Happy St. Patrick's Day
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| Advertisement, Nassau County Review, December 20, 1907, page 7 |
According to the archives of Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church, the first Catholic in Freeport was
Catherine Fox Stevenson who came from Co. Cavan, Ireland and worked
for George Wallace.
One of the earliest mentions of St. Patrick's Day in Freeport appears in the Queens County Review, March 13, 1896, page 3. "The Ladies' Sewing Circle will hold a 'Green Tea' on the evening of St. Patrick's Day in the chapel of the M.E. Church."
The 1892 Freeport Census there were 20 people in the Village from Ireland (Males: 6 / Females: 14).
