[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    IN RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE OF DENNIS KELLY AND THE DENNIS KELLY 
            DIVISION OF THE ANCIENT ORDER OF THE HIBERNIANS

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                          HON. PATRICK MEEHAN

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 22, 2014

  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Dennis 
Kelly, who died 150 years ago yesterday, and the Dennis Kelly Division 
of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians.
   In 1806 Dennis Kelly arrived from Ireland with his wife, Mary, and 
their daughter, Margaret, and settled in the Philadelphia area. Mr. 
Kelly entered the textile business and supplied cloth to the Army and 
Navy during the War of 1812, providing jobs to people in his local 
community. When Mr. Kelly died on July 21, 1864, he donated a part of 
his land for the establishment of St. Denis Church. Waves of immigrants 
from Ireland joined the parish and worked at Kelly's Cotton Mills.
   The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Dennis Kelly Division is located in 
Havertown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2001, this Irish Catholic fraternal 
organization remains dedicated to promoting and preserving Irish and 
Irish-American heritage. The Ancient Order of Hibernians promotes 
values such as friendship, unity and charity. Over the years the group 
has supported numerous philanthropic causes in Southeastern 
Pennsylvania.
   Mr. Speaker, today's Havertown, locally known as Ireland's 33rd 
county, and the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania owe a great debt to 
Mr. Dennis Kelly, one of Havertown's most influential immigrants on 
this, the 150th anniversary of his death.

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