IRISH FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NUMBER 24 AUTUMN 2008 PAGE 1 NEWSLETTER THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOLARS’ DINNER. ST P ATRICK’S HALL, DUBLIN CASTLE MAY 29TH 2008 The 2008 Irish Fulbright Scholars pictured at Dublin Castle with (3rd from left, front row) Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, Ms Una Halligan (Chairperson of Irish Fulbright Commission), Ms Colleen Dube (Executive Director of Fulbright Commission), Professor Thérèse Fahy (President IFAA), and H.E. Thomas C. Foley (Ambassador of the United States to Ireland). The annual Fulbright Scholar’s Dinner is now firmly established as one of the social highlights of the year for the Fulbright community in Ireland. This year’s event took place on Thursday May 29th at Dublin Castle and was attended by 165 people. The event was primarily a celebration of the 30 newly selected 2008/2009 Irish Fulbright scholars. This year also a number of visiting US Fulbright scholars were present, and also received awards. The evening began with a relaxing reception, followed by a wonderful meal in the grand surroundings of St Patrick’s Hall. Frank McGoldrick (Vice President, Irish Fulbright Alumni Association) acted as MC for the evening. Distinguished guests included H.E. Thomas C. Foley, Ambassador of the United States to Ireland and Mr Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs. Musical entertainment was provided by two of this year’s Fulbright awardees – Dr Paul Roe (Clarinet) and Patrick Groenland (Guitar). IFAA President Thérèse Fahy captured the mood of the evening when she stated in her address: “We see the remarkable contributions that Fulbright Alumni have made to practically every sphere of Irish society: from architecture, banking, and commerce to music, poetry, sociology, science and technology. In addition approximately 500 American citizens have received awards under the American–Irish programme. A key strength of the Fulbright Programme everywhere lies in the shared sense of honour and pride in being a Fulbrighter. We should therefore all be very proud of what this very special programme has achieved in Ireland in the last (Continued on page 2) Calendar of events: Autumn 2008 – Spring 2009 Thanksgiving Dinner: November 27 2008 at Dublin City University Contact: Dr Sarah Ingle. 01-7005928 Email: [email protected]January 14–18 2009: Orientation of new US Fulbrighters in Dublin (Fulbright Commission) January 19–February 6 2009: Interviews for Irish Fulbright awards 2009. (Fulbright Commission) Scholars’ Dinner 2009: Thursday June 11th at Dublin Castle. ifaa newsletter:Layout 1 06/11/2008 20:32 Page 1
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IRISH FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NUMBER 24 � AUTUMN 2008
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NEWSLETTERTHIRTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOLARS’ DINNER. ST PATRICK’S HALL,
DUBLIN CASTLE MAY 29TH 2008
The 2008 Irish FulbrightScholars pictured at DublinCastle with (3rd from left, frontrow) Minister Éamon Ó Cuív,Ms Una Halligan (Chairpersonof Irish Fulbright Commission),Ms Colleen Dube (ExecutiveDirector of FulbrightCommission), ProfessorThérèse Fahy (PresidentIFAA), and H.E. Thomas C. Foley (Ambassador of theUnited States to Ireland).
The annual Fulbright Scholar’sDinner is now firmly established asone of the social highlights of theyear for the Fulbright community inIreland. This year’s event took placeon Thursday May 29th at DublinCastle and was attended by 165people. The event was primarily acelebration of the 30 newly selected2008/2009 Irish Fulbright scholars.This year also a number of visitingUS Fulbright scholars were present,and also received awards.
The evening began with a relaxingreception, followed by a wonderfulmeal in the grand surroundings of StPatrick’s Hall. Frank McGoldrick(Vice President, Irish FulbrightAlumni Association) acted as MCfor the evening. Distinguishedguests included H.E. Thomas C.Foley, Ambassador of the UnitedStates to Ireland and Mr Éamon ÓCuív, Minister for Community,Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs.
Musical entertainment was providedby two of this year’s Fulbrightawardees – Dr Paul Roe (Clarinet)and Patrick Groenland (Guitar).
