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Motto - Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity

AOH is the oldest Irish-Catholic lay organization in America (formed in 1836). It is non-profit with the purpose of promoting Irish culture while fostering and perpetuating the ideals, history and traditions of the Irish people.

Kevin Barry Division # 3

www.aohindy.com Newsletter Vol. 61 Issue 6 Nov. 2020

Modern Ireland The modernization of Ireland began in 1958 when Seán Lemass took over as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) from Éamon de Valera. Lemass brought in younger, progressive cabinet minis-ters with new ideas that changed the economic and social direction of Ireland. One cabinet member was Donogh Brendan

O'Malley, (above) who served as Minister for Education from 1966 to 1968. Shortly after he was appointed, on Sept. 10th, 1966, he presented a critical and important speech regarding the overhaul of the educational system in Ireland. Education in Ireland was limited and under-serving. About a third of the children who finished primary school (age 14) were dropping out of education. At age 15 fewer than 50 per cent were still in full-time education, while by 16, only 36 per cent were still at school. Large families were unable to pay low high school fees, while girls from these families especially lost out. His proposal was crystal clear..Education would be free in primary and secondary level and bus transportation would be provided so that every child was able to go to school even in re-mote rural areas. University education would be

Next Meeting - Nov., 2020, Tentative

Oct. 25 - AOH Facebook Live Event and Raffle Photo - Sean Lemass Progressive Taoiseach

Dates to Remembe- AOH Facebook Live Online Event and Raffle Oct. 25th, 2pm, www.aohindy.com Featuring Eunan McIntyre from Ireland & Irish Dancers from Indianapolis To Support St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry $750 - 1st Prize $5 per chance - $20 five tickets Questions – Dan McNelis or Tom Branson 317-989-3586 317-445-0780

Meeting Notes

Kienan Patrick Corcoran - Little Flower Nicholas D. Jamell - St. Joan Of Arc John Maurovich - Our Lady Of Mount Carmel John E. Kelleher III - Sacred Heart - Cicero Brandon J. Dennin – St. Simon

The major topic for discussion was our new and first virtual Fall Raffle and Live Streaming Entertainment event coordi-nated by Dan McNelis, Standing Commit-tee Chairman. This 30-minute event will be held on Sunday, October 25th at 2PM. The virtual Fall Raffle will be part of the event.

New Members

Let Us Pray Andrew Russell Jo Archer

Jenny Flores

Bobby Griffin

Paul Clark

Dan O’Connor

Terry O’Hara

Fr. Bob Gilday

Dan McGinley

B ob Boyle

Msgr. Harold Knueven

Margie Cahill

Dennis Harrington

Caroline Scheidler Jim O’Rourqe Ken Hurley Fr. James Wilmoth

Phyllis Barrett

Jeff Veldhof

Bill Farrell

Mark Payne

Francis Noone

Seamus DiGiusto

Msgr. Paul Kotter

Theo Quillen

In Sympathy- Patrick (Pat) J. Mori-arty 89, (AOH) passed away Sept. 2. Pat grew up in Sneem, Co. Kerry, Ire-land before immigrating to the U.S. in 1949. Pat became a citizen and served as a Merchant Marine and in the US Ma-rine Corps. For 29 years Pat was as an Indianapolis fire fighter and worked at Jenn-Air Corporation. Pat retired from IFD and was an Indiana State deputy fire marshal for over eleven years. Once in America, Pat met the love of his life, Margaret L. (Potvin) Moriarty of Conneaut, Ohio. Margaret was a nurse working in Conneaut who cared for Pat before they were married on April 14, 1952. They eventually settled in Indianapolis, where they reared nine children on the city’s Eastside (Includ-ing our Division Chaplain, the Very Rev, Joseph B. Moriarty). Pat was also the proud loving grandfather of ten grand-children and two great-grandchildren. Pat is survived by a brother, past AOH president Denis Moriarty (Indi-anapolis) and two brothers and two sis-ters in Ireland and England.

