From the desk of Danny O
Brothers,

September has been an active month for the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America and promises to remain active as opportunities continue to come our way. Congratulations to our officers at every level for your work on all our AOH objectives. 

In Catholic Action and Irish Heritage, our brothers in Bronx County New York hosted an Irish Language Mass viewed by more than 6,000 people. In Hunger commemoration Neil Cosgrove produced and released a video on September 13 remembering the 175th anniversary of the first report on the potato murrain in Ireland. Divisions around the country have been meeting diligently in many ways, face to face, virtually using zoom and other programs, and hybrid meetings that combine face to face and virtual meeting.
 
Beginning today we have four more opportunities to participate in events critical to the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, Inc. Three Global Ireland 2020 Summit events between today and Thursday. You can watch these events live or recorded after the fact.

On Saturday, Sept. 19th join us for another historic first as we present the AOH – LAOH 2019-2020 Freedom for All Ireland grants via zoom. You can watch live on the AOH Facebook page beginning at 2:30pm Eastern time.
 
Please share this information and be sure to join us Saturday for the FFAI Christmas Appeal Donations.
 
Yours in Motto,
 
Danny O

September 12, 2020 By Neil Cosgrove
On September 13, 1845, the British Publication, "The Gardner's Journal," announced, "We stop the Press with very great regret to announce that the potato murrain [blight] has unequivocally declared itself in Ireland." That date is considered the precursor of An Gorta Mor, the "Great Hunger." Over the next five years, Ireland would lose a quarter of its population, over two million people, to death and starvation. 2020 marks the 175th anniversary of the start of the great hunger. Ironically, observances of this tragic inflection point in …
GLOBAL IRELAND 2020 SUMMIT
TUESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER - THURSDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
You are invited to join the Global Ireland 2020 Summit which is a special gathering of Ireland’s Diplomatic Network from over 90 locations across the globe.
 
The theme of this summit is 'Renewal, Recovery and Replenishment' focused on the Global Ireland dimension of the new Programme for Government. It will highlight how ‘Team Ireland’ will help in Ireland’s recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This summit will involve Ambassadors and Consulate Generals from across Ireland’s network of Embassies and Consulates in our Mission network globally. 
 
The Summit will be delivered by the Irish National Broadcaster RTÉ over three days 15-16-17 September. Each day a special 2 hour session will be available to watch live via the links below, most of which will also be broadcast live on RTE News Now. The sessions will also be recorded and available to watch afterwards at the same links.

AOH - LAOH Freedom for All Ireland Christmas Appeal
2019-2020 Donations Virtual Presentation

Saturday September 19, 2:30PM EST.

Join the AOH and LAOH for the first virtual Christmas Appeal donations. We will hear from 18 organizations that receive grants live via zoom. You can view the entire event live on the AOH Facebook page. Link to AOH Facebook Page.

Organizations will include:
Relatives for Justice,
Belfast National Graves,
Bloody Sunday Trust,
EALU Tyrone Republican Ex-Prisoners,
Passionate Peace and Reconciliation Centre-Holy Cross,
Ballymurphy Massacre Families,
St. Patrick Centre,
Tyrone National Graves,
Green Cross,
Down Patriot Graves,
Duchas Oirall,
Pat Finucane Centre,
Omagh Community Youth Choir,
Witness Project,
Cairde Strabane Republican ex-prisoners,
Greater New Lodge Cultural Society,
Omagh Thunder Basketball, and
Bridges Beyond Boxing.
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