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Key
1. C
athe
rine
O’C
onne
ll, F
athe
r C
lete
Kil
ey, &
Bil
l Gai
ner
(Chi
cago
) 2.
Am
bass
ador
Mic
hael
Col
lins
in B
osto
n 3.
Gue
sts
at th
e St
. Pat
rick
’s D
ay B
reak
fast
in C
hica
go
4. P
artn
ersh
ip P
resi
dent
Joe
Lea
ry &
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny (
Bos
ton)
5.
The
Bos
ton
Boy
Cho
ir -
Bos
ton
Arc
hdio
cesa
n C
hoir
Sch
ool o
f St.
Pau
l’s
Chu
rch
in C
ambr
idge
(B
osto
n)
6. P
eter
Hyn
es, C
hris
Koz
icki
, Aus
tin
O’M
alle
y an
d gu
est (
Chi
cago
) 7.
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny, A
lder
man
Ed
Bur
ke, M
ayor
Rah
m E
man
uel (
Chi
cago
) 8.
Bri
an O
’Nei
ll an
d hi
s gu
ests
at t
he S
t. P
atri
ck’s
Day
Bre
akfa
st in
Bos
ton
9. I
rish
flag
at a
rch
of th
e B
osto
n H
arbo
r H
otel
for
the
Taoi
seac
h’s
visi
t 10
. Joh
n B
arre
tt, M
ary
Bar
rett
, & F
rank
Har
mon
(C
hica
go)
11. T
aois
each
End
a K
enny
& J
oe K
enne
dy (
Bos
ton)
12
. Pat
rick
Hen
egha
n &
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny (
Chi
cago
) 13
. Fio
na M
cEnt
ee, M
onic
a M
uir,
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny, &
Mar
ie M
cEnt
ee (
Chi
cago
) 14
. Eil
een
Ken
nedy
, Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny, O
isin
Ken
ny, &
Lis
a G
risw
old
(Bos
ton)
15
. Gue
sts
at th
e P
artn
ersh
ip B
reak
fast
in h
onor
of T
aois
each
End
a K
enny
(B
osto
n)
16. M
arga
ret C
omer
, Joh
n Th
eis,
Jud
ge M
ary
Jane
The
is, &
Joh
n C
omer
(C
hica
go)
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Y
ear
2012
has
sta
rted
wel
l for
The
Iris
h
Am
eric
an P
artn
ersh
ip.
Afte
r th
e su
cces
sful
com
plet
ion
of o
ur 2
011-
2012
Ann
ual C
ampa
ign,
the
Par
tner
ship
has
pr
ovid
ed $
107,
000
in g
rant
s to
sch
ools
and
co
mm
unity
gro
ups
in Ir
elan
d in
the
Janu
ary-
M
arch
per
iod.
Thi
rty
new
ly c
hose
n ru
ral p
rimar
y sc
hool
s an
d fo
ur c
omm
unity
gro
ups
in C
ork,
B
elfa
st, O
mag
h an
d th
e A
ran
Isla
nds
rece
ived
gr
ants
dur
ing
the
first
qua
rter
of 2
012.
T
he th
irty
prim
ary
scho
ols
rece
ived
$37
,500
. F
iftee
n of
the
new
sch
ools
wer
e lo
cate
d in
C
ount
y M
ayo
in h
onor
of T
aois
each
End
a
Ken
ny’s
vis
its to
Par
tner
ship
eve
nts
in B
osto
n an
d C
hica
go. A
fast
gro
win
g “T
rans
form
atio
nal”
scho
ol -
Gle
ngor
mle
y -
in N
orth
ern
Irel
and
re
pres
ente
d by
Bar
ones
s M
ay B
lood
rec
eive
d a
$10,
000
gran
t. T
he g
ifts
are
used
to s
uppo
rt
scie
nce
educ
atio
n an
d sc
hool
libr
ary
en
hanc
emen
t in
rura
l and
dis
adva
ntag
ed a
reas
. N
early
600
sup
port
ers
atte
nded
Par
tner
ship
ev
ents
in C
hica
go a
nd B
osto
n ho
norin
g
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny.
