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President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins
Guest of Honor at Ireland-U.S. Council Dinner
in Dublin Castle
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| Uachtarán na hÉireann President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina were Guests of Honor at this year’s Ireland-U.S. Council’s Midsummer Gala Dinner on Friday, June 28, 2019 in Dublin Castle. At the event President Higgins presented the Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Ireland’s Legendary Broadcaster Gay Byrne, who was represented by his wife Kathleen Watkins and his daughter. Seen at the event were (from left): Ireland-U.S. Council Chapter President, Dr. Michael Somers; Sabina Higgins; Kathleen Watkins; Uachtarán Higgins; and Suszi Byrne.
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Council’s Gala MidSummer Dinner in Dublin Castle Features Award for Outstanding Portraiture
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| Seen at the presentation of this year’s Ireland-U.S. Council Award for Outstanding Portraiture at the Council’s Midsummer Gala Dinner on Friday, June 28, 2019 in Dublin Castle were (from left): Brigid Mulcahy, Publisher of The Irish Arts Review; David Roche from Prudential Financial in Ireland; Ireland-U.S. Council Chapter President, Dr. Michael Somers with the Belfast-based winning artist Gareth Reid. His striking portrait work was chosen from among the entries at the Royal Hibernian Academy’s Spring Exhibition held in Dublin earlier in 2019.
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| The award, which is an important part of the Ireland-U.S. Council’s program to support the arts and arts education in Ireland, is presented in Ireland to an artist whose work is judged to be of outstanding merit. The winning artist was presented with a framed citation and the Council’s €5,000 Euro ($6,000) award bursary for his winning portrait which was on display at the event.
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2019 Ireland-U.S. Council Scholars Presentation Lunch in New York
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| The Council’s 2019 Student Work Experience Scholarships awards luncheon was held at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, June 13, 2019. Seen at the presentations event were (from left) : Council Scholars, Brian McPartland and Seán McMahon; Dermot Fitzpatrick, Ireland’s Deputy Consul General In New York; Council Scholar, Ross Archibald; the Ireland-U.S. Council’s National Secretary, James P. Adrian of the law firm Adrian-Cassidy Associates; Council Scholars, Dylan Willis, Lauryn Hollywood and Conor McKeon with Annalise Stack, who manages the Council’s Scholarships Program.
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| Read more about this year's Scholarship recipients here. (PDF)
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An Appreciation
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| Gene McCarthy
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| Longtime supporter of the Ireland-U.S. Council
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| The late Gene McCarthy (left) seen at the Ireland-U.S. Council's 2019 St. Patrick's Lunch in New York photographed with Brian O'Dwyer, the 2019 Grand Marshal of the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in the City of New York.
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It was with deep sadness that we learned this week of the passing of longtime Ireland-U.S. Council member Eugene (Gene) McCarthy in New York this week. Born in the South Bronx in 1943 of Irish parents from County Kerry, he was a graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He had a distinguished business career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and later Monarch Life Insurance Company. He was a noted life insurance industry expert and lectured frequently on the topic at New York University and at Notre Dame University.
He was a proud Irish-American who served as Chairman of the Knights of Saint Patrick, an organization which over many years has been so helpful to the annual staging of the largest and oldest civic parade in the world – The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the City of New York. He will be greatly missed.
Fé bhraith Dé go raibh a anam agus nár laga Dia é.
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The Ireland-U.S. Council’s 2019 Award For Outstanding Portraiture To Be Presented To Belfast Artist Gareth Reid
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Prudential Financial’s Sponsorship Supports This Important Arts Program
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| Belfast artist Gareth Reid is the winner of this year’s Award
for Outstanding Portraiture, sponsored by the Ireland-U.S. Council in conjunction with the
Irish Arts Review and in association with the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). The Award
is presented in Ireland to an artist whose submission is judged to be of outstanding merit.
The Award is an important part of the Council’s program to support the arts and arts
education in Ireland.
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| The winning painting is a portrait entitled “Girl in a Red Room” and was chosen from all
exhibits at the Royal Hibernian Academy’s 189th Annual Exhibition, opening in Dublin.
At the prize-giving ceremony at the RHA, Mr. Reid was presented with the Ireland-
U.S. Council’s €5,000 award bursary. A formal presentation of the Awards Ceremony citation
will be made by Council Ireland Chapter President Dr. Michael Somers at the Council’s
Midsummer Gala Dinner on Friday, June 28, 2019 at a dinner in Dublin Castle.
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| Read the full press release announcing the Council’s 2019 Award For Outstanding Portraiture.
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The Ireland-U.S. Council's 2019 Spring Corporate Lunch
in Belfast on April 12
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| The 2019 Spring Corporate Lunch of the Ireland-U.S. Council was held in Belfast on April 12. Seen at the event were Dr. Michael J. Somers, President of the Council's Chapter in Ireland; Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, Chairman & CEO of Randox Laboratories who was a guest speaker; Jason Riley of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board and the Manhattan Institute - also a guest speaker; Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, U.S. Consul General in Northern Ireland; and Joe O'Neill, Chief Executive of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners who graciously hosted the lunch at their magnificent corporate headquarters in Belfast.
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The Ireland-U.S. Council's 2019 St. Patrick's Lunch
in New York on March 15
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| The Ireland-U.S. Council's 2019 St. Patrick's Lunch was held in New York on March 15. Seen at the annual festive occasion was Brian Stack, Council President; Charlie Flanagan, Minister for Justice & Equality in the Government of Ireland and Brian O'Dwyer, the 2019 Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in the City of New York, who was Guest of Honor at the Lunch.
