
VIRGINIA AOH NEWSLETTER
Autumn, 2007
Next state meeting:
Saturday, 22 September 2007
10:00 am SHARP
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
909 Rennie Avenue, Richmond
Directions:
From Northern Virginia: take 95 south to Exit 82, Chamberlyne Avenue, US 301; merge
into Chamberlyne Avenue/US 301 south. The church is 2.7 miles on the
left.
From Virginia Beach: Take 64 west to Exit 76A Chamberlyne Avenue, US 301; take a
right on Chamberlyne Avenue. The church is 1.7 miles on the left.
From Charlottesville: Take 64 east to Exit 78 Boulevard; turn left on Boulevard
north; go 0.1 mile; take a right on Brookland Parkway; go 1 mile; turn left on
Chamberlyne Avenue. The church is 0.2 mile on the left.
From Roanoke:
Get yourselves to Charlottesville, and follow the directions from
Charlottesville.
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This is the new Virginia AOH
Newsletter. I hope you like it. If you have suggestions as to
topics you would like to see covered, please let me know. Also, please,
please give me your feedback, good and bad, on the Newsletter. We plan to
publish four times a year.
Ed
Moran, Editor
HOME: (703) 820-2854
FAX: (212) 214-00427
EMAIL:
kerryman@att.net

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1.
CHAPLAIN 2.
PRESIDENT 3.
VICE-PRESIDENT 4.
SECRETARY 5.
TREASURER 6.
PAST PRESIDENT 7.
PARLIAMENTARIAN 8.
INSURANCE
ADVISOR 9.
CHARITIES AND
MISSIONS 10.
ORGANIZER 11.
PRO-LIFE 12.
HISTORIAN 13.
CATHOLIC ACTION 14.
FREEDOM FOR ALL
IRELAND 15.
POLITICAL
EDUCATION 16.
IMMIGRATION 17.
BUY IRISH 18.
IRISH AWARENESS 19.
FINANCE 20.
HIBERNIAN OF
THE YEAR |
21.
NEWSLETTER
EDITOR/PUBLICITY 22.
CONVENTION
CHAIR 23.
WEBMASTER 24.
DEGREES AND
CEREMONIALS 25.
VETERANS
AFFAIRS 26.
FAIRFAX COUNTY
BOARD 27.
PRINCE WILLIAM
COUNTY BOARD 28.
COLONEL JOHN
FITZGERALD DIVISION (ARLINGTON) 29.
MSGR. BRADICAN
DIVISION (ANNANDALE) 30.
FATHER WILLIAM
CORBY DIVISION (FAIRFAX) 31.
LT. COLONEL
JOHN A. DOWD USMC DIVISION (WOODBRIDGE) 32.
FATHER EDWIN
KELLEY DIVISION (MANASSAS) 33.
GEN. THOMAS MEAGHER
DIVISION (FREDERICKSBURG) 34.
COLONEL THOMAS
CUNNINGHAM, JR. DIVISION (ASHBURN) 35.
FATHER JOHN
MUNLEY DIVISION (WINCHESTER) 36.
MAJOR JAMES H.
DOOLEY DIVISION (RICHMOND) 37.
JOHN CARDINAL
O’CONNOR DIVISION (WILLIAMSBURG) 38.
ST. PATRICK
DIVISION (VIRGINIA BEACH) 39.
FATHER JOHN
LYNCH DIVISION (ROANOKE) |
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1. STATE CHAPLAIN
Rev. George E. Zahn
St. Paul’s Church
909 Rennie Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227-4808
(804) 329-0473
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to serve as State Chaplain at the request
of our State President Patrick Naughton. Pat and his fellow officers
deserve our prayers and support as they fulfill their duties state-wide in the
name of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Day in, day out, the most important connection we can
make is with God, as revealed in Scripture and present in our response.
Be assured you and yours will be in my thoughts and prayers, especially at the
Altar and Eucharist.
I look forward to meeting more of you in the near
future. Until then, be as active a member as you can to truly make the
A.O.H. worthy of its venerable name and purpose.