T
he s
econ
d is
sue
of th
e P
artn
ersh
ip/S
t. P
atric
k’s
Tea
chin
g C
olle
ge “
Co
nn
ecti
ng
wit
h S
cien
ce”
new
slet
ter
will
be
sent
to s
ever
al h
undr
ed
prim
ary
scho
ol te
ache
rs in
May
.
The
fund
ing
for
the
Par
tner
ship
’s P
rimar
y S
choo
l S
cien
ce te
achi
ng p
rogr
am w
ith S
t. P
atric
k’s
T
each
ing
Col
lege
is e
xpan
ding
with
sev
en
teac
hers
from
Don
egal
and
Gal
way
stu
dyin
g fo
r th
eir
Sci
ence
Cer
tific
ates
, a te
ache
r in
Ker
ry
stud
ying
for
her
Mas
ters
in S
cien
ce a
nd m
ultip
le
scie
nce
teac
hing
wor
ksho
ps h
eld
in M
ayo.
N
atio
nal U
nive
rsity
of I
rela
nd G
alw
ay (
NU
IG)
and
the
UC
D S
mur
fit G
radu
ate
Sch
ool o
f Bus
ines
s ha
ve s
elec
ted
the
stud
ents
to r
ecei
ve th
eir
Iris
h A
mer
ican
Par
tner
ship
Mas
ters
deg
ree
Fel
low
ship
s in
Med
ical
Dev
ice
Man
ufac
turin
g (N
UIG
) an
d U
.S.
Mul
ti-na
tiona
l Exp
ort S
trat
egie
s (S
mur
fit).
T
he 2
012
Gol
f Cha
mpi
onsh
ip S
erie
s w
ill b
e he
ld
in C
hica
go -
May
21,
Alb
any
- Ju
ne 4
, and
N
ewpo
rt -
Jun
e 11
. Par
ticip
atio
n in
all
thre
e
tour
nam
ents
is a
head
of 2
011.
A
rran
gem
ents
hav
e be
en fi
naliz
ed fo
r th
e
Par
tner
ship
’s L
ead
ersh
ip M
issi
on
to Ir
elan
d,
Aug
ust 2
5 to
Sep
tem
ber
2, 2
012.
All
Par
tner
ship
m
embe
rs a
re w
elco
me.
Gro
up li
mite
d to
18.
For
in
form
atio
n, p
leas
e co
ntac
t Exe
cutiv
e D
irect
or
Mar
y S
ugru
e M
cAle
er a
t (61
7) 7
23-2
707.
In C
hica
go, M
ayor
of C
hica
go R
ahm
Em
anue
l, th
e H
onor
able
Edw
ard
M
. Bur
ke, a
long
with
Mar
y Su
grue
McA
leer
pre
sent
ing
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
K
enny
wit
h a
$15,
000
gran
t for
sch
ools
in C
o. M
ayo.
In B
osto
n, T
aois
each
End
a K
enny
acc
epti
ng a
$7,
500
gran
t for
sc
hool
s in
Co.
May
o fr
om th
e P
artn
ersh
ip’s
Exe
cuti
ve D
irec
tor,
M
ary
Sugr
ue M
cAle
er.
TH
E I
RIS
H A
ME
RIC
AN
PA
RT
NE
RSH
IP
Fir
st Q
uar
ter,
201
2 P
artn
ersh
ip A
ctiv
ity
A
ski
lled
scie
nce
and
engi
neer
ing
w
ork
forc
e pr
oduc
es h
ome
grow
n jo
bs, n
ew
indi
geno
us b
usin
esse
s an
d su
bsta
ntia
l inw
ard
in
vest
men
t. T
hrou
gh in
nova
tive
scie
nce
ed
ucat
ion,
Irel
and’
s m
ost v
alua
ble
asse
t, th
e
colle
ctiv
e in
telle
ct o
f its
peo
ple
can
be a
pplie
d to
its
gre
ates
t nee
d –
sust
aina
ble
econ
omic
gro
wth
. T
he Ir
ish
have
alre
ady
dem
onst
rate
d an
un
usua
l tal
ent f
or h
igh
tech
nolo
gy.