IFAA President Thérèse Fahycaptured the mood of the eveningwhen she stated in her address:“We see the remarkablecontributions that Fulbright Alumnihave made to practically everysphere of Irish society: fromarchitecture, banking, andcommerce to music, poetry,sociology, science and technology.In addition approximately 500American citizens have receivedawards under the American–Irishprogramme. A key strength of theFulbright Programme everywherelies in the shared sense of honourand pride in being a Fulbrighter. Weshould therefore all be very proud ofwhat this very special programmehas achieved in Ireland in the last (Continued on page 2)
January 14–18 2009: Orientationof new US Fulbrighters in Dublin
(Fulbright Commission)�
January 19–Feb ruary 6 2009:Interviews for Irish Fulbright awards
2009. (Fulbright Commission)�
Scholars’ Dinner 2009:Thursday June 11th at
Dublin Castle.�
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fifty-one years, as we celebrate tonight,with our new Scholars of 2008”.
Later when presenting the awardsMs Una Halligan, Chairperson of theFulbright Commission stated:
“I am thrilled to say that for the2008–2009 academic year, theFulbright Commission is awarding arecord 60 scholarships – 30 to Irishcitizens and 30 to US citizens. Thisyear’s Irish recipients include: 14Students, 9 Scholars , 7 ForeignLanguage Teaching Assistants who will be teaching the Irish languagethroughout the US. The Commission is also grateful to the Irish FulbrightAlumni Association for including 7 of our US Fulbright recipients for the2007–2008 academic year in tonight’scelebrations”.
The evening was greatly enjoyed byall present, and drew gradually andpleasantly to a close around 11.00 pm.
In recent years the IFAA hasregularly presented its highestsymbolic merit award – the IFAAMedal of Honour – to specialindividuals who have made a major
contribution to thework of theAssociation. One of themost recent recipientswas Mrs HarrietFulbright - widow ofthe late SenatorWilliam Fulbright –when she visitedDublin to speak at anIFAA function inNovember 2007.
This year in May2008, at the AnnualScholars Dinner inDublin Castle theMedal of Honour waspresented to anotheroutstanding member ofour Association – JohnO’Loughlin Kennedy.In presenting Loughywith the Medal IFAA
President Thérèse Fahy said:“Tonight, we are presenting the
Irish Fulbright Alumni Medal ofHonour to a very cherished
alumnus: someone who has had aremarkable life and career, hugelyinfluenced by his Fulbrightexperience, this person was the jointeditor, along with John Hurley, ofour Jubilee Directory of IrishFulbright Alumni, which waslaunched last November.
Having completed a degree inEconomics in UCD, he ran theHallmark Cards plant in Ireland,and was awarded his FulbrightScholarship to study at the GraduateSchool of Business Administrationat UCLA in 1961/62.
His US visit had an extraordinaryimpact on him. He was veryimpressed and influenced by theAmerican “can do” attitude, andwhen he heard reports from Africa offamine in Biafra in 1968, it was, as hesays himself, his ‘Californiaconfidence’ that lead him to foundthe charity ‘CONCERN. Betweenchartering ships and aircraft, 12,000tons of relief supplies were sent to thestarving people of this small African
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Dr Paul Roe (Clarinet) and Patrick Groenland (Guitar) entertaining the guests atthe Scholars’ Dinner in St Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle.
IFAA MEDAL OF HONOUR PRESENTED TO JOHN O’LOUGHLIN KENNEDY
IFAA President Thérèse Fahy presents the IFAAMedal of Honour to John O’Loughlin Kennedy.
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The centrepiece of the evening atDublin Castle on May 29th was theformal presentations of Fulbrightaward certificates to 30 new Irishscholars who will be studying,researching and teaching in theUSA over the next year or two. Theawards were presented by Ms UnaHalligan Chairperson of theFulbright Commission to thefollowing recipients:
Dr. Giuliana Adamo, a lecturer in theDepartment of Italian at Trinity CollegeDublin will research the WesternLiterary Canon at Harvard University inBoston, Massachusetts.
Ms. Anne Corbett completed a Mastersin Sociolinguistics in NuaGhaeilge NUIGalway in 2007. Anne will be aFulbright Foreign Language TeachingAssistant at the University of NotreDame in Indiana.