Shalom,
Fr. George E. Zahn
State Chaplin
2. STATE PRESIDENT
Pat Naughton
(804) 360-2969
Brothers,
I am truly honored to have been elected State
President. I want to thank Past President Dan Brennan for his leadership
and guidance during the last two years. We welcome Chuck Curran to the
State Board. He has been a hard worker at the Division level and on the
state in various chairmanship positions. We owe a great deal of thanks to
Vice President Rich Aleksy and Treasurer Joe McCarthy for all their hard work
on the convention.
Colleen and I look forward to the next two years
of visiting the AOH Divisions of the commonwealth. Please keep me
informed of all your functions. Drop an email to p.naughton@comcast.net or call (804)
360-2969. My goal is to use the Internet and email (and snail mail) to
improve the communication from the State board and chairmen to the Division
officers and chairmen.
Our biggest challenge is recruitment of members and
officers. In my message to the convention I spoke of my own personal
delay in becoming a member and officer. I thought about joining the AOH in my
20’s in Boston. Even with my name and "Paddy Face" I wasn’t
sure they would take my word I was third generation Irish. It wasn’t
until Bob Karnes asked me to join did I take my first step into a life-changing
organization. Each time I took an office it was at the request of another
member.
As God tells us in Luke 11: " So I say to
you: ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door
will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and
to him who knocks, the door will be opened." New members and new
officers are out there; all we have to do is ask.
In our motto,
Pat Naughton
3. VICE-PRESIDENT
Rich
Aleksy
(703)
369-3189
I would like to say, "Thank you!" to all my
Brother Hibernians for electing me as your Virginia AOH State Vice-President.
My primary duty is to support our new Virginia AOH State President Pat Naughton
and the programs he wants to promote. I have several other duties and they are:
1.) Chairman of the
Hibernian of the Year and Sustaining Performance Award. Worthy Division
Presidents, every Division has a Brother Hibernian who is active and should be
nominated for this prestigious award. I have emailed the application to each
Division President. Please, please submit your application to me NOT LATER
THAN 31 December, 2007.
2.) State Organizer: I
encourage every Division to recruit new Irish Catholics to your Divisions. I
would like to work with each of your Division Organizers in promoting new
Brother Hibernians into our Order. We shall start at the next Virginia AOH
State Board meeting, Saturday, 22 September, in Richmond. I encourage your
Division Organizers to accompany you in attendance at this important meeting.
Let's get off to a big, PRESIDENT great start!
I shall do my best to serve
you as responsively as possible no matter what your concerns may be.
In Friendship, Unity and Christian
Charity,
Rich Aleksy
4. SECRETARY
Chuck
Curran
(703)
866-9825
NO
REPORT.
5. TREASURER
Joe
McCarthy
(540)
888-3664
I am currently working extensively to prepare an
up-to-date Treasurer’s report and will publish it at the next State meeting.
6. PAST PRESIDENT
Dan
Brennan
(757)
471-7274
NO
REPORT.
7. PARLIAMENTARIAN
Arthur
Grimley
(703)971-3861
“Nothing as of now. Thanks.”
8. INSURANCE ADVISOR
Dave
Zerby
(540)
374-1982
The insurance policy for the Virginia AOH was renewed
sometime back with an endorsement to protect the major degree team when they
travel out of state. I am constantly scanning new developments in the
insurance field to see if any would benefit the Virginia AOH.
9. CHARITIES AND MISSIONS
NO
REPORT.
10.
ORGANIZER
Please see Vice-President's
report.
11.
PRO-LIFE
Larry
O'Brien
(703)
279-3423
As the newly appointed Pro-Life chairman I am
currently formulating plans for this committee. Before the next Virginia
AOH state meeting I shall have formulated those plans and will announce them
there. I wish to remind the Brothers that Pro-Life encompasses more than
just being against abortion; being against euthanasia and against the death
penalty in criminal cases are also vital parts of the pro-life agenda.
Currently at least once a month the Diocese of Arlington sponsors on
Saturday a Mass at St. Rita's and following the Mass, praying the rosary
outside an abortion clinic on Duke Street. Please check the calendar
of the "Arlington Catholic Herald" for
details.
12.
HISTORIAN
Bruce Denault
(540) 720-5000
Historian Bruce Denault begins a series wherein he
gives the history of the very people for whom Virginia Divisions are named for.
