Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Friendly Sons of St. Patrick The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, officially The Society of The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland, is an American charitable and social organization for Irish-Americans founded in 1771. The Society was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), 1771. Among the founders were General Stephen Moylan, aide to George Washington and cavalry commander in the Revolutionary War, and Thomas Fitzsimons, representative of Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress and signatory of the U.S. Constitution, both of whom were born in Ireland. George Washington became an honorary
St. Patrick, Ohio St. Patrick, Ohio St. Patrick (also St. Patricks) is an unincorporated community in northwesternn Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of Hoying and Wright-Puthoff Roads, northwest of the city of Sidney, the county seat of Shelby County. Its elevation is 971 feet (296 m) and it is located at (40.3708815, -84.2874478). The community of St. Patrick was founded around St. Patrick's Catholic Church, which was established in the area in 1862. Unlike most parts of the heavily Catholic plains of far western Ohio, which were settled primarily by Germans, the population of St.