Ms. Caren Crowley, the recipient of theFulbright - CRH Award in Business Studies,is undertaking her Ph.D. at the Centrefor Innovation & Structural Change atNUI Galway. Caren will undertakeresearch on organisational learning atthe University of Kentucky.
Mr. Michael Daly, a Ph.D. candidate inPsychology at Trinity College Dublinwill research emotional regulation andits psychophysiological correlates atFlorida State University.
Mr. Rory Deverell, a Ph.D candidate inAgriculture at University College
Dublin, is the recipient of the Fulbright –Teagasc Award in Agriculture and FoodScience / Policy. Rory will analyze andassess the effect that the ethanolindustry has had on farm incomes,market stability and environmentalprotection at the University ofMinnesota.
Ms. Thelma Egan, the second recipientof the Fulbright – Teagasc Award inAgriculture and Food Science Policy, willundertake research at the University ofCalifornia, Davis in the area of foodscience that combines food chemistryand food technology to enhance thehealth benefits of natural food derivedbioactives.
Mr. Patrick Groenland a graduate ofNUI Maynooth, will undertake trainingin jazz performance and composition atBerklee College in Boston,Massachusetts.
Ms. Úna Méabh Herron is currentlycompleting her post-graduate certificatein Education at St. Mary’s UniversityCollege Belfast. Úna will be a FulbrightForeign Language Teaching Assistant atHaskell Indian Nations University inLawrence, Kansas.
Mr. Tom Jeffers received his B.A.International in History and Irish fromUCD in 2007 and is returning fromDenmark to be a Fulbright ForeignLanguage Teaching Assistant at theUniversity of St. Thomas in St. Paul,Minnesota.
Ms. Naomi Keena is currently workingat ODOS Architects here in Dublin.She intends to undertake a Masters inArchitecture in the US.
Dr. Oran Kennedy, a Ph.D. recipient inBioengineering from Trinity CollegeDublin, is currently based at theDepartment of Anatomy in the RoyalCollege of Surgeons. Oran willundertake research in the area ofBioengineering at Mount Sinai School ofMedicine in NY.
Mr. David Kenny is currentlycompleting his LL.B at Trinity CollegeDublin. David will undertake a Master’sof Law (LL.M) focusing onConstitutional and Comparative Law atHarvard Law School.
Dr. Elfed Lewis, an Associate Professorin the Department of Electronic andComputer Engineering at the Universityof Limerick, will undertake research inthe area of Miniature Optical Fibre PressureSensor for Biomedical Applications at theUniversity of Central Florida.
Ms. Rathnait Long, the recipient of theFulbright – Enterprise Ireland award inScience, Technology and Innovation, willresearch fabrication and characterisationof Metal Oxide Semiconductor devicesat Stanford University as part of herPh.D. in Engineering at UniversityCollege Cork’s Tyndall Institute.
Mr. Ryan Marshall is currentlyundertaking a Graduate Diploma inInternational Relations at The BolognaCenter in Italy. In the US, Ryan willundertake a Masters at the School ofAdvanced International Studies at theJohns Hopkins University inWashington, D.C.
Ms. Caroline Martin, the recipient ofthe Fulbright – EPA Award inEnvironmental Science / Policy. Caroline iscurrently finishing her Bachelor ofScience in Earth and Ocean Sciences atNUI Galway. Caroline will beginresearch for her Ph.D. in ClimateChange at Columbia University.
Ms. Anne Mulhall received her Mastersin Anglo-Irish Literature from UCD.She intends to complete a Masters inComparative Literature at New YorkUniversity.
Ms. Eimear Ní Cheallaigh completedher Masters in Irish at NUI Galway in2005. Eimear will be a Fulbright ForeignLanguage Teaching Assistant at LehmanCollege in the Bronx, New York.
