St. Patrick Division 1, AOH

Hibernians Learn the Rhythm of Ireland at Bodhrán Workshop

Members learn traditional rhythm techniques from bodhrán instructor Derek Burpee while accompanying live music performed on uilleann pipes and Irish flute. Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Wake County, [...]

Sharing the Story of St. Patrick with the Next Generation

Ancient Order of Hibernians National President Sean Pender recently visited St. Raphael School in Hamilton, New Jersey, where he presented copies of the children’s book Our Friend, Saint Patrick to [...]

Dr. J.B. Murphy: The Irish American Surgeon Who Revolutionized Medicine

Born to impoverished Irish immigrant parents. Dr. J.B. Murphy was described by Dr. William J. Mayo, one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic, as "the surgical genius of our [...]

Band of Patriot Brothers: The Fighting Butlers

Across the Revolutionary War, five Butler brothers—sons of an Irish immigrant gunsmith—served as officers in the Continental Army. They fought in some of the most important campaigns of the war [...]

Irish American Heritage Month: Col. Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy

As one of his fellow Marines stated, “(McCarthy) was not a one-shot hero, he was a hero at every campaign and everything he did.” [...]

Marie Connolly Owens: America’s Forgotten First Female Cop Who Fought for Justice Beyond the Badge

Marie Connolly Owens was a trailblazer, yet history nearly erased her name. As the first female police officer in the United States, she wielded real authority—making arrests, enforcing child labor [...]

Before the U.S. Navy, There was O’Brien

Long before the Irish were welcomed or celebrated in American life, they were already fighting for the country’s liberty. In the spring of 1775, in the small frontier settlement of [...]

Patrick Carr: The Forgotten Irish Victim of the Boston Massacre

On the night of March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd on Boston’s King Street. The shooting left five men dead and helped ignite the chain of events [...]

John Boyle O’Reilly: The Fenian Who Became Boston’s Voice

When John Boyle O’Reilly arrived in Boston in 1869, he was not a celebrated poet or civic leader. He was a Fenian exile who had escaped from a British penal [...]

“I Shot at Every Damn Plane I Could See”: John Finn’s One Man Fight at Pearl Harbor

On the morning of December 7th, 1941, John William Finn was asleep at his home at Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station on Oahu when a neighbor’s pounding on his door [...]

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