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“In the afternoon of Saint Patrick’s Day a few and enthusiastic and patriotic sons of Ireland decided that the day so auspiciously opened should be fittingly closed by a banquet. The Piper’s newly fitted hotel was thrown open for the first time, and about fifty gentlemen, admirers of Ireland’s patron Saint, sat down to a well-served repast.

After the tables were cleared, Mr. P. Farrelly moved that those present organize themselves into a society of The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. His remarks were greeted with cheers and the suggestion was enthusiastically endorsed. A temporary chairman was appointed, and the society will meet shortly to elect officers for the ensuing year

 Rev. Dean Flynn was made toastmaster, and by his well chosen and happy remarks and with rare tact caused songs, recitations, and impromptu toasts to follow one upon the other until St. Patrick’s night 1890, was a thing of the past.” These words fittingly record the first meeting of The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Morris County according to the 1892 book, The Church of the Assumption Parish, by Joseph M. Flynn.