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The
68th Annual Dinner of the Society of
The Friends of St. Patrick in Seattle, will be on
Saturday, March 15, 2008, at the
Salty's Restaurant on Alki Ave in West Seattle.
Cocktails, Irish music, stepdancing, singing: 6:00
PM
Dinner: 7:30 PM
Special Honored Guest:
His Excellency John Bruton,
Former Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister), and current
European Union Ambassador to the United States.
Click here for more information.
Tickets are $85 per person
for this Black-Tie (optional)
Dinner and Dance, and seating is limited.
For tickets or more information, call John Keane
at 425-290-7839 or email Friends@irishclub.org.
Click here to purchase Tickets On-Line
(we will contact you to verify your dinner preferences):
Last year's Entertainment:
Entertainment at the 2007 Banquet
included stepdancers from the
Baile Glas Irish Dancers and music and singing by
The Muses.
To see more photos or to listen to a sample of The
Muses' music,
click on the photos above. For more information,
go to www.baileglas.com
or www.themusesmusic.com.
Photos from the 2006 Banquet:
At the 2006 Banquet,
St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal
and travel guru Rick Steves (left), with Fr. John
Madigan (center) and
Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Joe Tyson.
At the 2006 Banquet, US Senator
Maria Cantwell with
Seattle Archbishop Alexander Brunett.
From left, Acting Irish Consul
General Úna Fannon, Irish
Government Cabinet Minister Noel Dempsey,
T.D.
and Friends of St. Patrick Officer John Keane,
converse with US Senator Maria Cantwell.
The Friends banquet annually raises thousands of dollars
for
charity and for scholarships. A black-tie dinner and
dance, the
Friends Banquet is a St. Patrick's Day institution
in Seattle
since 1941. Until 1989, when membership was opened
to ladies,
the Friends of St. Patrick were called the Friendly
Sons of St.
Patrick. Annual Banquet proceeds support several local
charities.
For more information, call 425-290-7839
or email Friends@irishclub.org.
For
pictures from the 2004 Banquet, go to
2004 BANQUET PHOTOS
Friends of St. Patrick
History
The Society of the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick was founded in
Philadelphia on March 17, 1771. At its first meeting
were George
Washington’s Irish-born aide-de-camp General Stephen
Moylan,
along with John Dickenson and Robert Morris who
signed the US
Declaration of Independence. George Washington later
became an
Honorary Member. The Friendly Sons started in Seattle
in 1941
and was a male only organization until 1989 when
it welcomed
women and changed its name to The Society of the
Friends of St.
Patrick. The change came under pressure from Seattle
Archbishop
Thomas Murphy who kidded that otherwise he would
start
supporting the Angry Daughters of St. Brigid! Carol
Costello in
1999 was the first female President of the Seattle
organization.
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Picture from 1978 Sunset magazine, taken at Seattle's
1977 Parade. Three Dailey boys are carrying
the banner, sons of Jim and Mary Colette Dailey.
Behind them and to the right are Bruce Cosacchi's
daughters: L-R Maureen, Sheila and Laura.
Bruce is on the extreme right. Diane Hackett is in
the center, back, wearing a bandana.
Following are some pictures from previous banquets. The
names and years are listed where they've been identified.
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1.
1948 BANQUET, Crowd picture
2. 1963 BANQUET, Archbishop Connolly, Pat Barry, Bob
McGrath,
Seattle City Councilman Wing Luke
3. 1964 BANQUET, Don Sullivan, Jim Murphy, Bill Lukoskie,
Bob Murphy
4. 1963 BANQUET, Bob McGrath, Mike McCay, Councilman
Wing Luke
5. 1962 BANQUET, Jim Dore at piano, brother Fred at
left,
and cousin John Dore on right
6. 1966 BANQUET, Ben Maslan, John Miller, James McAteer
(President)
7. 1964 BANQUET, Bill Lukoskie, unknown, Jim Murphy,
? Powers,
Gene Cheevers, Judge John Wilson, Bob Murphy, Don
Sullivan
8. 1965 BANQUET, Friends President Thomas Geraghty
on left,
Seattle Mayor Dorm Braman on right.
9. 1965 BANQUET, Tom McMurray, Thomas Geraghty,
Society President Jim McAteer on pipes,
with the Blanchet HS Gaelic Pipe Band.
1955 - Then Senator John F. Kennedy regretfully declines
an invitation
to speak at the 1956 Friendly Sons Banquet
1960 - Mike McKay, Charles P Moriarty, Fred Dore,
President
1965 - Irish Consul General Charles V Whelan was the
principal speaker
1965 - The Seattle P-I mistakenly identified him as
"British Consul General"
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