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AOH President Sean Haggerty and Tom Colegrove |
The Allegany County division of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, The Irish Brotherhood of the Trinity, recently welcomed Tom
Colegrove of Wellsville into its membership at the Wellsville Country
Club. The Ancient Order of Hibernians
is America’s oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization. Founded at New York’s St. James Church on May
4, 1836 the mission of the AOH was to protect the clergy and churches from the
violent American Nativists who attacked Irish Catholic immigrants and Church
property. The Order now seeks to aid
newly arrived Irish, both socially and economically and has been at the
forefront for issues concerning the Irish, such as; Immigration Reform; economic
Incentives both here and in Ireland; the human rights issues addressed in the
MacBride Legislation; Right-To-Life; and a peaceful and just solution to the
issues that divide Ireland. We invite
all Catholics of Irish birth or descent to seek admittance to the finest Irish
Catholic Organization in the World — all we would ask is for you to live our
motto of: “Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity”.
