Gloucester County Events

Easter Monday Irish Flag Raising
Monday April 1st , 2013 11:00am

The Irish Flag will be raised at the Red Bank Battlefield in National Park, NJ at 11:00am. The address is 100 Hessian Ave. National Park, NJ (you may meet at our Hall at 10:00am if you wish).

Mass is then celebrated at our Division Hall by Fr. Ken Hallahan, followed by a hoagie luncheon (no charge). Our Hall address is 200 Columbia Blvd. National Park, NJ. The bar will be open.

This event is open to anyone who would like to attend.

Contact our Recording Secretary Larry Prelle for directions or more info at [email protected] or (856) 745-7974

Hunger Strikers Memorial Event
Sunday May 5th, 2013 2:30pm

Brothers from our Division will process along the roadways from our Division Hall to St. Matthew’s Parish in National Park, NJ at 2:30pm. We will carry Ten crosses in honor of the Hunger Strikers who lost their lives in 1981. We will be accompanied by the pipes & drums of 2nd Street Irish Society. Mass is celebrated in honor of the Ten at 3:00pm. The address for St. Matt’s is 307 Wesley Ave. National Park, NJ

All are invited back to our Division Hall for a social afterward. Live Irish Music will be provided by the Shantys. Food will be served (no charge) and the bar will be open.

Contact Past president Joe Bilbow for directions or more info at [email protected] or (609) 440-4475.