D.D. and David Ross are the 2025 Trip to Ireland raffle winners. The winning ticket was selected at the Old Town Sports Pub in Manassas on March 17 at 6 p.m.

The winners can choose between an all-expenses-paid, seven-day trip for two to Ireland reimbursed up to $3,500 or accept a cash prize of $2,500.

One hundred percent of the remaining net income from the raffle is donated to charities such as the House of Mercy, Medical Missionaries, and the Down Syndrome Association of Northern Virginia.

The photo above shows the winning ticket.

The photo below shows the canister used to scramble the tickets. James “J.P.” McCusker, who chaired the raffle ticket sales this year, opened the canister moments before the drawing.

Hibernian brother Jerry Laffey also played his bagpipes.

2024 RAFFLE WINNER

The 2024 trip to Ireland raffle winner is Gerald Partsch Jr., the son of the AOH Father Kelley Division’s recorder.

An earlier post misidentified the winner as his dad and misspelled their last name. We apologize for the mistake.

The winning ticket was drawn at 7 pm on March 17 at the Old Town Sports Pub in Manassas.

The raffle tickets were put in the cage shown at the bottom of the photo.

The 2024 winning ticket.

2023 RAFFLE WINNER

The 2023 raffle winner was Terry and Jeanne Riley, marking the third consecutive year that a member of the Father Kelley Division or their spouse purchased the winning ticket.

The 2023 drawing was held on March 17 at the Old Towne Sports Pub in Manassas with 996 tickets inside the cage.

Terry Riley

2021 RAFFLE WINNER

The 2021 winner of the Father Kelley Division raffle for a Trip for 2 to Ireland was Mickie Krause.

Mickie’s 2021 winning raffle ticket was drawn on March 17 at 8 pm at the Old Town Sports Pub in Manassas.

Division President Tom Masarick presents a certificate to Mickie in the photo below accompanied by Mike Riley.

Below is a photo of a few of our brother Hibernians who attended the drawing.