He begins, naturally enough, with Thomas F. Meagher since Bruce is President of
the General Meagher Division, Fredericksburg:
Thomas Francis Meagher,
(1823-1867): Thomas Francis Meagher, designer of the Irish tricolor, the Irish
Republic's current flag, was born 2 August, 1823 in Waterford, Ireland.
A Catholic, Meagher was
educated by the Jesuits and studied law in Dublin. As a young man he became
deeply involved in Young Ireland, a nationalistic organization that opposed
British rule in Ireland. Meagher was a fiery orator and directed his invectives
against Ireland's British overseers.
After participating in the
aborted Irish rebellion of 1848, Meagher was convicted of high treason.
Authorities commuted his death sentence to hard labor and exiled him, like many
Irish nationalists of his day, to Tasmania, Australia. After four years he
escaped and made his way to New York City. He married into a prosperous
merchant's family and became a leader with the New York Irish-American
community.
When the US Civil War broke
out Meagher became a captain in the 69th New York militia, an Irish unit that
became the nucleus of the famous Irish Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. In
February, 1862, he was appointed Brigadier General of the unit. Meagher served
in all of the Army's major campaigns in Virginia, and the Irish Brigade
distinguished itself at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December, 1862. Meagher,
however, was criticized for his unit's high casualty rates which were rumored
to be a result of his heavy drinking.
Meagher resigned his
commission in 1863 when General Joseph Hooker , Commander of the Army of the
Potomac, refused his request to return to New York and recruit Irish
replacements for the Brigade. Meagher continued his work in the New York
Irish-American community but he returned to duty and served in the Army of
Tennessee in early 1865.
After the Civil War ended
President Andrew Johnson appointed Meagher Governor of the Montana Territory.
Meagher died mysteriously at Fort Benton, Montana on 1 July, 1867,
after falling from the deck of a riverboat on the Missouri River.
His body was never recovered.
Meagher is honored today with
a statue in front of the Montana capitol in Helena.
13.
CATHOLIC ACTION
Jack
Devaney
(703)
278-8352
FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students):
George Mason U. (GMU) has a
Newman Club and they have FOCUS. The Newman Club alone cannot reach the
students who are at most risk but the FOCUS folks can and do. They can reach
out as equals and can better relate to what's happening on the campus.
FOCUS at GMU is the only FOCUS group active in Virginia. The other
Virginia universities by their isolation tend to be a bit more conservative in
their behavior. Not every college can have a FOCUS group of self-financed
professionals working with their youth. Every college, however, within
the reach of a Hibernian Division could benefit in membership and set about to
do some good by inviting the kids to Church and maybe a beer or a soft drink.
It could possible lead to a Theology-on-Tap session or sessions which do reach
young adults. It is the kind of program which brings His Excellency Fulton J.
Sheen back complete with the tremendous exposure of a loving and caring Church
back into our lives.
14.
FREEDOM FOR ALL
IRELAND
NO REPORT.
15.
POLITICAL
EDUCATION
NO REPORT.
16.
IMMIGRATION
NO REPORT.
17.
BUY IRISH
Hugh
P. O'Brien
(540)
786-4214
Brother Hibernians would want to review the Fall,
2007 catalogue "Creative Irish Gifts", (800)843-4538, www.shopirish.com, which has a grand array
of items including clothing, jewels and
decorations.
18.
IRISH AWARENESS
John
O’Hara
(703)
217-5527
NO REPORT.
19.
FINANCE
Please see Vice-President's report.
20.
HIBERNIAN OF THE
YEAR
Please see Vice-President's report.
21.
NEWSLETTER
EDITOR/PUBLICITY
Ed Moran
(703) 820-2854
Please
see “Introduction.”
22.
CONVENTION CHAIR
NO
REPORT.
23.
WEBMASTER
Mike Creegan
(703) 221-4692
Our Bulletin Board has not generated much interest
among our members but our Bulletin Board has, however, generated a good deal of
interest around the world with over two hundred attempted registrations. I have
been evaluating a "Blog" software package that our web hosting
company has just added for free. Mike Creegan, mlcreegan@comcast.net
24.
