The Ancient Order of Hibernians will kick off
Irish History Month with their Annual Ceili on March 3!
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Tartan Day South is a new Celtic festival being held on March 30-31, 2012 in Columbia, SC.
Start your festival season at Tartan Day South. You’ll find more details at www.tartandaysouth.com |
2012 AOH & LAOH National Convention
Turning Stone Resort & Casino Verona, New York www.turningstone.com
Monday, July 9th – Thursday July12th
Convention Package- $185*
(Includes Icebreaker, Irish Night and Installation Banquet)
*If paid by June 1, 2012 Convention Package after June 1st is $215
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AOH St. Columba Division, Richland County, Columbia, SC Officers, 2011-2012, click name to e-mail:
New Officers take their positions on Jan. 26.
President: Bob Dillon
Vice-President: Doug Curry
Recording Secretary: Brett Hall (re-elected 2012)
Financial Secretary: Joe Cronin (re-elected 2012)
Treasurer: Ken Gilroy (re-elected 2012)
Marshal: Troy McNall
Sentinel: Ed Carlon
Chairman Standing Committee: Ed Ferri
Chaplain: Bernard Oniwe
State Director: Joe Kennedy
List of AOH National Officers Here
The Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Columba Division, Post Office Box 50035, Columbia, SC 29250
AOH Columbia Socials are 2nd Monday of the month @ Delaney's and the 4th Monday @ Rockaway's. Monthly business meetings are the 4th Thursday at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Marion St. Please e-mail our current President for specific meeting and social schedule.
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Below are a few photos of some recent activities: Photos by Doug Curry, Jim Lawracy
Bob Dillon and Jim Lawracy at a luncheon for Irish Ambassador Michael Collins on Dec. 8. 2011 in Charlotte with Joe Dougherty, AOH NC,
Jordan Liflander, AOH Spartanburg, Bill Duffy, Charlotte Bobcats, & Linda Dyer Hart, LAOH Fort Mill.
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| Atlanta Consulate Grand Opening with Ambassador Michael Collins (center), Consul General Paul Gleeson (left) with Jim Lawracy and family. Feb, 2011. |
Tartan Day South last April with L-R, National AOH Treasurer, Jim McKay, Paul Gleeson, Irish Consul General, unidentified person, Jim Lawracy St. Columba President and Jimmy Nettles, AOH State VP & President, Charleston AOH Division. |
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AOH 175th Anniversary Mass in New York at the old St. Patrick's Cathedral last May, 2011. |
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BARAK OBAMA proclaims MARCH 2011 as IRISH-AMERICAN Heritage Month(link)
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RELATED EVENTS:
The Redbird School of Irish Music brings a little Irish to Columbia SC: www.cornerhousemusic.com
The St. Columba Division of the AOH supports a number of local and international projects and initiatives including
The Irish Children's Summer Program (Click)
Irish Cultural Titbit: The Book of Kells (Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais), sometimes known as the Book of Columba is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created by Celtic monks ca. 800 or slightly earlier. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure. The Book of Kells is held at the Trinity College Library in Dublin.
Latest History Article from aoh.com: December 2011: Newgrange (Irish: Sí an Bhrú) is a prehistoric monument located in County Meath, on the eastern side of Ireland, about one kilometre north of the River Boyne. It was built around 3200 BC, during the Neolithic period. It has been speculated that it had some form of religious significance because it is aligned with the rising sun on the winter solstice, which floods the stone room with light. Newgrange is also older than Stonehenge and the great pyramids of Giza and is a part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site (source:Wicki) . Link to AOH Article on New Grange.
The Seventy Million Project is a social project to find, map and explore Irish heritage around the world. So, if you have any Irish heritage. please add yourself to our map! And see what other people have said. (Link shared by Brett Hall)
Irish Prayer Posters designed by members of the St. Columba Division
"Go raibh maith agat" thank you!
Site design & maintenance by Alan C. Geoghegan
Questions? e-mail our President Bob Dillon
" Find out how much God has given you, and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." Saint Augustine
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