heavily subsidized. If a student reached a certain achievement level in high school, the college level would be virtually free.He proposed the building of new non-denominational comprehen-sive and community schools in areas where they were needed. He introduced Regional Tech-nical Colleges (RTCs), now called Institutes of Technology, in areas where there was no college. O'Malley seems to have made these decisions himself without consulting other ministers. There is a debate that Lemass may not have known. The Minister for Finance, who had to find the money to pay for this, was not consulted and was dismayed at the announcement. However, O'Malley's proposals were hugely popular with the public, and it was impossible for the gov-ernment to go back on his word. The Free Education Act was implemented in 1967. Nowadays, about 90 per cent of secondary school students complete second level edu-cation and Ireland has one of the highest levels of college participation in the world. This is now widely seen as a milestone in Irish history. While it was not a radical policy in European terms (many of Ireland’s neighbors had free second level education), it had radical consequences for social mobility and cultural change. It enabled the country to join the Euro-pean Economic Community in 1973 and the Celtic Tiger to happen a generation later. The extremely popular O’Malley was destined for the top of Irish politics, but sadly he had a heart attack and died in 1968 at age 47. The second minister to be mentioned is Thomas K, Whitaker (Rt.) who worked with Lemass as Secretary of Finance from 1959 to 1966. He lived to be 100 years old and died in 2017. In 1956, Whitaker was appointed Secretary of Finance, at the age of thirty-nine. His appointment took place at a time when Ireland's economy was in deep depression. Economic growth was non-existent, inflation un-explainable, unemployment great, living standards low and emigration high. Whitaker believed that free trade, with increased competition and the end of protectionism, would become inevitable and that jobs would have to be cre-ated by a shift from agriculture to industry and services. He formed a team that produced a detailed study of the economy, culminating in 1958 in poli-cies that became known as the Program for Economic Expansion. This pro-gram allowed the Irish Development Agency to seek out worldwide multinationals and offer them extremely attractive terms to come to Ireland. It was revolution-ary thinking and very successful. First to come was Pfizer in 1968, then Coca Cola and GE. The IDA began to target pharma-ceuticals, technology, medical devices and financial companies. By 2014 Ireland was home to 1,033 multinational companies that employed 152,785 employees and accounted for 70% of Ire-land’s exports. This was only possible because of the well-educated Irish workforce. Thomas Whitaker is credited with a pivotal role in the economic development of Ireland. He later was integral to increased cooperation between the Republic and Northern Ireland. He also steered Ireland towards EU membership. Whitaker served as the Governor of the Cen-tral Bank of Ireland from 1969 to 1976 and a Senator from 1977 to 1982. Niall O’Dowd - A New Ireland: How Europe’s Most Conservative Country Became Its most Liberal.

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Newsletter Editor. - Jim Lynch, 317- 787- 5734 lynch3425@sbcglobal.net

Meeting notes continued - We are thrilled to have Eunan McIntyre join us live (virtually) from Ireland to play a few songs. Eunan has come to the States and Indianapolis several times over the years to entertain us at several AOH St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations. He is a division favorite. Additionally, we will enjoy a perform-ance from local Irish Dancers. Twice during the show, AOH will draw raffle winners. First prize is $750, second prize is $100, third prize is Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, and fourth prize is Jameson Irish Whiskey. Dan encouraged all to support his effort and our division's mission by watching the show on October 25, at 2PM. Naturally, he encouraged the purchasing of a few raffle chances, one for $5 and 5 for $20. All pro-ceeds go to St. Vicent de Paul Food Pantry. Signup for the event, request raffle tick-ets, and learn more at aohindy.com. The link to our event will be emailed to all those who signup in the week leading up to the event. The event will be recorded and made available on our web site for later viewing.

Picture above page two - Until recent years Ire-land’s economy was based on agriculture. The picture above was taken in 1985 and was titled Home from the Creamery. Co. Wexford. From Dark Ireland. Images of a Lost World, Richard Fitzger-ald.

Donations: $500 – Seeds of Hope – The first vote passed.. $200 – Anna’s House $200 – Little Sisters of the Poor $200 – Franciscan Sisters of Oldenburg $200 – Holy Cross Thanksgiving Meal $200 – Our Lady of Grace $100 – Dan Noone Fund Raiser

First nominations for 2021 Officers were held at the Oct. meeting. They are: President – Tom Branson Vice President – Jonathan Tobin Financial Secretary - Joe Cahill Treasurer - Chuck McGinley Recording Secretary - Jim Lynch Sentinel – Victor Doucleff Standing Committee Chair – Dan McNelis Marshal – Jeremy Hambrick At the Nov. meeting we will have our second nominations and elections.

Correction from our previous newslet-ter: AOH did not have to pay for our can-celed St. Patrick’s Day Celebration luncheon at the Indiana Roof. Both our deposit and lunch expenses were carried over to next year. Good people to work with!

- Very Rev. Richard W. Eldred, BA, MDiv, VF, 70,(AOH) of Bedford, Indiana, formerly of Terre Haute, passed away March 18. He was Dean of the Bloomington, IN Deanery and pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (Bedford) and St. Mary Catholic Church (Mitchell). He attended Cardinal Stritch Univer-sity in Milwaukee, WI and Sacred Heart School of Theology and Seminary in Hales Corner, WI. He was Ordained June 5, 1999. Father Rick celebrated his 51st

birthday with John Paul II at the Pope's sum-mer residence in Italy. He also concelebrated Mass with Pope Benedict XVI at the canon-ization of St. Theodora Guerin in Rome. Fa-ther Rick was instrumental in establishing Becky's Place and the Men's Warming Shel-ter. His caring and compassion for the Bed-ford Community was well known.