DEGREES AND
CEREMONIALS
J. J. Kelly
(703)
455-1507
The Brian Boru Major Degree Team (Virginia AOH)
exemplified the major degrees for approximately 50 candidates in Bowie,
Maryland on 29 April, 2007. The team is to present the major degrees at the
South Carolina state convention at Hilton Head, South Carolina on Saturday, 6
October, 2007. We are in negotiations with the AOH in Kentucky for an
exemplification in the not too distant future, probably in January, 2008.
We shall be presenting the major degrees at the AOH
National Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, July, 2008. We are always
looking for additional team members. Please contact me if you are interested.
25.
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
Dan
Brennan
(757)
471-7274
NO
REPORT.
26.
FAIRFAX COUNTY
BOARD
Dan
Rhoades
(703)
532-6385
I am currently organizing a meeting and agendas
schedule and will publish same shortly.
27.
PRINCE WILLIAM
COUNTY BOARD
Russell
Keating
(703)
392-3997
NO
REPORT.
28.
COLONEL JOHN
FITZGERALD DIVISION (ARLINGTON)
James
Rogers
(703)
413-3602
NO
REPORT.
29.
MSGR. BRADICAN
DIVISION (ANNANDALE)
J.
J. Kelly
(703) 455-1507
Father Joe Clark, a member of the Division, suffered a
mild stroke recently and will be undergoing tests and evaluations to determine
the cause and the extent of any damage he may have sustained. Please keep him
in your prayers. Father Joe is in the process of relocating from St. Raymond's,
where he has been residing for the past many months to St. Patrick's in
Fredericksburg. Notes and get well cards, etc., may be sent to Father Joe
at St. Patrick's, 9149/9151 Elysford Rd., Fredericksburg, VA 22407,
(540)785-5299, Fax:(540)785-5692.
The Division had a very
successful outing to a Potomac Nationals baseball game in July. Twenty-five
members and family attended. One of the highlights was celebrating Ed Kennedy's
birthday. Everybody sang "Happy Birthday" to him. The birthday was
also announced from the press box but the announcer got it a little wrong;
they announced that it was Ed's 8th birthday. We all knew better; Ed
turned 39. Again.
30.
FATHER WILLIAM
CORBY DIVISION (FAIRFAX)
Jack
Devaney
(703)
278-8352
The Division provided and set up the tent used for the
Easter sunrise Mass and service. The Division placed a memorial brass
marker at the Virginia Trails marker, which is
located at the border of the cemetery and the parking lot near the meeting
house at Old Saint Mary's, showing the AOH dedication of the memorial.
The Division donated a $1,000.00 scholarship to student Karistina Schleibaum.
The Division placed approximately 500 Irish and American flags on the
graves in the cemetery at Historic (Old) Saint Mary's Church for Memorial
Day. Father Ephrem, the Division's chaplain, provided the invocation
at the Memorial Service, Ox Hill Battle Park. The Division provided the
music and a wreath for the affair, and the color guard participated in the
ceremony. The Division will be providing all sorts of support services
for the 131-year old Labor Day picnic at Saint Mary's. Activities
include raffle ticket sales, games, finance, etc.
31.
LT. COLONEL JOHN
A. DOWD USMC DIVISION (WOODBRIDGE)
Jack
Murphy
(703)
497-4495
The Division provided the Color Guard for a Saint Patrick's Day March fundraiser at Waterfront Park in Alexandria, Virginia, on August 4th. Our Catholic high school and college scholarship awards ceremony was held at the Montclair Country Club on August 5th. Brother John McGovern passed away in June. Please remember him in your prayers. Our next Division meeting is September 6th. It is anticipated that there will be distribution of the AOH shirts, jackets, and pullovers ordered at the last Division meeting.
32.
FATHER EDWIN
KELLEY DIVISION (MANASSAS)
Jim Conroy
(703) 369-0480
NO REPORT.
33.
GEN. THOMAS
MEAGHER DIVISION (FREDERICKSBURG)
Bruce Denault
(540) 720-5000
The father of Bruce Denault and Jeffrey Denault passed away. Brother Hugh O'Brien's brother, James, passed away in July. There will be a Memorial Mass on Saturday, 8 September at 1:00PM at Blessed Sacrament, Alexandria, Virginia. Please keep Brothers Bruce and Jeffrey and their deceased father in your prayers. The Division is preparing to celebrate its twenty year anniversary in November and is currently making plans for a gala celebration. The Division had a summer picnic which was attended by members, their spouses, and children.
