NEW HAVEN — The Knights of St. Patrick, one of the oldest Irish organizations in America, has elected Bernadette Smyth LaFrance of Guilford to be its first woman president, the organization said.

Margaret “Peigi” Fabian of North Babylon was honored with the 2025 Irish American of Distinction Award by S.C. Leg. Tom Donnelly at the Irish American Heritage Celebration held March 26 at the H. Lee ...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians was founded in 1565 in County Kildare, Ireland. The first AOH Division in America was founded in the coal-mining area of Pennsylvania in 1836. In 1838, the AOH ...