Monsignor Lawrence E. Giblin Division One
Broome County, NY - March 2025

​ CORPORATION NEWS

• Music events this month include John Tobias on Parade Day from 2-4 & 6-9, food will be available for purchase. Also, on March 15 Old Friends will play from 6-9 and on March 17th Shambles will entertain from 6-9. The board wishes that everyone has a safe, respectful, and enjoyable St. Patrick celebration.
  
  Corporation President Bill Burke.
  

​ AOH FINANCIAL NEWS

The 2025 AOH membership cards will be arriving shortly. We’d appreciate you paying your dues at your earliest convenience. The dues are $40.00. Drop off or mail your payment to: AOH Hall, 148 Main St., Binghamton, NY 13905. Attn: Mark Kadlecik. If you have an address change, please let us know. It’s the only way we can keep our records straight and ensure you’ll get all the mailings.

 IRISH HISTORY

IRISH HISTORY -    Timothy Murphy and the Irish Americans  of the American Revolution

We don’t always think of the Irish as being involved in the American Revolution. However, the Irish played a significant role in that war. Perhaps they fought because the Irish had seen firsthand what the British could do to a defeated country. The Irish serving ranged from frontiersmen to wealthy men, such as the Irish Catholic, Charles Carroll of Maryland. Other Irish included General John Sullivan from Massachusetts, (he may have served because his brother died from mistreatment onboard a British prison ship). Another patriot and aide to General Washington was Irish American General Stephen Moylan, son of a Catholic from Cork. Captain John Fitzgerald fought with Washington at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown. There was also the notable Irish American spy Hercules Mulligan.  Mulligan has been credited with actually saving the life of General Washington.  And we cannot forget Irish-born Commodore John Barry, referred to by many as the “father of the American Navy”.

Not only did the Irish serve in top positions, but they also filled the ranks. An estimated 25% of the Continental troops were of Irish ancestry. One of them has a memorial plaque placed at the battlefield at Saratoga, New York. The plaque was placed there in 1913 by the Ancient Order of Hibernians in honor of Timothy Murphy an American Revolutionary War Hero.

Who was Timothy? Timothy’s immigrant parents arrived in the Shamokin Flats area of Pennsylvania in 1759. It was from there that Timothy joined the Northumberland County Riflemen in 1775.  After enlisting his unit was sent on a 600-mile hike to Boston to fight the British. After arriving in Boston Murphy was selected as part of a handpicked unit of marksmen and sent to Saratoga, N.Y. to fight British General Burgoyne and his invading British army.

As the Battle of Saratoga raged, the British were pushed back but then rallied.  At that point the desperate American General Daniel Morgan ordered his best marksmen to try and take the British general out. Timothy Murphy climbed a nearby tree rested his double-barreled rifle, took aim, and soon after the British General fell to the ground. A panic spread among the British lines, and they scrambled. Murphy’s action had saved the day for the Americans in this pivotable battle.  Later in the war, Murphy patrolled what are now Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, and Greene counties.  In 1929 Governor Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the monument by saying; “this country has been made by the Timothy Murphys, the men in the ranks. Conditions here called for the qualities of the heart and head that Tim Murphy had in abundance.”So, if you’re in the Saratoga region stop by the Timothy Murphy plaque and give a nod of respect to Tim and all of those who contributed to the intertwining bonds of Ireland and America. – Bill Burke, sources: Irish America, Fleming 6.1998, The digital Encyclopedia of G. Washington, American Revolution.org The Saratoga Rifleman, D. Moran. 

 Parade Committee.

Parade Day 2026 is March 7, 2026

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS

  Membership in the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Inc. is confined to men 16 years and older who are practicing Roman Catholics of Irish birth or descent and who are citizens of United States of America or who have declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States of America.

Associate memberships are also available to those who do not meet the aforementioned qualification.

It is a standing rule that Applications for Membership that languish without action for longer than 6 months are discarded.

Notifications for induction dates and times, through the Shamrock Degree, are sent to all applicants.
Those who have applied prior to this 6 month period, and are serious about joining the A.O.H., need to reapply for admission and make arrangements to attend a Shamrock Degree ceremony within the next six month.

Those interested in membership must stop into the Hall to submit an application as they must have an active member sponsor them and sign the form.

Please check the Bartender Schedule page here for days and times the hall is open.

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