25th
Anniversary St Patrick’s Day Luncheon - March 18,
2008
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Over 1300 guests attended
the 25th Anniversary St Patrick’s
Day Luncheon on March 14th, 2008 at the Metro Toronto
Convention Centre, enjoying great entertainment in the
Pre Luncheon Reception, the Luncheon and the Post Luncheon
Pub Party.
While enjoying the wonderful lunch,
guests succeed in The Ireland Fund of Canada’s 25th Anniversary
St Patrick’s Day Luncheon qualifying for the title
of World’s Largest Simultaneous Roast Dinner for
Guinness World Records! Subway tokens were placed on
each guest’s plate as part of our social responsibility
partnership with our Pillar Sponsor Guinness/ Diageo
Canada for a safe ride home after enjoying a wonderful
lunch and pints of Guinness.
We would like to thank our sponsors;
Pillar Sponsor Guinness / Diageo Canada; Newspaper Sponsor
National Post; Live Auction Sponsors, Tourism Ireland,
BMW Toronto, Chateau de la Ligne, Druid Golf and Transat
Holidays ; Pre Luncheon Reception Sponsors Ballantry
Homes, Shorcan, LIUNA Ontario Provincial District and
TD Waterhouse; Post Luncheon Reception Sponsors PC Financial,
Gardiner Roberts LLP and Jovian Capital, Irish Dancer
Sponsor Carpenters and Allied Workers Local 27, Pre-Luncheon
Entertainment Sponsor Magna International, Preserving
the Moment Sponsor Fenian Films and Photography Sponsor
Grant W. Martin.
Congratulations to Co-Chairs Philip
Armstrong and Kevin Gallagher, the Luncheon Committee
and volunteers on a successful event!
Our Head Table
Cathy Jones - Comedian, This Hour
Has 22 Minutes
Frances Wdowczyk - Executive Director Student Life
Education Co.
Kevin Flynn - MPP Oakville representing Dalton
McGuinty
Mayor Hazel McCallion - Mayor of Mississauga
Father Gerry Scott
The Right Honourable John Turner
John Dunne Co-Founder of Luncheon and Patron
Sean Murphy - Grand Marshal 2008
Joseph Murphy - Co-Founder of Luncheon
Chief William Blair - Toronto Police Chief
Robert Kearns - Chair, Ireland Park Foundation,
Irish Person of the Year 2008
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance
Philip Armstrong, Director, Ireland Fund of Canada, Co-chair
St Patrick’s Day Luncheon
Mark Dailey, Citytv and Master of Ceremonies
Her Honour Mrs. Ruth Ann Onley
His Honour David C. Onley, Lt Governor
Susan Storey, Chair IFOC
Ambassador Declan Kelly, Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
Mr. Conor Lenihan - Minister of State for Integration
Policy
Kevin Gallagher, Co-Chair, Ireland Fund of Canada
Nicholas Armour, British Consul General
Walter Shauer, Sponsored by BMW Toronto
Jonathan Kearns, Irish Person of the Year 2008
Jim McKenny, Citytv Sports Anchor
Seamus O’Regan- CTV Canada AM Host
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1 - Susan Storey IFOC Chair and Minister of
State from Ireland Conor Linehan
2 - John Kennedy, CEO Diageo Canada, Alana Stone,
Diageo Canada, Peter Kourtis, Diageo Canada, Mark Dailey,
Citytv/Emcee, Kim Dailey, John Dunne, Patron and Co-Founder
of Luncheon, Carolyn Richardson IFOC Event Coordinator,
Lieutenant Governor David C. Onley and Mrs. Onley
3 - St Patrick’s Day Luncheon guests
4 - Kevin Gallagher, IFOC Director and Co-Chair Luncheon,
Peter Murphy IFOC Director, Susan Storey IFOC Chair, Philip
Armstrong IFOC Chair and Co-Chair Luncheon, Oliver Murray
IFOC Director, Carmel Orr IFOC Executive Director, Lieutenant
Governor David C. Onley, Mrs. Onley and Terry Smith IFOC
Director
5 - Joseph Murphy, Co-Founder of Luncheon, Toronto
Police Chief William Blair, Robert Kearns Irish Person
of the Year 2008 / Chair of Ireland Park Foundation
6 - Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty
7 - Father Gerry Scott and The Right Honourable John
Turner
8 - Jonathan Kearns, Irish Person of the Year 2008
and Seamus O’Regan, CTV Canada AM
9 - Hugo Straney, Co-Host
10 - Cathy Jones, Comedian from This Hour Has 22
Minutes
11 - Damhnait Doyle, Canadian Songwriter/Singer
12 - Trish O’Brien, Aideen O’Brien and
Paul Noonan
13 - Auctioneer Jay Mandarino
The photos are courtesy of Photography Sponsor Grant
W. Martin |
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