Pennsylvania State Board
The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) in Pennsylvania formed in Pottsville in the 1830's and today we are over 7,500 strong and organized into 75 Divisions across the Commonwealth. If you are an American, Catholic of Irish descent, I encourage you to join our Order and experience what Friendship, Unity and True Christian Charity is all about.
The initials AOH may tell our story best. Those who say it means “Add One Hour” are describing the easygoing, no rush attitude of many of our members, while “America’s Only Hope” has been used to define the loyalty of the Irish to the principles of their adopted land. In any case, our members are best described by the statement, “To be Irish is a Blessing, to be a Hibernian is an Honor.”
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Past State Presidents:
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Term President County
2023-25 Denny Maher Allegheny
2021-23 Edward Dougherty Philadelphia
2019-21 Patrick O'Brien Allegheny
2017-19 Joseph Hosie Carbondale
2015-17 Edward Halligan Montgomery
2013-15 Daniel Devinney Allegheny
2011-13 Thomas O'Donnell Philadelphia
2009-11 Dennis Donnelley Allegheny
2007-09 Dennis P. Gaw Montgomery
2005-07 James Green Allegheny
2003-05 Christopher Norris Lycoming
2001-03 Kevin D. Donohue Allegheny
1999-01 John S. Kane Lackawanna
1997-99 Seamus Boyle Philadelphia National President
1994-97 Martin Madigan Allegheny
1991-94 Edward “Ned” McGinley Luzerne National President
1987-91 Ronald “Bo” Bryant Allegheny
1983-87 John “Red” Gilroy Luzerne
1979-83 George M. Stratton Allegheny
1975-79 Leo F. Haley Schuylkill Co.
1973-75 John R. Conley
1970-72 Joseph E. Montgomery Philadelphia
1966-70 Joseph A. Roche Allegheny National President
1962-66 Thomas J. Gibson Philadelphia
1958-62 James R. O’Hara Allegheny
1954-59 John J. O’Reilly Philadelphia
1950-54 Martin A. Henry Allegheny
1946-50 Patrick J. Sweeney Philadelphia
1941-46 Edward F. Mangan Luzerne
1939-41 Michael J. Daly Philadelphia
1935-39 James M. Kelly Allegheny
1931-35 Thomas J. Minnick Jr. Philadelphia
1927-31 John F. Buckley Lackawanna
1923-27 John L. Scarry Allegheny National President
1918-23 Major John A. Farrell Delaware
1914-18 P.A. Kilgallon Allegheny
1910-14 James B. Sheehan Philadelphia
1906-10 Joseph P. McLaughlin Philadelphia National President
1904-06 Cornelius C. Donovan Lackawanna
1900-04 J. Patrick Donohoe Philadelphia National President
1894-98 Patrick O’Neill Philadelphia
1890-94 James Jackson Philadelphia
1887-90 Charles Donohoe
1886-87 M. D. Roche Lackawanna
1886 C.H. O’Connor ?
1884-86 Maurice F. Wilhere Philadelphia National President
1880-84 Cornelius Horgan Allegheny
1879-80 Michael McArdel Philadelphia
1878-79 Cornelius Horgan Allegheny
1877 James T. Moran Allegheny
1873-76 Captain John Gallagher Allegheny
1858 Edward Crossin Philadelphia
1855 Daniel Dougherty Allegheny
1838-40+ James Cleary Schuylkill
1836 William B. Hull, Esq. Schuylkill
Traditional Jeremiah Reilly Broad Mtn. , Cass Twp. Schuylkill Co.