AOH Division 16 Mt Kisco NY

05/16/2026

05/07/2026

Connect, create and celebrate with members of the 32 counties. Check it out. You won’t be disappointed. Promised to be a great afternoon. 🎸🎤🎼🇮🇪🇺🇸☘️PLEASE SHARE!!

05/07/2026

From the celebrations to the controversies, we take a look back at past NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parades.

05/07/2026

You say these words every single day. ☘️
You just didn't know they were Irish.

"Smithereens." "Hooligan." "Boycott." "Blarney." "Gob."
Every one of them is Irish in origin, carried across the Atlantic by your ancestors and pressed so deeply into the English language that the world forgot where they came from.

"Smithereens" comes from the Irish "smidiríní," meaning tiny fragments.
"Hooligan" traces back to an Irish family name that became synonymous with street rebellion.
"Boycott" is named after Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent your ancestors refused to serve during the Land War.
"Blarney" comes straight from Blarney Castle in County Cork.
"Gob" is pure Irish Gaelic for mouth.

Your ancestors didn't just survive. They rewrote the language of the most powerful empire on Earth, one word at a time.

Drop your favorite Irish-origin word below, or tag someone who had no idea these were Irish. 👇

05/07/2026

Congratulations to Will , a Division member on being one of winners for this video contest on America 250.

For tickets to tonight’s event or pay at the door-

Join us for this exciting event celebrating the culmination of Bedford’s Rev Up 250 Student Video Contest, where students in grades 8-12 were challenged to create short videos reflecting on America 250 years after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. The evening will featu...

05/07/2026

There is a word used in every language on Earth today. ☘️
In boardrooms, courtrooms, and protest marches on every continent.

It was born in a field in County Mayo in 1880.

Your ancestors didn't just survive British rule. They fought back with something more powerful than weapons: organized, collective silence.

When Irish tenant farmers refused to harvest crops, deliver mail, or sell food to a land agent named Captain Charles Boycott, they didn't just win a local battle. They gave the world a new word.

Within months, newspapers across Europe and America were using "boycott" as a verb. Within a year, it had entered the Oxford English Dictionary. Today it exists in French, German, Spanish, Japanese, and dozens of other languages, unchanged.

The Irish didn't just shape the English language. They handed the world one of its most powerful tools of resistance. 🍀

Drop your surname below. Your ancestors may have stood in that field.