In c
oope
ratio
n w
ith Ir
elan
d’s
Dep
artm
ent o
f E
duca
tion
and
Ski
lls a
nd S
t. P
atric
k’s
Tea
chin
g C
olle
ge in
Dub
lin, T
he Ir
ish
Am
eric
an P
artn
ersh
ip
is d
evot
ing
muc
h of
its
reso
urce
s to
impr
ove
the
appe
al o
f bas
ic s
cien
ce a
nd e
ngin
eerin
g to
Iris
h yo
ung
peop
le in
rur
al a
nd d
isad
vant
aged
prim
ary
scho
ols.
Par
tner
ship
Fo
cus
on
Sci
ence
Ed
uca
tio
n
Dub
lin
Cit
y U
nive
rsit
y P
resi
dent
, Bri
an M
acC
rait
h,
spea
king
at t
he P
artn
ersh
ip’s
St.
Pat
rick
’s D
ay
Bre
akfa
st a
t the
Bos
ton
Har
bor
Hot
el.
Pop
e Jo
hn P
aul I
I C
atho
lic
Aca
dem
y C
hoir
and
mus
icia
ns fe
atur
ed in
Bos
ton
at th
e P
artn
ersh
ip’s
Bre
akfa
st in
Feb
ruar
y ho
nori
ng T
aois
each
End
a K
enny
wit
h Ir
ish
Con
sul G
ener
al to
Bos
ton
Mic
hael
Lon
erga
n, th
e P
artn
ersh
ip’s
Pre
side
nt J
oe
Lea
ry, t
he P
artn
ersh
ip’s
Mus
ic D
irec
tor
Mar
y Sw
anto
n, a
nd I
rela
nd’s
Am
bass
ador
M
icha
el C
olli
ns.
Nea
rly 4
00 p
rimar
y sc
hool
s, 2
0,00
0 yo
ung
st
uden
ts a
nd th
eir
estim
ated
1,2
00 p
rinci
pals
an
d te
ache
rs, h
ave
and
are
rece
ivin
g th
e
bene
fit o
f thi
s fo
cus.
For
the
past
sev
en y
ears
T
he Ir
ish
Am
eric
an P
artn
ersh
ip h
as fu
nded
an
exte
nsiv
e ha
nds-
on c
lass
room
res
earc
h
prog
ram
to r
evea
l the
bes
t way
s to
pro
mot
e
scie
nce
appr
ecia
tion
and
inte
rest
am
ongs
t Iris
h yo
ung
peop
le. T
each
er e
nthu
sias
m a
nd
unde
rsta
ndin
g is
the
key
to s
ucce
ssfu
l pr
ogra
ms.
T
he n
ew “
Co
nn
ecti
ng
wit
h S
cien
ce”
ne
wsl
ette
r, e
dite
d an
d pu
blis
hed
join
tly b
y th
e P
artn
ersh
ip a
nd S
t. P
atric
k’s
Tea
chin
g C
olle
ge,
com
mun
icat
es s
cien
ce te
achi
ng id
eas
and
en
cour
ages
net
wor
king
bet
wee
n pr
imar
y sc
hool
te
ache
rs th
roug
hout
Irel
and.
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny s
peak
ing
at th
e P
artn
ersh
ip’s
Bre
akfa
st a
t the
Bos
ton
H
arbo
r H
otel
in F
ebru
ary.
Rep
rese
ntat
ives
from
The
Iri
sh C
ultu
ral C
entr
e of
New
Eng
land
w
ith
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny a
t the
Par
tner
ship
’s B
osto
n B
reak
fast
in
Feb
ruar
y.
Isla
nd
ead
y, C
astl
ebar
, Co
. May
o
C
orna
nool
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool (
St.
Pat
rick’
s)
Le
itir
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool (
St.