Ms. Alanna Ní Mhíocháin finished herB.Sc. in Speech and Language studies atTrinity College Dublin in 2007. She willbe a Fulbright Foreign LanguageTeaching Assistantship at the Universityof Southern Illinois in Carbondale
Ms. Maedhbh M. Nic Dhonnchadha, ofAcadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge inNUI Galway is the recipient of theFulbright Irish Language Scholar Award.Maedhbh will assist in cataloguing theNuala Ní Dhomhnaill collection in theBurns Library in Boston College.
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PRESENTATIONS TO THE NEW IRISH FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS (2008)
Michael Daly receiving his Fulbright award.
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Dr. Niamh Nowlan, a Post-DoctoralResearch Fellow at the Department ofZoology, Trinity College Dublin, willresearch Forcing Bone: Interplay betweenMechanics and Molecules during BoneFormation at Boston University.
Dr. Gillian O’Brien, a History lecturerat St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra,will research ‘Crime of the Century’: TheMurder of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin inChicago, May 1889 at Newberry Libraryin Chicago.
Ms. Grace O’Malley received herMasters in Science from Trinity CollegeDublin in 2007 and will research TypeII Diabetes in Children at YaleUniversity in New Haven, Connecticut.
Mr. Paul Raftery, the recipient of theFulbright – Glen Dimplex Award in Science,Technology and Renewables is a PhDcandidate in Engineering at NUI
Galway. He will research energymanagement at the Lawrence BerkeleyNational Laboratory.
Dr. Paul Roe, a Performer and MusicLecturer at the Royal Irish Academy ofMusic will research the Practice-BasedStudy of Clarinet Performance andPedagogy in Klezmer Music at MannesCollege in New York.
Dr. Moynagh Sullivan is the recipientof the Fulbright Award in Irish Literary and Cultural Studies at UC-Berkeley. Dr. Sullivan, a Lecturer in the School of English, Media and theatre Studies at NUI Maynooth will research InsideOut: Gender, Psychoanalysis and IrishCulture.
Ms. Ciara Wadden has just completed aDióploma Iarchéime san Oideachas atNUI Galway. She will be a FulbrightForeign Language Teaching Assistant atthe University of Montana.
The following 3 Irish Fulbrightrecipients were presented in absentia.
Dr. Kieran Conboy, a lecturer inInformation Systems at NUI Galway,will research the area of BudgetingTechniques in Agile Information SystemsDevelopment Projects at CarnegieMellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mr. John Keatings is currentlycompleting his post-graduate certificatein Education at Queen’s UniversityBelfast. He will be a Fulbright ForeignLanguage Teaching Assistant at NewYork University.
Dr. Shane Kilcommins, a lecturer inLaw based at the Faculty of Law inUniversity College Cork, will researchThe Accused in the Irish Criminal Process atTemple University, Philadelphia.
The following 4 Americans, whoreceived Fulbright awards in 2007 and were currently studying andresearching in Ireland, were alsopresented with certificates by MsHalligan:
Dr. James Hoerter from Ferris StateUniversity in Grand Rapids, Michiganwho is based at the FOCAS institute atthe Dublin Institute of Technology where heis researching skin cancer.
Dr. Anita Ramasastry from theUniversity of Washington in Seattle whois researching and teaching at theNational University of Ireland – Galway’sCentre for Human Rights. Dr. Ramasastryalso visited Norway as a guest of itsCommission.
Dr. Michael Rosenberg from John’sHopkins University who is collaboratingwith St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra onstrategies to ensure that there is aqualified special education teacher inevery classroom.
Dr. Daniel A. Sarr of the NationalParks Service and Southern OregonUniversity in Ashland, Oregon. With co-funding from the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, Dr. Sarr is based at the National University of Ireland Galwayto evaluate the effects of livestockgrazing on diversity.
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IFAA MEDAL OF HONOUR PRESENTED TO JOHN O’LOUGHLIN KENNEDY
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region. This year CONCERN iscelebrating its 40th Anniversary andnow works in 28 countries. It raisesand distributes over A120 millionannually in Disaster Relief andDevelopment Aid.
Having worked for a time, ineconomic research, with GarretFitzgerald at the EconomistIntelligence Unit of Ireland, hisinterest in the Third Word ultimatelylead to a commitment to theenvironment, and to three years asDirector of An Taisce.
