Monday, November 14, 2016
8th Annual Sean Tallon Memorial Tournament
Ancient Order of Hibernians Sponsor 8th Annual FF Sean Tallon Gaelic Sports Tournament
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| FDNY Honor Guard and Pipe Band kick of the Sean Tallon Tournament |
The 8th
Annual Firefighter Sean Tallon Tournament was held on November 13th at
Gaelic Park September 11, 2001 .
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| NYC Firefighter Sean Tallon |
The
tournament is sponsored by the AOH of the greater New York City Metro area and
is operated under the authority of the New York GAA Minor Board.
The FDNY
Ceremonial Unit Honor Guard and the FDNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums lead
the over 400 “Under-8” players onto the field to compete in a day long
tournament competing in Gaelic Games.
The competition is now in its 8th year and has grown to
include 4 football divisions and 1 hurling division.
Thanks to
the several AOH sponsors who ensure this tournament is success each year. Sponsors included the AOH Bronx, Queens , and Westchester County Boards as
well as Divisions #3 and #5 of The Bronx, Division #18 Peekskill Yonkers
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| Relatives of Sean Tallon (center) with AOH members at Gaelic Park |
Saturday, November 12, 2016
AOH of Yonkers Celebrates 125 years
Celebrates
125th Anniversary
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| Division #1 Yonkers 125th Anniversary Logo |
The AOH
Myles Scully Division #1 of Yonkers November 1, 1891 .
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| Members and Guests attending the 125th Anniversary Dinner |
The first
event was a Mass that was held at Sacred Heart Church and celebrated by Fr.
Matthew Janeczko, who is the Division #1 Chaplain and is also the Sacred Heart
Associate Pastor. Members then attended
a celebratory brunch at The Fairways at Dunwoodie Golf Course with their
families.
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| 125th Anniversary Mass at Sacred Heart Church |
The main
event was a dinner dance that was held at the Westchester Manor in Hastings Hudson
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| Vic Vogel, Dan Dennehy, Jere Cole, Brendan Moore, Timothy McSweeney, Tom Beirne, and Tom Lambert |
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| Jim Burke, Kevin Ellis, Jere Cole, Brendan Moore, and Timothy McSweeney |
The
Division welcomed the family members and descendants of Division namesake Myles
Scully. The family members were
presented framed copies of the Yonkers Division Charter as well as a memorial
plaque to commemorate a historic milestone.
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| Members of the Myles Scully Family receive Commemorative copies of the Division #1 Yonkers Charter at the 125th Anniversary Dinner |
Entertainment
was provided by the Cunningham Brothers Band and a performance by The Flynn
School of Irish Dance.
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| Performance by The Flynn School of Irish Dance of Yonkers |
Congratulations
to Dinner Committee Chairmen Kevin Hartnett and Mike Morley, whose hard work
made this event such a tremendous success! Special thanks also to Stacey Ellis for her work designing the wonderful journal and wrapping the commemorative glasses that were distributed the members that evening!
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| Music was provided by The Cunningham Brothers Band |
To view pictures
from the dinner dance, you can view a slideshow that is posted on the Division
#1 Yonkers
We also
have a slideshow that was presented on the night of the dinner Dance, which
also highlights all of our Dinner Journal Sponsors:
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