P A T R I C K P E A R S E D I V I S I O N 1, F R A N K L I N C O U N T Y, C O L U M B U S. O H I O F A L L 2 0 1 7 Lord Mayor of Dublin & Bishop of Waterford Visit Tara Hall! President s Letter 2 Lord Mayor of Dublin 3 Bishop Phonsie! 4 Dublin Irish Festival 5 Prayer Requests Celtic New Year Irish History Good and Welfare 6 7 8-9 10/11 Tara Hall 12-13
P A G E 2 From the Chieftain of Our Division.. Dear Brothers, Although the weather has been beautiful we are once again rocked by the ugliness in the world this week in Las Vegas. We continue to pray for the souls in our ranks and their families to return to good health and now must add to this list the 58 who lost their lives at an outdoor concert. To their families we will indeed pray as well as those injured by this madness. What is the answer? Dear God help us. St Raphael, pray for us. Now that we are reaching the fall to winter season I need to remind all that we have some excellent Tara Hall happenings which includes the reappearance of the Celtic New Year 11/4/17. A silent auction, great music from the General Guinness Band, great food from our friends at Queens Table, and even a 50/50 raffle by the LAOH. It will be a grand event and I expect to see many of you there! Scott Partika and his team are putting together a very nice event First Saturday AOH/LAOH Mass is scheduled for St. Catherine Church in Bexley this Saturday at 8:30 AM. After mass we will assemble at Dempsey's for breakfast. This is an every first Saturday of the month and the parish will be announced prior and additional info can be found on Facebook. And another special event is Sunday 10/29 at Tara Hall - A pre Celtic New Year - Sponsored by our LAOH. It is a fundraiser for Clayton Stemen, the child of Lindsey & Chad Stemen, grandson of Kevin & Phyllis Cain. The money raised will go for the ever increasing medical expenses Clayton has endured. There will be entertainment by the Hooligans, Julie McGee - storyteller, food and fun. Be sure to attend this very worthwhile event. For Hibernians October is Nomination for office month. The nomination process will begin at our October 12th meeting. We have such a splendid group of men I am certain we will have a full slate to choose from. If you are thinking about running, ask a brother to nominate you. It's that easy. See you at the October Board meeting 10/5, Trad night 10/6 with General Guinness and friends, OSU Football Saturday 10/7 and every Saturday, and October Monthly meeting 10/12. Rosary begins at 6:30 PM. Might be a good time to pray for those fallen in Las Vegas, God bless all of you. In the motto, Ed Norris
A Visit from the Lord Mayor of Dublin P A G E 3 A few days before our August 3rd Business meeting, we got the word that the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mícheál Mac Donncha, would be in town to attend the Dublin Irish Festival. As part of his visit to Columbus, the Mayor joined with us at Tara Hall that evening, accompanied by National VP Danny O Connell, our own State President Ron Hagan, and State VP Bob Harper from Cincinnati. Mayor Mac Donnacha, the Sinn Fein candidate, spoke to us of the challenges facing Dublin and Ireland. Affordable housing shortages, an opiate crisis and Brexit are problems that he and his government are working hard to resolve. The mayor was presented with a gift from the Division to commemorate his visit. For those who attended, it was a great opportunity to learn about Dublin from a different perspective.
P A G E 4 At the Dublin Irish Festival, we presented a Project Saint Patrick Memorial in the name of our Past Chaplain, Father Stephen Hayes, OP. Also, we presented a $1000 check to the Dead Theologians Society, a world-wide Catholic Teen Evangelization organization run by our very own Brother Hibernian Eddie Cotter Jr. Eddie was joined by Bishop Alphonsus Phonsie Cullinan of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. Bishop Phonsie and Eddie joined us for the August General Meeting. The Bishop led the AOH and LAOH in the praying of the Rosary prior to our meetings. During the Chaplain s Homily, Bishop Phonsie addressed the men s meeting, discussing the success that DTS is having in his Diocese, as well as in the North. We presented the Bishop with an AOH baldric, as well as a souvenir of Ohio. Bishop Phonsie then blessed and presented us with a Waterford crystal Crucifix. It was a great honor to have these gentlemen be part of our meeting, and a privilege for us to help such an important cause.
Thanks to all our participants in the 2017 Dublin Irish Festival! P A G E 5
P A G E 6 AOH Franklin Div. #1 COMMITTEE ON THE SICK September/October 2017 Please remember the following members, family of members, friends, Clergy and religious in your prayers: Mike Bell, Robert Brown, Al and Irene Cassady, Jim Cavanaugh, Mike Coleman, Steve Cook, Bob Cotter, Eddie Cotter Jr., Candice Preston Coy, John Coy, Deacon Steve DeMers, Fr. Adrian Dionne OP, Eric Dougherty, Frank Doyle, Barb Doyle, Devin Doyle, Katie Doyle, Matt Doyle, Peg Dvorak, Chris Eakins, Jack Edwards, Tim Feeney, Karen Finn, Dr. Alphonse Foose, Teresa Gay, Eva Havens, Tom Kearns, Logan Kinzel, Bill Leddy, Evelyn Lovell, Emily Lovell, Maureen Lovell, Ricky Lovell, Ed Moriarty, Betty Jo Moore, Vera Motika, Kathy Norris, Jim and Pat O Connor, Pat O Neil, John and Carol Richardson, Maria Rito, Jeff Sell, Joe Spangler, Bob Stark, Clayton Stemen, Mary Syx, Jennifer Visel, Correne Wade, Patsy Wrenn, Susan Young, Our Hibernian Sister Carol Higgins passed away September 10th, 2017. A National AOH Life Member, Carol was the mother of Past LAOH State President Mary Higgins and aunt of current Countess de Markievicz President Megan Kelly. Eternal rest grant to her, O Lord, and may Perpetual Light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.
