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The City of Charleston, Parks Department |
Responsible for the maintenance, repair, design, project management, construction and
installation and contract administration for city parks, facilities and buildings. Six divisions
comprise the department, including Administration and Project Management, Construction, Electrical,
Facilities Maintenance, Grounds Maintenance and Urban Forestry, and Horticulture. There are 181
city owned or operated buildings and facilities.
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Stantec is a knowledge company. We provide knowledge-based
solutions to infrastructure and facilities projects through value-added professional services and technologies
in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying and geomatics,
and project economics.
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Wertimer & Associates is a Charleston-based Landscape
Architecture firm specializing in the design of public and private parks and gardens. |
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In the spring of 1979 a very small group of Irish Charlestonians, excited by a wealth of local genealogical
and historical information, yet frustrated by the fragmentation personal and cultural information in the
Irish community, decided to take the initiative and fill a void. The South Carolina Irish Historical Society
was born of need and the response by the Irish Community has demonstrated that this need is now being fulfilled.
The purpose of the Society is three fold:
To promote and preserve the Irish Heritage in South Carolina.
To provide a repository for information and items of significance to the South Carolina Irish Community.
To promote an opportunity for good fellowship among all segments of the Irish community. |
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The AOH was born in anger in Ireland in the earliest days of it’s history,
after successive invasions by those who tried to master the Irish, and alter their Gaelic life style. Inflexible
opponents like the Vikings were fought until their power was broken; others, like the Normans, were absorbed until
they became as Irish as the Irish themselves. Through it all, the Irish maintained their language, traditions, and
religion. But in the Sixteenth century, a concentrated attack, unswervingly focused on the most precious part of
their heritage - their religion - and proved to be their greatest challenge.The Ancient Order of Hibernians came
to America in much the same manner as its birth in Ireland.
The rise of the Native American Party, or Know Nothings as they were called, ushered in an era of unparalleled bigotry
in 19th Century America. Not only were “No Irish Need Apply” signs evident in major American cities, but legislation,
reminiscent of the penal laws was sought against the immigrant population who, it was stated, diluted American principles,
and professed loyalty to a foreign prince - the Pope. The massive influx of Irish, fleeing starvation and disease in
their native land, and professing the Roman faith, focused Know Nothing bigotry on that unfortunate group. After
several attacks on Irish and Church property, the Irish immigrant resorted to a familiar tactic. Those, who had been
members of the AOH in Ireland, banded together in this new land, and in 1836, formed an American branch of their Order. |
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The Hibernian Society of Charleston, South Carolina, is the oldest
Irish Society in America, founded in 1799. Its membership is comprised of a wonderful fraternity of both Catholics and
non-Catholics who have worked together towards a common cause of friendship and community support. Evidence of this
cooperation could well be a model for the current-day Northern Irish. Every two years, a new Hibernian President takes
office. In alternating fashion, the president must be Catholic or Non-Catholic. |
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