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
TSS St Patrick (1947) the summer for trips from Torquay to the Channel Islands. In 1963 she was transferred to Southampton for services to St Malo and Le Havre, and in 1965 she moved to Folkstone for the service to Boulogne. She was sold in 1972 to Gerasimos S. Fetouris, in Piraeus, and renamed "Thermopylae". She was sold again in 1973 to Agapitos Bros, Piraeus and renamed "Agapitos I". Scrapped in 1980 in Greece. TSS St Patrick (1947) TSS "St Patrick" (III) was a passenger vessel operated by the Great Western Railway from 1947 to 1948 and British Railways from 1948 - 1972 She