Loughy is to celebrate his 76thbirthday in December and he is nowwriting a book on the relationshipbetween theology and management inthe Catholic Church.
And so, this year, as a mark of ourhuge appreciation, and enormousadmiration, we present our Medal of Honour to our dear friend andcolleague, John O’Loughlin Kennedy.”
Although surprised by theoccasion, Loughy neverthelessaccepted the Medal with his usualquiet grace and sophistication.
IFAA acknowledges with thanksthe support of our valued sponsors:� Athlone Institute of
Technology� Cork Institute of Technology� Griffith College Dublin� IDA Ireland� NUI Galway� NUI Maynooth� University College Cork� University College Dublin� University of Limerick� Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland� Trinity College Dublin
Niamh Nolan receiving her Fulbright award
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IFAA COMMITTEE 2008-2009
President� Professor Thérèse Fahy Royal Irish Academy of Music, 36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2E-mail: [email protected]
Vice-President� Mr Frank McGoldrick, 31 The Alders, Monkstown Valley,Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Currently surrounded by thestunning autumn colours of HudsonRiver Valley woods in Upstate NewYork, Cliona has had a busy fewmonths since stepping down fromthe IFAA Executive Committee inMay. After two very enjoyable yearson the Committee, first as anordinary member and later asNewsletter Editor, that coincidedwith the fiftieth anniversarycelebrations of Fulbright in Ireland,she accepted a two-year visitingposition in Mathematics at BardCollege, which is a liberal artscollege about a two-hour drive northof New York City. Over thesummer, in addition to packing upand getting ready to travel to the US,she and her fiance (who met whileCliona was on her Fulbrightexchange) celebrated their marriageat a leafy location in Co. Meath. Itwas a thoroughly enjoyable day, andeveryone involved is still thankingthe weather gods for some incrediblegood fortune: it stopped rainingdirectly before the outdoor ceremonyand started showering again onlyafter all guests were seated insidethat evening for dinner!
Cliona’s position at Bard started in
September, and she has since beenenjoying teaching a group ofmotivated students within acommunity of interesting and wide-ranging faculty in an idyllic campussetting beside the scenic HudsonRiver. She has also been takingadvantage of the flourishing culturallife in the area, including attendingconcerts at the Fisher Center for thePerforming Arts on campus, regularrecitals by members of the BardConservatory of Music, and, ofcourse, the myriad of events atvenues in nearby New York City.
One of the bittersweet benefits ofthe Fulbright exchange is growingused to living both in your homecountry and in the US. While livingin Ireland after her Fulbrightexchange, Cliona missed aspects oflife in the US. Now, happy to beback in the US, she misses family,friends, and life in Ireland.However, flying between New Yorkis so manageable, and internetphonecalls so affordable, that it’sreally possible to enjoy both and,while in New York, she’s beenenjoying being on the mailing list ofthe IFAA where she hears news ofIFAA events back home in Ireland.
CLIONA GOLDEN, FORMER IFAANEWSLETTER EDITOR, MIGRATES
BACK TO THE USA
Photo of Cliona outside her new home near the Hudson river, New York.
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This year saw John Hurley leavethe committee after ten years ofactive involvement. Following hisFulbright at Stanford Universityin 1994, where his researchrevolved around 16 Nobellaureates in science, John becameinvolved with the Association,joining the committee in 1998 andserving in the roles of Vice-President (2001-03) and President(2003-05). John has remained anactive member of the committee and, with John O’Loughlin-Kennedy, completed the JubileeDirectory, a project he initiatedduring his time as President. He also took the initiative to organisethe Jubilee Symposium with hissub-committee, in November2007. During John’s tenure asPresident he sought to encourageyounger members to becomeinvolved in the work of the
committee, in the processfacilitating the rejuvenation ofthe committee and allowing foraccumulated committee ‘know-how’ to be passed on. It was in the context of his service to theIFAA that John was awarded the Association’s medal at the 10th Annual Fulbright Scholar’sDinner in June 2006.
