The Dooley Dispatch
January 2015
Celebrating 35 years of Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity
Editor – Pat Naughton 360-2969 (p.naughton@comcast.net)
Photographer – Joe McGreal (jwmg@verizon.net)
Webmaster – Charlie Connell (connell.home@verizon.net)
Webpagehttp://aohrichmond.org Check out the web page for better
pictures.
Chaplain
Fr. George Zahn
President
Chad Costello 708-0044
costellocw@yahoo.com
Vice President
Tim McDonnell 678-9764
tmc1918@verizon.net
Recording Secretary
Scott Nugent 346-3955
swnugent44@yahoo.com
Financial Secretary
Mike Sweeney 559-4717
mjcasweeney@comcast.net
Treasurer
Patrick Knightly 687-3868
pjknightly@yahoo.com
Chairman of
StandingCommittees
Bill Casey 364-3477
bill.casey@capitalone.com
Marshall
Mike Canning 364-8483
mcanning3@comcast.net
Sentinel
Peter “PJ” George
nessey1912@yahoo.com
Right to Life
Mike Smith 8732198pats3xchampz@verizon
.net
Political Education
Tom Murphy - 360-1568
TJfMurphy@comcast.net
Organizer (membership)
Paul McFadden- 550-0347
Next Meeting –Tuesday January 13th7:00 p.m. St. Paul’s Church
President's Message:
Athbhliain faoi mhaise dhaoibh (Ah-vleen fwee vosh-ah
gheev).
Wishing the Happiest of New Years to my fellow
Hibernian brothers.
First let me start by saying I am honored to be elected as
the President of the Dooley Division for this upcoming
year. I want to thank the most recent member to join the “Past President’s Club”, Vince
Eikmeier. What a great year we had with him as our President, I have some large shoes to
fill.
The month of December was very busy for us. Besides all of the normal hustle and
bustle of the Christmas Season we had two fantastic Dooley AOH events.
The first was the Officers Installation meeting held on December 9th. I would like to
thank Father Zahn for hosting this event at St Paul’s. The event was attended by over
forty AOH members along with several family members. A special thank you goes out to
our Virginia State Board Vice President, Gene Bransfield and State Board Secretary, Bill
Halpin, who were on hand to conduct the Ceremony.
The second event was our division Christmas Party which was held in at the Columbian
Center for the first time. We could not have asked for a better venue and the weather was
superb. It was a total joy seeing all of the members along with their families enjoying
each other’s company. We had over 120 people in attendance. A special thanks to Mike
Muldowney for organizing the event and the Lord of the Bar, Jim Donahue, and his team
of bar tenders for keeping us all in a joyful mood. Thank you to Santa for stopping by, I
know this a very busy time of year for you and we truly appreciate you making a special
stop for us. Thank you to Joe MGreal, our division Grianghrafadóir (that’s Irish for
photographer) for all of the great photos taken at both December events. Lastly,
congratulations are in order for our 2014 Gael of the Year, Mike Sweeney.
Looking forward, we are all set to honor our Division’s namesake on January 24th at the
Maymont/Dooley mansion. Also on that same day in Alexandria there will be a State
Quarterly meeting at which the organizations highest degree, the Tower Degree, will be
offered. My hope is that both of these events will be well attended.
At our meeting on January 13th we will be presenting the calendar of events for the
upcoming year. I look forward to another great year and all of the exciting plans we have
scheduled.
In ár Mana
Chad Costello
Prayer List – Please pray for the repose of the soul of
Anna Grace Costello mother of John Costello and John
Caffery brother of Dan Caffery.
Jim Cremins is convalescing, Jack Griffin’s son, Neil
Griffin will be begin treatment shortly for cancer, Jack’s
daughter, Carleen, has also been diagnosed with cancer,
Wanda Walsh, wife of Tom, receiving treatments for
cancer, Michael Maynes, son of member Ed Maynes,
continues to be challenged with cancer, Bill McKay who
continues to struggle with back pain, and Walt Fergusson’s
sister is battling a long illness, Jessie Naughton, Thomas
Zahn, brother of Father Zahn, Jeannie Barrett wife of
Tom Barrett,and Don Reilly, Dick Canning father of
Mike Canning, Jeanine Reilly friend of Mike Smith.
Please pray for the members of our Division who are
serving in the Military. Father David McGuire, has
returned from Afghanistan. He is serving as Chaplain with
the 1st Special Operations Wing of the Air Force. Dennis
Flanagan, son of Jack, is a helicopter mechanic in
Afghanistan.
Brothers form a circle of unity around the new officers as they
take the pledge
Christmas Party
Upcoming AOH Dooley Events
 Business meetings second Tuesday of the month except
July, August, and December
Our Photographer, Joe McGreal, has been very
busy this month taking pictures of our events.
Here are a few pictures that Joe took. More
pictures have been posted to the website,
aohrichmond.org Gallery
Installation of Officers
Tom Forbes and his wife Lori, Charter President of LAOH Mary
Ryan Division at St. Michaels
President Chad Costello with Past Presidents Vince Eikmeier and
Brian Kiernan providing a backdrop of crossing pikes
Hibernian Unity
Installation of 2015 officers (l-r) Fr. George Zahn, Eugene J. Bransfield, Sr. State Vice President, Bill Casey,
Tim McDonnell, Vince Eikmeier, Chad Costello, Pat Knightly, Mike Canning, Mike Sweeney, Bill Halpin State
Secretary, PJ George (officer position are listed on cover page)