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Remembering Ireland' Easter Rising (April 24-29th, 1916)

The New London Division of the
Ancient order of Hibernians, the oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization
in America, will host a talk by Ted Lovely on the 1916 Easter Rising also known
as the Easter Rebellion.  It's been said
that the history of Ireland can be divided into two parts - that which happened
before 1916 and all that followed 1916. This talk will describe the seven men
who led the Rising and sacrificed their lives for a free Ireland. The Rising in
Dublin is truly an amazing story which sounds like fiction yet it was all true. 

There was a countess, a knight, poets, musicians, teachers, writers, and a Marxist all of whom gave their lives to the cause of Irish self-rule. A handful of men who took on the most powerful military force in the world at the time.

Their sacrifices and the reasons for those sacrifices are not unlike those of
the 1981 hunger strikers.


Ted Lovely is a retired educator
who lives in Trumbull and recently served as Chairman of the Trumbull Board of
education. He also serves as the past president of the John F. Kennedy Division
of the AOH in Bridgeport, CT and is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy.

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The talk will take place in the
St. Joseph’s auditorium, 25 Squire St in New London on April 27th at 1 PM.  Admission is free and open to the
public.  For more information on the
talk, email Rick Connell (rconnellsr@gmail.com)

or call Fran DePeter at 860-443-3791. 


The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is the oldest Irish Catholic
Fraternal Organization in America.  The
New London division was originally formed in 1871.  The Division is named after an Irish
Immigrant, John P. Holland who is known as “The Father of the Modern
Submarine”. The mission of the AOH is to enhance awareness of Irish history and
culture, while supporting local churches and charitable organizations in our
community.

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Ancient Order
of Hibernians


John P. Holland
Division #1


P.O. Box 1463,
New London, CT 06320


Email: rconnellsr@gmail.com

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