? If you were like me, you stopped by the club for a beer or two (or three, or four,...). And like many people of Irish descent, you drank Guinness. Did you know 1759: Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000-year lease on an old Dublin brewery paying $73 annual rent. Arthur sets wages 20% above average, pays for pensions, holidays, medical care, homes, education and free Guinness every day! Dublin Brewery makes 19 variations, and exports 40% of its output. 10 million pub pints a day are sold worldwide (13 million on St. Patty s). 1 billion liters a year are sold in 150 countries worldwide. Top 4 Guinness markets: Britain, Ireland, Nigeria, USA

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6 AOH 61 Officers President: Bill Kuntz Vice-President: Joe Campbell Financial Secretary: Joe Schickling Treasurer: Jim Leonard Recording Secretary: Art Hand Chmn. Stndg. Comm.: Jay Costello Marshall: Jack Gill Sentinel: Ed Rodriguez Organizer: John Hagan Historian: Joe Beggin Steward: Tim Cawley Past President: Frank Schickling Trustees: Chris Mullen Mike McCrane P.J. Clerkin Chaplain: Rev James Lyons W ELCOME On behalf of AOH 61, we extend a warm welcome to the newest members of our family: Justin Bruglar Gerald Long Martin Pendergast, Jr. Thomas Howard We hope all of you enjoy everything this organization has to offer and that you continue to live in Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity. Division 61 Club Hours: Sundays Noon 10pm Mondays 7pm Midnight Tuesdays 6pm Midnight Thursdays 6pm Midnight Fridays 6pm 2am Saturdays Noon 2am Come out and enjoy some good times!!! Ancient Order Of Hiberians P.O. Box Philadelphia, PA We re on the Web! Check us out at Div61.com