P A G E 7 A Celebration Of Celtic New Year 2017! November 4th, Tara Hall Mass @ 4 Pm, Saint Ladislas Happy Hour Food available from Queen s Table General Guinness @ 8pm Silent Auction benefits Tara Hall Admission only $5.00 per person Reservations, Contact Scott Partika Silent Auction Donations Jim Wade
The Plantation of Ulster By: J. Michael Finn To look for a beginning to the on-going problems in the occupied six counties of Ireland, we must look at how and when these counties became occupied. In 1607, following the Flight of the Earls, King James I of England saw an opportunity to gain land for profit in the Province of Ulster. The Flight of the Earls provided a welcome excuse for the wholesale robbing of the Irish clans. It was a very simple matter for James to find that all of the Ulster Irish Chiefs had been conspiring to rebel against England. Hence, they were all guilty of high treason against England and, naturally, their estates were forfeit and available for distribution among James greedy followers. The fact that the clan-lands did not then, or ever, belong to the head of the clan was of little consequence to the English. Under Irish law, land ownership, if you could call it that, resided with the clan community, not with the individual leader. The English Lord Lieutenant, Sir Arthur Chichester and the Attorney General, Sir John Davies were the principal designers of the plan to confiscate the clan-lands. This grand scheme was known as the Ulster Plantation. The Crown confiscated the lands of six Ulster counties (Donegal, Derry, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan and Armagh), almost four million acres. The lands of the remaining three counties of Ulster were confiscated at a later time. The true owners of the land, the native Irish, were driven like wild animals from the rich and fertile valleys of Ulster. This land had been their home and the home of their ancestors for thousands of years. The native Irish were driven west to the bogs, moors and rocks of Connaught. It was hoped by the English that there they might starve and perish. English and Scottish Servitors of the Crown scrambled for the fertile lands that were given to them in parcels. The county of Derry was divided up among the London trade guilds that had financed the plantation scheme (they changed the name to Londonderry). Catholic Church lands were bestowed upon the Protestant bishops. The English had previously tried a similar plantation scheme in the Province of Munster. There, the English planters inter-married with the Irish and adopted Irish customs and style of dress(they became, as the old saying goes, more Irish than the Irish ). Worst of all, to the English, these planters had converted to Catholicism.
Unlike their previous efforts, this scheme came with conditions that specifically bound the Ulster planters to repress and abhor the native Irish. They were bound by written contract never to sell their land to Irish; to admit no Irish customs; never to inter-marry with the Irish; never to permit any Irish, other than servants, to exist on or near their lands. They were also bound to build castles with high walls and to keep many armed British retainers. Armed British retainers (the Army) constituted a permanent British garrison that would help to tame, if not exterminate, the native Irish. Almost 400 years later those walls, both real and imagined, between the people still exist, as does the armed British garrison. The character of the planters who were given lands has often been called into question. They were described by two of their fellow planters as follows: John Reid wrote, Among those who divine providence did send to Ireland the most part were such as either poverty or scandalous lives had forced hither. Robert Stewart wrote, From Scotland came many, and from England not a few, yet all of them generally the scum of both nations, who from debt, or breaking, or fleeting justice, or seeking shelter, came hither hoping to be without fear of man s justice. And what became of the native Irish who were driven off their land to starve or perish? That part of the plan was also effective from the English point of view. Thousands of Irish died of starvation, exposure and disease in the rocky west of Ireland. Many thousands more fled to Europe. It was said that the lot of those who lived and remained was far worse than those who went into exile or death. In order for us to fully understand the present situation in the north of Ireland, we must be familiar with its history. It was King James I and his Plantation of Ulster that helped set the stage for the many troubles that have been inflicted upon the north of Ireland and its people.
GOOD AND WELFARE Election Time!! Nominations for 2018 Officers First Round October 12th General Meeting! Final Round and Election November 9th General Meeting Be There! Run for an Office!
Events Calendar 11/3/17 The Kells 11/4/17 CELTIC NEW YEAR Come one come all!!! A grand celebration to be sure! More info coming on this event. 11/4/17 The AOH County Board Food Drive begins. More info coming on how you can help make this another success. 11/10/17 Traditional Night with General Guinness and friends 11/17/17 November Birthday Night/Potluck 11/24/17 Thanksgiving Week (TBA) 12/2/17 Installation of Officers (bring a covered dish AOH will buy the ham). This is a combined installation of the AOH and LAOH. Father Corby Division #2 AOH is invited to participate too. 12/8/17 Traditional Night with General Guinness and friends 12/15/17 December Birthday Night/Potluck Christmas Themed of course
TARA HALL All 2017 Ohio State Football Games will be shown on the Tara Hall Big Screen!
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