Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 1, 1996

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                                    UNITED STATES
                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C.  20549

                                       FORM 8-K

                                    CURRENT REPORT
                       UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                              EMERALD ISLE BANCORP, INC.
                                  730 HANCOCK STREET
                             QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS 02170
                                    (617) 479-5001
            (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

           MASSACHUSETTS                  0-21175                04-3300934
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

    On October 1, 1996, Emerald Isle Bancorp, Inc., a Massachusetts 
corporation (the "Company"), which was organized by The Hibernia Savings 
Bank, a Massachusetts savings bank in stock form of ownership (the "Bank"), 
for the purpose of reorganizing the Bank into a holding company structure, 
acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding shares of the Bank's 
common stock, par value $1.00 per share, in a 1:1 exchange for shares of the 
Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Company Common 
Stock").  Upon the effectiveness of such share-for-share exchange (the 
"Reorganization"), the Bank became the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company 
and the Bank's former stockholders became the stockholders of the Company.  
The Reorganization was consummated in accordance with the terms of a certain 
Plan of Reorganization and Acquisition dated as of February 15, 1996 between 
the Bank and the Company.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

    (a)  Financial Statements

    The Financial statements contained in the Bank's Annual Report on Form 
F-2 for the year ended December 31, 1995 and Quarterly Report on Form F-4 for 
the three months ended March 31, 1996, as previously filed by the Bank with 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under Section 13 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 and included as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.5, respectively, to 
the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, are incorporated herein and 
made a part hereof by this reference.  The Bank's Quarterly Report on Form 
F-4 for the three months ended June 30, 1996 is included as Exhibit 99.1 to 
this report.

    (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information

    The following unaudited pro forma financial information has been prepared 
to reflect the October 1, 1996 acquisition of the Bank as of June 30, 1996.  
As the Company had no material assets or operations prior to consummation of 
the Reorganization described in Item 2, the pro forma information 
demonstrating the balance sheet as of June 30, 1996 and income statements as 
of December 31, 1995, March 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996 of the Company as if 
the Reorganization had occurred as of January 1, 1995 are



substantially the same as those of the Bank described in Item 7(a) above with 
the exception of the following pro forma adjustments.  The pro forma 
adjustments result from (i) the one for one exchange of shares of the Company 
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, for shares of the common stock of 
the Bank, $1.00 par value per share, and (ii) the repurchase of 100 shares of 
the Company Common Stock from the Bank at par value.  The following tables 
show the impact of these pro forma adjustments to the stockholders' equity of 
the Company at June 30, 1996 and October 1, 1996:

                                    June 30, 1996
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                                               SEPARATE COMPANIES
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY                  BANK HISTORICAL         COMPANY

Capital Stock                         $  1,662,090.00         $  1,662,090.00
Additional Paid in Capital            $ 10,534,989.00         $ 23,546,105.00
Retained Earnings                     $ 13,011,116.00                 -
Valuation Reserve                     ($   426,402.00)        ($   426,402.00)
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Total:                                $ 24,781,793.00         $ 24,781,793.00
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                                   October 1, 1996
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                                               SEPARATE COMPANIES
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY                  BANK HISTORICAL         COMPANY

Capital Stock                         $  1,765,568.00         $  1,765,568.00
Additional Paid in Capital            $ 11,982,715.02         $ 25,604,612.51
Retained Earnings                     $ 13,621,897.49                 -
Valuation Reserve                     ($   570,600.37)        ($   570,600.37)
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Total:                                $ 26,799,580.14         $ 26,799,580.14
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    There are no other pro forma adjustments as a result of the 
Reorganization that would result in differences between the pro forma 
financial statements of the Company and the consolidated financial statements 
of the Bank described in Item 7(a) above.

    (c)     Exhibits

    (2)     Plan of Reorganization and Acquisition dated as of February 15, 1996
            between the Company and the Bank, incorporated herein by reference
            from Exhibit A to the Proxy Statement included as Exhibit 99.4 to 
            the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A.

    (99.1)  Quarterly Report of the Bank on Form F-4 for the three months ended
            June 30, 1996.

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                                 S I G N A T U R E S

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Quincy, State of 
Massachusetts, this 7th day of October, 1996.


                                          Emerald Isle Bancorp, Inc.




Date:  October 7, 1996                    By:  /s/  Gerard F. Linskey
                                                    Gerard F. Linskey, Treasurer


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