On June 16th, 2015 the New York Times printed an article about a tragedy in Berkeley California where 6 Irish students died and others injured in a balcony collapse. The students were in the US on J-1 visas that allow foreign students to come to the US for a summer and work to learn all […]
Read More»The NJAOH has been working to fight derogatory stereotypes of Irish heritage and history. NJ Assemblymen Wayne P. DeAngelo and David Rible have joined the NJAOH in this fight. The following is the press release that explains this partnership. DeANGELO & RIBLE PARTNER WITH ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS TO CREATE BI-PARTISAN IRISH ANTI-DEFAMATION COALTION Assemblymen Launch […]
Read More»The NJAOH was one of the main sponsors for the 15th Anniversary speech on the Good Friday Agreement by Senator George Mitchell at Cooper Union in New York City on May 23. A number of Divisions were in attendance including Bergen 32, Mercer 1, Cape May 2, Hudson 1, Essex 9, Morris 1, and NJAOH […]
Read More»Brothers, The Preamble in our AOH National Constitution, Item 7 states that a main purpose of our organization is: To encourage an equitable U.S. immigration law for Ireland, and to cooperate with groups for a fair American Immigration Policy. I, like so many Hibernians before me, have spent much of my life working towards the […]
Read More»The congressional news site site, The Hill, recently published the following article by NJAOH State Treasurer Sean Hughes: For more than a decade we observed a number of Irish Leaders from all political parties at the annual gathering at the White House to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. This year President Obama will continue to do […]
Read More»In voting Catholics do not have to pay attention to a person’s religious doctrine. We do have to pay attention to a person’s moral doctrine. I would certainly rather vote for a Jewish person who was moral than a supposed “Christian” who was blatantly pushing an immoral agenda. I’d rather vote for an atheist who […]
Read More»Widow, Human Rights Activists Call for Northern Ireland Justice Witnesses: ‘Peace is fragile because British Good Friday Agreement Commitments have not been kept’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Geraldine Finucane, widow of murdered human rights attorney Patrick Finucane, led a group of witnesses who testified Wednesday before a congressional hearing on human rights in Northern Ireland chaired […]
Read More»On Monday January 23rd I attended the NJ Right to Life Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral in Trenton and the rally for life at the State House. Almost 700 people were at the rally. Speakers from Assemblyman, State Senators, congressional aides, preachers, priests, activists, students and an adoptive mother and child addressed the crowd. I […]
Read More»Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD has welcomed the decision by a court in Belfast to hold a full judicial review hearing into the British government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane in 1989. Mr Adams said: “In October the British Secretary of State for the north Owen Patterson […]
Read More»IRISH-AMERICA welcomes the interest and support of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in seeking justice in the case of Pat Finucane. The disingenuous and disrespectful actions by the British Government towards the Finucane family are well-known by those in the United States that strive for a lasting and just peace for the people of Ireland. Thanks to […]
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