Tickets are now SOLD OUT for our 248th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala. To be added to our waiting list, please email fssp.philadelphia@gmail.com.
You can still support the Society by:
• Advertising in our Program Booklet – options from $125-$1000 and may be purchased via credit card by visiting our Gala page.
• Becoming a Corporate Sponsor or Special Patron – options from $2,500 to $20,000. For more details, please click HERE. To secure a sponsorship, please email fssp.philadelphia@gmail.com.
The following applicants have submitted applications for membership and will be inducted at our January 15, 2019 meeting:
Sean Agnew
Sponsors: Michael Maloney and Kevin Maloney
Greg Barron
Sponsors: Jim Gaston and Peter Hughes
Frank DeGrand
Sponsors: (the late) Tom O’Malley and Kevin Maloney
Conor Kane
Sponsor: Brendan Gallagher
Siobhan Kane
Sponsor: Brendan Gallagher
Michael McGann
Sponsors: Kevin Maloney and Michael Maloney
John P. Morrissey
Sponsors: John O’Toole and Paul Kelly
Sean P. Morrissey
Sponsors: John O’Toole and Paul Kelly
Sean P. O’Neill
Sponsors: Kevin Maloney and Michael Maloney
Joseph M. Smith
Sponsors: Kathy McGee Burns and Brendan Gallagher
Kathleen R. Smith
Sponsors: Kathy McGee Burns and Brendan Gallagher
Patrick J. Currie
Sponsors: David Currie and Nolan Currie
Paul J. Mattus
Sponsors: Theresa Murtagh and Kevin Moran
Conor J. McCabe
Sponsors: Charles Morgan and Russ Wylie
Michael C. Schafle
Sponsors: Kevin Maloney and Michael Maloney
William P. Ivers
Sponsors: Kevin Maloney and Michael Maloney
Neil J. Conway
Sponsors: Kevin Maloney and Michael Maloney
Hans Klotzbach
Sponsors: Richard Pagano and Kevin Moran
Henry P. Close III
Sponsors: Kevin Maloney and Michael Maloney
Richard J. McMenamin
Sponsors: Sean McMenamin and Kevin Maloney
Daniel J.F. Lupia
Sponsor: Tim Hennessey
Liz Kerr
Sponsor: Kathy McGee Burns
Private Lawrence Edward Delaney*
*inducted posthumously
Philadelphia Friendly Sons of St. Patrick member Christopher Fallon, who constructed an impressive octagonal mansion on the site in 1850, originally owned the tract of land upon which Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High Schools were built. The house was named “Runnymede” after the Fallon family seat in Roscommon County in Ireland.
In 1882, Philadelphia Friendly Sons of St. Patrick member Anthony J. Drexel purchased the building. The mansion stood on what was at that time called the hill of Drexel, and consequently the surrounding area became known as Drexel Hill.
