At the investiture ceremony these members of the order will represent the nine knights who, some sources say, made up the original Knights Templar. Kristina Krug George Custodi of the St. Vincent ...

NEW HAVEN — The Knights of St. Patrick, one of the oldest Irish organizations in America, has elected Bernadette Smyth LaFrance of Guilford to be its first woman president, the organization said.

Bernadette Smyth LaFrance has been elected the first woman president of the Knights of St. Patrick, which was established in 1878.

The Knights Of St. Patrick in New Haven, which is the oldest continuously run Irish society in CT, holds its 8th annual race April 27.

Bernadette Smyth LaFrance has been elected the first woman president of the Knights of St. Patrick, which was established in 1878. In a landmark moment for one of America’s oldest Irish ...