14 Early Settlement come to Lower Rollo Bay in the early shipbuilding days.20 Part of a log house, built by Patrick Scully and his wife, Mary Ann Dunn in 1810 on the Souris River Road (called the at one time) still remains today as part of the Edward Mahar home. Patrick Scully had five sons: Tom, James, John, Michael and William. Three generations of his family lived in the old home.21 The first Benevolent Irish Society on the Island was formed in 1826 in Charlottetown for "the relief of the poor of all races and creeds, the perpe¬ tuation of Irish national sentiment and the performance of works of benevo¬ lence."22 A branch society was formed in Souris before 1890, the year they held a tea party to raise funds to build a hall.23 Some in Souris today still remember St . Patrick Day parades and the wearing o' the green. At a meeting held March 10, 1888, members of the Souris B.I.S . made plans for a parade the following day. At the meeting: President: Joseph Doyal (note spelling), Vice-president: J.J. Hughes , second Vice-presidents: John Kickham and James McQuaid , Secretary: G. H. McQuaid . Members listed: James Brennan , Andrew Mooney , Thomas Mullally , James Dunphy , N. Pierce , Patrick St . John, Patrick McCarthy , Matthew Fabie , Peter McCudden , Michael Mooney . J i t t ♦• fcj St. Patrick's Day Parade Photo by »!«*»»*■» Co«rt».yPirturw of the Pot by l«rd*. The members of the Benevolent Irish Society are parading east on , passing in front of the Sea view Hotel, the Ferguson House , the Gus Allan MacDonald building and the Bandstand. In March of the same year, sixty members of the Souris B.I.Society, headed by the Souris Brass Band, marched in procession to St . Mary's Roman Catholic Church and later through the principal streets of the village. "With their new regalia and their handsome banner painted by James Brennan who is a rising artist of no mean ability, they presented a very fine appearance indeed."24 Some Irish families came to the Island, not by choice but by chance. The St . Domingo, a small sailing vessel on her way from Wickford, Ireland, to Quebec went on the rocks off the north shore of the Island, near East Point , on June 23,1832. There was no loss of life. All but one of the young families,