211 Years Old and Counting!
We've Been Adding the Irish Twinkle to Savannah's Eyes Since
1812!
 The
Hibernian Society of Savannah was founded in 1812 for the purpose of
offering aid and assistance to needy Irish immigrants. We are the oldest
of Savannah's many Irish societies and organizations. We are also the
originators of Savannah's Saint Patrick's Day Parade! |
Preamble of the Hibernian Society of Savannah
Adopted at a Meeting held March 17th, 1812
 Irishmen, inclined as
they are by nature to good fellowship and charity, should not forget, in a
foreign land, the duties they owe to themselves, their national
character and their distressed countrymen. These obligations are the more
important to Irishmen, because, during the long period of their
oppression, Irishmen have been useful to themselves, their country, and
their brethren, only in proportion to their exercise of those generous,
charitable and sterling traits with which it has pleased God to
distinguish them among the people of the earth. Every motive, too, presses
itself upon the heart of each true Irishman to foster an affectionate
attachment for his native land, a country the more particularly
unfortunate because her destiny has been unmerited, and therefore the more
entitled to the tender consideration of her own sons, and of the good, the
generous and the enlightened of other nationalities.
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The Celtic Cross
Ceremony - March 11, 2012
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The music on this page courtesy of the Youghal Pipe Band. |