34.
COLONEL THOMAS
CUNNINGHAM, JR. DIVISION (ASHBURN)
Bob Anderson
(703) 858-7167
NO REPORT.
35.
FATHER JOHN
MUNLEY DIVISION (WINCHESTER)
Will Watson
(540)955-7006.
NO REPORT.
36.
MAJOR JAMES H.
DOOLEY DIVISION (RICHMOND)
Bob Strutton
(804) 281-7244
Brothers Bob Karnes and Ron Hendricks and Ron's wife
Laura passed away. August 19th was Our Lady of Knock Mass and
service at Brother Tom Murphy's abode. September 9th is the Cmdr.
John Barry memorial at Rocketts Landing. September 28th is the
Half-way-to-Saint Patrick's Day party. October 27th-28th, Highland games
and festival jointly with the LAOH. November 3rd, Mass for deceased
AOH members. November 11th, Veterans Day. December 8th, Saturday
Christmas party.
37.
JOHN CARDINAL
O’CONNOR DIVISION (WILLIAMSBURG)
Jack Cummings
(757) 229-7368
NO REPORT.
38.
ST. PATRICK
DIVISION (VIRGINIA BEACH)
Dave Ray
(757) 229-7368
NO REPORT.
39.
FATHER JOHN LYNCH
DIVISION (ROANOKE)
Paul Yengst
(540) 556-8883
NO REPORT.
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This section features the
biography of a Virginia AOH member. We want to focus on a brother who is
a DOER and not just a talker, a brother who does not get much attention in light
of all he does. This issue we focus on . . . JACK DELANEY.
Jack Delaney
is a gentle giant. Jack was born in Boston,
Mass. and grew up there and in New Hampshire. Jack has been a member of
the Boston Police Department, and Jack also had an extensive career in the
military known as the Strategic Air Command (SAC). Jack had flown
approximately 30 missions in Europe during and after WW2, and in his
duties helping setup the Strategic Air Command Jack flew 25 polar
missions. Such flights are dangerous now and were especially dangerous
when Jack was flying them. After the military Jack married and worked in
the security field. He was involved extensively in security for such
companies as the Railway Express Agency (REA), Ford, AT& T, and
General Electric. Jack was usually in an executive
position regarding security (both internal and external) for these
companies and was often the assistant to the Director of Security. Jack
came to the DC area to do security work for the federal government. Jack
has travelled quite a bit in his career and lived in Chicago and Schenectady,
NY the most before coming to the DC metro area. He also lived in
many, many cities in the Midwest for varying periods of time.
When Jack's sister-in-law passed away and Jack discovered that her five
children would be split up by the local Child Services agency into several
different families, he took all five children into his home and
raised them as his own.
Jack's wife passed away, and Jack found himself a widower, but not for
long. Jack met Kate Gill who was herself a widow with five children, and
after pursuing her for a couple of years, he married her. Jack and his beautiful
wife currently live in Fairfax City, Virginia.
Jack
was doing contract work for the F.B.I. in the DC metro area. His
specialty is doing background checks. Jack fully retired only a few
years ago.
Jack has been a Hibernian for over twenty years and has worked
selflessly for Hibernian and Catholic causes, always quietly and with drawing
no attention to himself. He can be very quiet but once drawn out, he can
tell stories of his life experiences which will leave the listener with hurting
sides from laughing so much. Jack has a wonderful self-deprecating sense
of humor and his best and funniest stories and jokes he tell of himself.
Jack embodies always the very best of Catholicism and Hibernianism.
Those who know him all comment about how wonderful, kind, generous, and
understanding he is. He never condemns. He never pontificates.
He always advocates understanding and forgiveness. Those of us who have
been the object of his wise counsel and understanding and his wonderful stories
and jokes will never, can never, forget him. Jack is proud of his Irish
heritage, proud to be Catholic, and proud to be a Hibernian. We should
all be proud of him.
Jack Delaney is the kind of person Saint Patrick would seek advice
from.
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We
feature books, fiction and nonfiction, of interest to the Irish and
Irish-Americans. This issue’s book report is on Trinity.
