THE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP 33 Broad Street - Boston, MA 02109 - (617) 723-2707 - [email protected] - www.irishap.org Gallery Key 1. Catherine O’Connell, Father Clete Kiley, & Bill Gainer (Chicago) 2. Ambassador Michael Collins in Boston 3. Guests at the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast in Chicago 4. Partnership President Joe Leary & Taoiseach Enda Kenny (Boston) 5. The Boston Boy Choir - Boston Archdiocesan Choir School of St. Paul’s Church in Cambridge (Boston) 6. Peter Hynes, Chris Kozicki, Austin O’Malley and guest (Chicago) 7. Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Alderman Ed Burke, Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Chicago) 8. Brian O’Neill and his guests at the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast in Boston 9. Irish flag at arch of the Boston Harbor Hotel for the Taoiseach’s visit 10. John Barrett, Mary Barrett, & Frank Harmon (Chicago) 11. Taoiseach Enda Kenny & Joe Kennedy (Boston) 12. Patrick Heneghan & Taoiseach Enda Kenny (Chicago) 13. Fiona McEntee, Monica Muir, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, & Marie McEntee (Chicago) 14. Eileen Kennedy, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Oisin Kenny, & Lisa Griswold (Boston) 15. Guests at the Partnership Breakfast in honor of Taoiseach Enda Kenny (Boston) 16. Margaret Comer, John Theis, Judge Mary Jane Theis, & John Comer (Chicago) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Year 2012 has started well for The Irish American Partnership. After the successful completion of our 2011- 2012 Annual Campaign, the Partnership has provided $107,000 in grants to schools and community groups in Ireland in the January- March period. Thirty newly chosen rural primary schools and four community groups in Cork, Belfast, Omagh and the Aran Islands received grants during the first quarter of 2012. The thirty primary schools received $37,500. Fifteen of the new schools were located in County Mayo in honor of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s visits to Partnership events in Boston and Chicago. A fast growing “Transformational” school - Glengormley - in Northern Ireland represented by Baroness May Blood received a $10,000 grant. The gifts are used to support science education and school library enhancement in rural and disadvantaged areas. Nearly 600 supporters attended Partnership events in Chicago and Boston honoring Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The second issue of the Partnership/St. Patrick’s Teaching College “Connecting with Science” newsletter will be sent to several hundred primary school teachers in May. The funding for the Partnership’s Primary School Science teaching program with St. Patrick’s Teaching College is expanding with seven teachers from Donegal and Galway studying for their Science Certificates, a teacher in Kerry studying for her Masters in Science and multiple science teaching workshops held in Mayo. National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) and the UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business have selected the students to receive their Irish American Partnership Masters degree Fellowships in Medical Device Manufacturing (NUIG) and U.S. Multi-national Export Strategies (Smurfit). The 2012 Golf Championship Series will be held in Chicago - May 21, Albany - June 4, and Newport - June 11. Participation in all three tournaments is ahead of 2011. Arrangements have been finalized for the Partnership’s Leadership Mission to Ireland, August 25 to September 2, 2012. All Partnership members are welcome. Group limited to 18. For information, please contact Executive Director Mary Sugrue McAleer at (617) 723-2707. In Chicago, Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, the Honorable Edward M. Burke, along with Mary Sugrue McAleer presenting Taoiseach Enda Kenny with a $15,000 grant for schools in Co. Mayo. In Boston, Taoiseach Enda Kenny accepting a $7,500 grant for schools in Co. Mayo from the Partnership’s Executive Director, Mary Sugrue McAleer. THE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP First Quarter, 2012 Partnership Activity