This year also saw the departurefrom the Committee of WillieReville, former IFAA Presidentand outstanding contributor to the work of IFAA over manyyears. There is no danger thatWillie will be left with time on hishands however, as he continues to have multiple responsibilities atUCC, and is already wellestablished as Ireland’s foremostscience writer through his weekly“Science Today” column in theIrish Times.
JOHN HURLEY AND WILLIE REVILLE
STEP DOWN FROM IFAA COMMITTEE
FULBRIGHT GROUP VISITS NATIONAL CONCERT HALL
Newcomers to the IFAACommittee 2008/2009
It was a great pleasure to see fiveenergetic members steppingforward to join the IFAACommittee this year. They are:
Professor Patrick Clancy of UCD(Fulbright New Century Scholar2005)
Mr David Fennelly (New YorkUniversity, 2004)
Dr Paul Quigley, of AIB Bank(University of Illinois, 1996)
Dr Sarah Ingle, of DCU’s BusinessSchool (Arizona State University,2006)
Niamh Dunne, (New YorkUniversity, 2006).
There can be no doubt that theirimpact on IFAA affairs will beconsiderable.
This year’s AGM was held at AmericanCollege Dublin (1 Merrion Square,Dublin) with kind permission of theCollege President on Wednesday May14th, 2008. 15 members attended. Thework of the outgoing committee wasfavourably reviewed. Threeoutstanding members of the Committee
stood down – John Hurley, WillieReville and Cliona Golden. ThePresident warmly thanked them all fortheir major contributions during thepreceding years. A new Committee waselected (see page 5) and started theyear re-juvenated by the addition offive new members (see left).
In what is now a traditional Autumnevent, a group of about 30 FulbrightFellows and friends visited theNational Concert Hall on FridayOctober 31st to enjoy an evening ofmusic with the RTE NationalSymphony Orchestra. This year’souting was ably organised by SéamusÓ Cinnéide of the IFAA Committee.The group included several visitingAmerican Fulbright Fellows and afterthe concert everyone retired to thenearby Conrad Hotel where a“Comhluadar” session of animatedconversation and socialising continuedfor some considerable time. This year’s
visit to the NCH was extra specialbecause IFAA President Thérèse Fahywas the soloist in the performance ofthe piano concerto “Réveil desOiseaux” by French composerMessiaen. Thérèse and the orchestraprovided magical moments of musical“bird song” for the audience,culminating in the spectacular “dawnchorus”, which lingered in our mindslong after the concert finished.
Further “Comhluadar” social gatherings ofFulbrighters and friends will take placeregularly during 2009. Dates to beannounced.
IFAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008
COMMEMORATING
ANNE LEAHYEarly October 08 saw a concert takeplace in Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral to markthe first anniversary of the passing of ourdear friend and fellow Fulbrighter, AnneLeahy. Featuring Bach’s Mass in BMinor, the evening saw the Dublin BachSingers, the Orchestra of Saint Cecilia,conductor Blánaid Murphy and soloists(Colette Boushell, Anna-Louise Costello,Victoria Massey, Duncan Brickenden,Andrew Boushell and John-Owen Miley-Read) give of their time both toremember Anne and to raise funds for the Anne Leahy Scholarship Fund.Indeed, such was the response that a full cathedral meant some of the proceedsalso made their way to Saint FrancisHospice, Raheny, where Anne spent her last days. The evening reflected “the esteem and affection which Anne still draws,” said the ‘appreciation’ in the concert programme. “We celebrateAnne’s life and enthusiasm…and we can best commemorate her by emulatingher boundless generosity and enthusiasmin the promotion of all aspects of art andmusic.”
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SCENES FROM THE FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS’ DINNER
AT DUBLIN CASTLE, MAY 2008
Edmund O'Toole, Caroline Martin, Eamon Martin, and Gabrielle Martin
Gerry, Lidia, Paul and Helen Raftery
Fran O’Rourke, Gabriela Meyer, William Reville, Breda McLeavey.
Grace O’Malley receiving her Fulbrightaward
Ciara Wadden receiving her Fulbright award
Rory Deverell receiving his Fulbright award
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Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh, Paul and Patricia Quigley, Lar Joye
Carol O'Sullivan, Shane Colgan, John Breen, Muireann Cullen
