The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-07
A. o. H. IN ULSTER
Making Rapid Progress, Says Speaker
at Provincial Convention.

Making Rapid Progress, Says Speaker
at Provincial Convention.
The Biennial Convention of the D'
visions of the Ancient Order OF Hi
bernians of the Province Of Ulster
was held in the town hall, Strabane,
the Rev. j. c. Cannon, p. p, national
trustee and chaplain of the order in
Donegal, occupying the chair. The at
tendance of delegates, which was rep
resentative of most OF the northern
divisions, included Mr.. ]. d. Nugent,
national secretary; Messrs. II. X. Nc
Aleer, president of the Order in Coun-
ty Tyrone; Michael Dunnion. County
Donegal; Geo. Dunnion, secretary,
County Donegal; John Kelly, County
Donegal; John Skeffington, solicitor,
DungannOn, etc.
The Very Rev. Chairman, in open
ing the proceedings said he took that
meeting more as Il business one than
a speech-making one, but at the same
time he could not help thanking them
for the honor they had done him in
asking him to preside at that fine pro-
vincial convention. They had met
under auspicious circumstances. New
er was the cause Of Ireland nearer
fruition, and never was the cause of
Hibernianism stronger in Ireland than
at the present time. Their grand
motto of friendship, unity and true
Christian charity epitomized the Cath
olic lrishman's duty to his God, his
country and his fellow man, and he
was proud to say that that grand
motto was winning all along the line.
The report presented by the able,
brilliant and capable national secre-
tary, Bro. Nugent, to the recent ma
tional convention, proved that Hi
bernianism was advancing all over
Ireland by leaps and bounds. That
should be a matter for congratulation
with them in the north of Ireland, for
the A. o. II. was primarily u north Of
Ireland organization. The order has
increased in the north and it was,
moreover, gratifying to find that it
was spreading throughout the land
and finding a welcome in every home
and every county in Ireland. And,
please God, when ireland would be q
free Ireland, it would be said that In
bringing that about the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians had taken no mean
part. 1t had been remarked in their
history that the brightest sunshine
had been followed by the blackest
clouds, but it might please God that
lreland's sorrow was over, and that
her days Of happiness were near at
hand, and in bringing about that
longed-for result it would be found
that their great order had taken a
magnificent part in bringing about
lreland's self government, Of which
they had been robbed by a transac-
tion which was the blacklist and bas-
est in the history of the world. Be-
fore he finished he just wished to say
that the Ancient Order in Ireland
owed more 10 Bro. J. Nugent, nation
al secretary, than any other man
Their organization was a power in the
land, and that power was spreading.
1T was now respected by it's friends
and feared by it's foes. All that had
been brought about in the largest
measure by the energies and genius
and organizing power of their brill
liant national secretary, and it was to
him a matter of intense qualification
to be the medium of conveying this
appreciation to Bro. Nugent for the
grand work he had done for the old
order. Concluding, he said as Cath
olics they were all proud of the A.
O. H., which had it's origin on the
hillsides of Ireland, when the priests
were all hunted, and above all, they
were still pleased to find, despite the
calumny and vituperation poured
against it, that it was triumphing
throughout the length and breadth of
the country.
Brother Nugent then proceeded to
outline the business before the con.
ventlon, and the election of a pro.
vincial director was proceeded with.