18 BARLEY HOUSE WOLVES ALLENTOWN HIBernians Allentown Hibernians HC was started in 2008 when Pat O’Donnell met Jeff Purtell, who would become the first Club Chairman. Jeff realised it may be possible to start a club after hearing about the success of other American hurling clubs. Pat had no idea what it was. Almost immediately after telling Pat about it, they started recruiting players. Jeff bought hurls and sliotars and they had their first practice. At that time the team consisted of just Jeff, Pat and Pat’s brother Danny. Eventually they were able to recruit more people. Once there were enough members to field a team, Jeff contacted Philadelphia GAA and registered the newly formed hurling club into the Junior C Division. In the meantime our numbers continued to grow and we hosted a Tournament in 2011, with four teams. This included a team from Hoboken, NJ. It was great to see NYGAA and NACB teams on the same pitch. The tournament continued in 2012 and was named after Alex Campbell, who was hanged in 1877. He was a member of the AOH and group called ‘Molly Maguires’, who played a big role in improving rights of Pennsylvania Coalminers. The club started a pub league with three teams in 2011. They also have participated in Irish Heritage night at Coca-Cola Park, home of the local minor league baseball team and have been invited to play at the NJ Irish Sports festival. No Player Name Current Club in USA 1 David Brian Mahon Allentown 2 Thomas James Hirsch Allentown 3 Daniel James Quay Allentown 4 Trevor Paul Colahan Allentown 5 Luke P Coyle Allentown 6 John Michael Driscoll Allentown 7 David Michael Jones Allentown 8 Michael John Friel Allentown 9 Joseph Ryan McFadden Allentown 10 Daniel Kevin O'Donnell Allentown 11 Patrick Michael O'Donnell Allentown 12 Connor James O'Donnell Allentown 13 Edward Leo Clements Jr Barley House Wolves 14 Mishael Azariah Gregoire Barley House Wolves 15 John Tanner Stramer Barley House Wolves 16 Darragh Vincent Madden Barley House Wolves 17 Seán Michael McCarty Barley House Wolves 18 William B Mullen Barley House Wolves 19 Patrick Garrett Naughton Barley House Wolves 20 Seán Patrick Naughton Barley House Wolves 21 Alan Joseph Mangan Barley House Wolves 22 Lore Hemenway Ford Barley House Wolves 23 Dennis Andrew Trainor Barley House Wolves 24 Stuart Stanley Kremzner Barley House Wolves 25 Alec Michael Foley-Olsen Barley House Wolves
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