Becoming a Member

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County, NJ

Becoming a Member

We are always looking for people interested in joining our organization.

How Can You Join?

To join we need a completed application and membership dues for the first year. Please contact us for more information and a copy of the application.

Who Can Join?

We invite men of Irish descent that live or work in Union County and are interested in our charitable and scholastic efforts on to join. Members should be able to dedicate enough time to participate and make a difference in the organization.

Benefits of Joining

There are several benefits to becoming a member of our organization. Our members are close friends and we have a great time when we get together. Of course we also have a common interest, and we hope to further our cause.

Countries people associate with windmills are of course the Netherlands, Spain and maybe Greece. But NOT Ireland.

However, there are windmills in Ireland. This one is in Blennerville at the beginning of the Dingle Peninsula.

He had lov'd for his love, for his country he died,
They were all that to life had entwin'd him,
Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried,
Nor long will his love stay behind him.

Verse From She is Far From the Land by Thomas

Moore. It is said that it was written for Sarah

Curran who was the fiance of patriot Robert Emmet.

To read the poem and hear the tune, please click

http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/farland.html

Blessing for protection
To Christ the seed,
To Christ the harvest;
To the barn of Christ
May we be brought.
To Christ of the sea,
To Christ of the fish:
In the nets of Christ
May we be brought.
From birth to age,
From age to death:
Your two arms, Christ,
About us safe.

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County, NJ, P.O. Box 61, Cranford, NJ 07016-0061