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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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