TH

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ME

RIC

AN

PA

RT

NE

RSH

IP

33 B

road

Str

eet -

Bos

ton,

MA

021

09 -

(61

7) 7

23-2

707

- in

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ww

w.ir

isha

p.or

g

Gal

lery

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.