Francis P. Beirne 2025 Cocktail Reception
75th Anniversary of Our Rechartering in 1949; 188th Anniversary of Our Founding.
Please join The Francis P. Beirne Division 9, AOH NY County in celebrating our Anniversaries and our proud
history at a Cocktail Reception on Thursday, October 23, 2025, 6:00 PM - at Rosie O’Grady’s 148 West 51st St
(between 6th & 7th Avenues) in Manhattan. Music by Mary Courtney and Patrick Madden.
The Honorees at our Cocktail Reception are John Samuelsen, Dr. Elizabeth Stack, and the Fort Worth Five that
were aided by Division 9 over 50 years ago.
John Samuelsen – International President Transport Workers Union, Past President of Local 100 TWU, Aide to the
Grand Marshal of the 2025 NYC Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, Grand Marshal of 2022 Queens County Saint Patrick’s Day
Parade, President of the James Connolly Irish American Labor Coalition.
Elizabeth Stack, PHD - Education Director at Celtic Junction, Previous Executive Director of American Irish
Historical Society, & the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany. Associate Director & Adjunct Professor -
Institute of Irish Studies, Fordham University
Members of The Fort Worth Five - Mathias (Matt) Reilly, Paschal Morahan, Ken Tierney (RIP), Thomas
Laffey (RIP), Daniel Crawford (RIP). In July of 1972, they were detained in Texas on contempt charges for refusing
to testify in an investigation of weapons shipments to the IRA. All charges were dropped in November of 1973.
Division 9 AOH was at the forefront raising awareness and funds to support the families of the Fort Worth 5, and
other Irish Republican causes in the 1970’s and throughout the troubles.
Division 9, NY County is one of the oldest AOH Divisions in the United States. We were founded around 1837 but
disbanded in 1941 with many of our members in the military with the onset of World War II. The Division was
reorganized in 1948 mainly with NYC transit workers out of the Garage at 129th and Amsterdam Avenue. For
many years we have been referred to as “the bus drivers Division”. Our charter was issued by the National Board
of the AOH on November 30, 1949.
For tickets to the Cocktail Reception or information on the journal please Email:
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or contact Tom Beirne (646) 584-1918
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Lodge (215) 896-3919
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Tom Beirne, President, Francis P. Beirne Division 9, AOH
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