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The password of George Washington’s troops at Boston on 3-17-1776 was “St. Patrick”.
Irish born Patrick Maguire was the first man of Christopher Columbus’ crew to step on North American Soil.
Dublin’s famous O’Connell Bridge is the only traffic bridge in Europe that is wider than it is long. When it was originally built, it was made of rope and could only carry one man and a donkey at a time. It was replaced by a wooden bridge in 1801 and the current concrete bridge was built in 1863.
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IAS History
Pat and Helen Burke's house in Richmond where it all began.
The Irish American Society of Greater Richmond was first organized on March 17th, 1992 at the home of Patrick and Helen Burke, 2400
Riverside Drive in Richmond, Virginia along with co-founders Ron and Kathleen Hendricks. For more information about the beginning of our
society, please read the content of the very first IAS newsletter (May 1992) posted below. You can click on the icon below to view images of
the original document. (Many thanks to the Burkes for providing this document)
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newsletter as pdf document
Former President' of the Richmond IAS
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PATRICK BURKE - JUNE 1992 - MAY 1993
RONALD HENDRICKS - JUNE 1993 - MAY 1994
COLUM TOIBIN - JUNE 1994 - MAY 1996
THOMAS O’DONNELL - JUNE 1996 - NOVEMBER 1996
CARROLL GRAHAM - JUNE 1997 - MAY 2005
CHRISTOPHER GARRETT - JUNE 2005 – OCTOBER 2006
DANIEL BEGLEY - OCTOBER 2006 - MAY 2007
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Many thanks to those past presidents for their outstanding and lasting contributions to the Society.
