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 Patrick was predominantly Irish. A post office was established in the community on 22 September 1893; when it was discontinued on 30 June 1904, mail was processed through the post office at Swanders. Today, St. Patrick is a very small community, due in part to a general decline in the rural population; although the church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it has since closed and been destroyed. A memorial sits at the site of the church. St. Patrick, Ohio St. Patrick (also St. Patricks) is an unincorporated community in northwesternn Turtle Creek Township, Shelby