Jose
ph’s
)
C
loge
rnag
h N
atio
nal S
choo
l (S
t. P
aul’s
)
C
ogau
la N
atio
nal S
choo
l (S
t. C
olum
bus)
G
leni
slan
d N
atio
nal S
choo
l
Cas
tleb
ar, C
o. M
ayo
B
ally
hean
e N
atio
nal S
choo
l
C
rimlin
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
B
elca
rra
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
B
ally
vary
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
E
rrew
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
Der
ryw
ash
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
Par
ke N
atio
nal S
choo
l
M
anul
la N
atio
nal S
choo
l
B
allin
tubb
er N
atio
nal S
choo
l
Fah
y N
atio
nal S
choo
l N
ort
h B
elfa
st
Gle
ngor
mle
y In
tegr
ated
Prim
ary
Sch
ool
Inis
Mo
r, A
rain
n, C
o. G
alw
ay
SN
Eoi
n P
ol II
In
is O
irth
ir, A
rain
n, C
o. G
alw
ay
SN
Cao
mha
in
Dru
msh
anb
o, C
o. L
eitr
im
St.
Pat
rick’
s N
atio
nal S
choo
l B
allin
rob
e, C
o. M
ayo
R
oxbo
ro N
atio
nal S
choo
l M
ulla
gh
baw
n, C
o. A
rmag
h
St.
Mar
y’s
Prim
ary
Sch
ool
Ban
try,
Co
. Co
rk
Kilc
roha
n N
atio
nal S
choo
l Dur
rus
Mill
stre
et, C
o. C
ork
M
illst
reet
Con
vent
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
Du
hal
low
, Co
. Co
rk
Kno
ckna
gree
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
Car
rick
-on
-Sh
ann
on
, Co
. Ro
sco
mm
on
R
oosk
ey N
atio
nal S
choo
l K
enm
are,
Co
. Ker
ry
St.
Cla
re’s
Nat
iona
l Sch
ool
Au
gh
amo
re, C
arri
ck-o
n-S
han
no
n, C
o. L
eitr
im
Ann
aduf
f N
atio
nal S
choo
l C
on
nem
ara,
Co
. Gal
way
S
coil
Nai
siun
ta A
rd C
arna
D
ub
lin
Uni
vers
ity C
olle
ge D
ublin
Sch
ool o
f Eng
inee
ring
Sm
urfit
Bus
ines
s S
choo
l
Iris
h S
cho
ols
Rec
eivi
ng
P
artn
ersh
ip G
ran
ts
Janu
ary
- M
arch
201
2
Min
iste
r fo
r C
hild
ren
& Y
outh
Aff
airs
, F
ranc
es F
itzg
eral
d,
spea
king
at t
he
Par
tner
ship
’s
St. P
atri
ck’s
Day
B
reak
fast
at t
he
Bos
ton
Har
bor
Hot
el
in M
arch
.
In B
osto
n, B
aron
ess
May
Blo
od r
ecei
ved
a gr
ant o
f $10
,000
from
th
e P
artn
ersh
ip’s
B
osto
n L
eade
rshi
p G
roup
. The
gra
nt w
ill
be u
sed
to s
uppo
rt th
e T
rans
form
atio
nal
Scho
ol, G
leng
orm
ley,
an
d th
eir
dive
rse
stud
ent p
opul
atio
n.
May
or o
f Chi
cago
R
ahm
Em
anue
l, T
aois
each
End
a K
enny
, Ald
erm
an E
d B
urke
and
A
mba
ssad
or
Mic
hael
Col
lins
w
ith
the
Chi
cago
L
eade
rshi
p
Gro
up a
t the
P
artn
ersh
ip’s
St
. Pat
rick
’s D
ay
Bre
akfa
st a
t the
U
nion
Clu
b of
C
hica
go.
In C
hica
go,
Tao
isea
ch E
nda
Ken
ny
wit
h M
arie
McK
own
of
Tou
rism
Ire
land
pr
esen
t Ain
e
Mal
lagh
an w
ith
two
roun
dtri
p ti
cket
s to
Ir
elan
d co
mpl
imen
ts o
f T
ouri
sm I
rela
nd in
re
cogn
itio
n of
the
“Y
ear
of th
e G
athe
ring
”
in 2
013.