Probably no book recently published captures the plight of the Irish as well as
Leon Uris did in Trinity. Uris stated many times over that
he was struck by the similarities of the fortunes that befell the Jewish people
and the Irish people. James Joyce apparently agreed in that he made his
main character of his magnus opus (great work) Ulysses Leopold Bloom, a
Jew. Uris wrote a sequel to Trinity called Redemption,
but it never sold well. While Trinity can even now pretty much be
found in all the major bookstores, Redemption will have to be ordered
from Amazon.com or an similar vast book outlet.
For the latest news and reviews of Irish books, send your email address to http://www.readireland.ie

This
section features reviews, good and bad, of Irish-themed pubs and restaurants.
This
issue we feature . . . KATE’S IRISH PUB &
RESTAURANT, Springfield.
Kate's Irish Pub & Restaurant
is
located in Springfield. The food is excellent and reasonable. The
variety in the menu is extensive. Kate's is owned and run by Mike Mooney
and his wife, Cathy Mooney, and Mike's brother, Charlie. Mike named the
restaurant after his daughter who also shares the same name with Mike's
grandmother. The Mooneys have long been staunch supporters of Irish
causes, and usually when a representative of an Irish or Irish-American group
visits Kate's for support in any fashion whatsoever, the representative has not
even finished asking for support when the Mooneys have a check written. They
are very, very generous. There are many patrons who have lunch and/or dinner at
Kate's several times a week. Groups of students from NOVA stop in
after classes. Kate's also has live entertainment several nights a week.
Many, many Irish and Irish-Americans in Northern Virginia
make the trip to Kate's often. There are groups who eat at Kate's
regularly, and a regular group of Hibernians eat, meet and greet each
other pretty much every Wednesday for lunch.
The Mooneys have had Kate's for ten years and in that period
the place has become an establishment in Northern Virginia. People travel
to Kate's from as far away as Woodbridge for the excellent food, the varied
menu, the atmosphere the friendliness found there and the enjoyment of
interacting with the Mooneys.
Kate's has a frequent dining club. You can join for free and after you have
purchased a small amount of dining experiences at Kate's you get your next
meal free. Remember to ask for your "Kate's card" when you first go
to Kate's. There are lunch specials and dinner specials every day.
Kate's Irish Pub & Restaurant
Open: 11:00AM-2:00AM, seven days a week.
(703) 866-0860
6131 Backlick Road (in the Concord Centre, next to Fischer's Hardware) 
Springfield, Virginia
Rating: 5 shamrocks (highest rating).

Cathy and Mike Mooney
The Lads is an informal group of Hibernians who meet every
Wednesday for lunch in Northern Virginia. Usually the group meets at
Kate's Irish Pub from 12 Noon until 1:00PM or 1:30PM. There is no organization,
no dues, no constitution, no bylaws or any other form of structure. Just
a bunch of Hibernians who enjoy telling stories, laughing and keeping each
other informed of the latest news in the Irish-American community
and Ireland. Sometimes only 2 lads show up and sometimes as many as
18-20. Mike Tivnan publishes an informal weekly newsletter/schedule
which he distributes every Wednesday. The Lads also have trips to other
Irish-themed-cuisine establishments and have trips to places of interest
for those interested in Irish culture. The group has been meeting for
approximately ten years, and they are all still friends. Mike Tivnan is
the keeper of the flame and you should contact Mike, miketivnan@aol.com, (703) 494-4779, to
find out where The Lads are meeting on a particular Wednesday. New Lads
are always welcome.

This section highlights an
AOH Virginia Committee with its chairman explaining what he does. This
issue we look at the BUY IRISH Committee and its chairman, Hugh P. O’Brien.
Hugh O'Brien
has
been an active Hibernian forever. Hugh was a Virginia State president as
well as having been a Division president. Hugh's home Division is the
Meagher Division (Fredericksburg). Hugh sees the Buy Irish committee as a
means to promote the sale and discovery of Irish products and
the Virginia stores or other venues that sell those products. Hugh
is currently working on a statewide directory of companies and stores
where Irish products can be bought. He wants to make it a complete
directory which includes products available at which stores. As you can
see by reading the Buy Irish report in this newsletter, Hugh also
keeps the Hibernians abreast of any particularly good catalog which promotes
and sells Irish products. For more information, contact Hugh O'Brien, taramen@aol.com , (540) 786-4214.