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Brexit is A Topic Of Council’s 2019 Winter Meeting
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| The 27th Annual Winter Meeting of the Ireland-U.S. Council was held in Palm Beach, Florida from February 13 thru 15, 2019. Seen at the Council’s Winter Meeting lunch were (from left) Council Board Member and host of the Winter Meeting’s Opening Night Dinner, Bill Finneran; Ireland’s Ambassador to the U.S. Dan Mulhall; Chairman of the 27th Annual Winter Meeting Michael J. Gibbons and his wife, Cynthia. Ambassador Mulhall spoke on Brexit and updated Council members and their guests on the matter which is of such growing concern in Ireland.
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| The Winter Meeting lunch also featured a presentation on Investing in Irish Art by Arabella Bishop and Charlie Minter from Sotheby’s. The largest sale of Irish art from a private collection was held by the famous auction house in December 2018 by Palm Beach resident and Ireland-U.S. Council member Brian F. Burns.
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| The 27th Annual Winter Meeting events were sponsored by Aer Lingus and by CIE Tours International.
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Council's 2018 December Member-Guest Reception held in Dublin
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| Seen at the Council’s 2018 December Member-Guest Reception held at the InterContinental Hotel in Dublin December 12 were (from left) Dr. Michael J. Somers, President of the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Chapter in Ireland; Bill Byrne, Director Global Sales for event sponsor Aer Lingus; Reece Smyth, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin; Barry O’Callaghan, Chairman & CEO, Rise Global Holdings, who was a Guest Speaker and Dara Calleary, Deputy Leader of Ireland’s main opposition political party, Fianna Fáil, who also addressed the group.
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Council’s 56th Annual Dinner Held in New York Honors Allergan’s Brent Saunders
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| Seen at the presentation of this year’s Ireland-U.S. Council Award for Outstanding Achievement at the Council’s 56th Annual Dinner on Thursday, November 8, 2018 in the Metropolitan Club in New York City were (from left): Council Vice President John Reilly, Partner, Patton Squire Boggs; Council President Brian W. Stack; Brent Saunders, Chairman & CEO Allergan plc and Dennis Swanson, Council President-Emeritus.
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Ireland-U.S. Council Hosts 2018 Ireland Golf Day
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| The Ireland-U.S. Council's 2018 Golf Day was held at Dún Laoghaire Golf Club on the outskirts of Dublin on Friday September 7, 2018. The event was staged in better weather than previous years and enjoyed by the full-field contingent of members and their guests. The occasion was sponsored by Northern Trust Bank and Aer Lingus. Seen at the event were (from left): Liam Butler of Northern Trust Bank; Aer Lingus colleagues Bill Byrne and Yvonne Muldoon; Roddy Feely, Executive Director, and Dr. Michael Somers, President of the Council in Ireland.
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2018 Golf Day held in New York
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| The 2018 Connie Doolan Memorial Golf Trophy was won by the golf team from Guinness. Council President Brian Stack presented the trophy at the Ireland-U.S. Council Golf Day at Rye Golf Club on Monday, July 23, 2018. Seen (from left) were Philip Sheridan, Keith Cussmano, President Stack, Council Member Bill Falvey and Chris McClellan. The event was sponsored by Tourism Ireland and by Guinness, a unit of Diageo.
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2018 MidSummer Gala Dinner at Dublin Castle
Award to Glen Dimplex’s Martin Naughton
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| Council Ireland Chapter President Dr. Michael Somers presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Martin Naughton, one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs at the Council’s Midsummer Gala Dinner on Friday, June 29, 2018 at a dinner in Dublin Castle. Seen at the presentation were (from left) Reece Smyth, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires; Dr. Michael Somers with Martin and Carmel Naughton.
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| Also at Dublin Castle the Ireland-U.S. Council’s Award for Outstanding Portraiture for 2018 was presented to Dublin artist Liz Rackard. Seen at the presentation were (from left) Ciaran Harvey, Pramerica, a unit of Prudential Financial who sponsor the initiative; Dr. Michael Somers; the winning artist Liz Rackard and Brigid Mulcahy of the Irish Arts Review.
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2018 Student Work Experience Scholarships Presented at New York Lunch June 14
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| The Council’s 2018 Student Work Experience Scholarships awards luncheon was held at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, June 14. Seen at the presentations event were (from left) : John Reilly of Squire Patton Boggs who serves as Chairman of the Council’s Nominating Committee; Lucas Prodohl; Sean Grant; Lauryn Hollywood; Brian W. Stack, Council President; Sean Kilgarriff; Ciarán Madden, Ireland’s Consul General In New York; and Richard Clogher. Not pictured: Jessica Morgan whose citation and bursary check is being presented separately.
Read more about this year's Scholarship recipients: click here
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Brian Stack
Council President
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President's Message
It was back in 1962 that, in preparation for the visit of President John F. Kennedy
to Ireland the following year, two organizations were created as a measure to build
institutional form around a structure to improve the relations between America and
Ireland.
One was dedicated to cultural relations - the American Irish Foundation, which has
since merged into the American Ireland Fund. Your Council was the other and was
aimed at building business bonds between America and Ireland.
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We cherish the shared commitments that connect us to our Council mission. During
the past year, the Council has enjoyed outstanding support from members and from
many benefactors, patrons and sponsors. On behalf of the Council's Board and the
entire membership of the organization throughout the United States and in all parts
of Ireland, we offer thanks for the support we continue to receive.
Brian Stack
Ireland-U.S. Council President
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