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June 21st 2007 was the inaugural
WineGeese Ireland dinner.
This took place in the glorious surroundings
of Carton House, one of Ireland’s foremost
Palladian treasures, and historically the great
countryseat of the FitzGeralds, the Earls of
Kildare.
Lee and Mary Mallaghan have magnificently restored
this incredible property and we are truly grateful
to them for allowing us the privilege of holding
this event in such historic surroundings.
Ken Gorman and John Sharkey
as Chairmen of the Society together with Ted
Murphy, Honorary Chairman, personally greeted
every guest as they were announced by the Herald
of Arms for the evening. New members to be inducted
into the society were Michael Bailey, Terry Browne,
Joe and Rose Corcoran, Margaret Hayhurst, Robert
McDonough, Lee and Mary Mallaghan, Paddy and
Bernadette Shanahan.
Honorary members
inducted were: Maurice Hayes, Frederic
Hennessy, Kerry and Margie Murphy.
We were privileged to have
as honored guests WineGeese vineyard owners,
Terry and Adèle Cross of Belfast and Bordeaux,
the Marquis de Goulaine from the Loire Valley,
Frederic Hennessy from Cognac who is restoring
the old family castle in Cork, Kerry Murphy of
DuMOL Winery in the Russian River Valley, California.
Thanks to their generosity the evening was enhanced
by their excellent wines and spirits.
Each shared their Irish
connection and their wines. Ken Gorman, Kieran
McLoughlin, Ted Murphy, and John Sharkey introduced
the honored guests. Loretta Brennan Glucksman
spoke about the impact of the Funds on Ireland
and in particular about their contribution to
the peace process in the north of Ireland. Kingsley
Aikins, CEO of The Ireland Funds, concluded the
memorable evening with a major thank you to John
Sharkey, Ted Murphy, and Ken Gorman for all they
have done to promote this aspect of Irish history
and culture. In particular, he commended Dr.
Ted Murphy for winning the Gourmand Award for
best wine history in any language for his book A
Kingdom of Wine: A Celebration of Ireland’s
Winegeese. |
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img_6541 - Bill
Walsh, John Sharkey, Herald of Arms, Maurice Hayes,
Robert, Marquis de Goulaine
img_6546 - John
Sharkey, Ted Murphy, and Ken Gorman
img_6550 - Kerry
Chaffers, Garry Murphy, Deanna McHugh
img_6558 - Loretta
Brennan Glucksman and Ted Murphy
img_6564 - Brian
Moore, Eileen Murphy, Deanna Moore, and Bart Murphy
img_6570 - Ted
Murphy, Maureen and Patrick Kelly
img_6589 - Robert
de Goulaine, Conor Mallaghan, Maureen and Patrick
Kelly, Alex Mallaghan
img_6594 - Michelle
Murphy, Kerry Murphy, Rose and Joe Corcoran,
Margie Murphy
img_6596 - Helen
Fullen, Audrey and Denis McAdams
img_6597 - Desmond
Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin with Loretta Brennan Glucksman
img_6615 - Tony
Condon, Frank Sinnott
img_6617 - Jack
and Jackie McDonnell with Kingsley Aikins
img_6621 - Lex
Gamble and Ted Murphy
img_6623 - Lou
Ann and Mike Corboy with Netta Blanchard
img_6627 - Terry Browne,
Dolores Murphy, Gráinne Bailey and Michael Bailey
img_6633 - Brian
and Susan Dickie
img_6643 - Kingsley
Aikins, Robert McDonough
img_6645 - Kingsley
and Claire Aikins, Robert McDonough
img_6651 - Barbara
and Cliff Miercort with the Herald of Arms
img_6653 - John
Sharkey, Herald of Arms, Ken Gorman
img_6662 - Helen
Sharkey, Roz Crowley, Diane Gamble
img_6664 - Rose
Corcoran, Caitriona Fottrell, Claire Carten
img_6680 - John
Sharkey, Frederic Hennessy, Ted Murphy, Kerry Murphy,
Ken Gorman, Robert de Goulaine
img_6691 - Tommy
and Sarah Gallagher
img_6694 - Archie
and June Bennett, Tommy and Sarah Gallagher,
Ted Murphy
img_6701 - Frederic
Hennessy, Robert de Goulaine, Ted Murphy, Kingsley
Aikins, Margaret Hayhurst
img_6703 - Margaret
Hayhurst, Kieran McLoughlin, Claire Aikins
img_6708 - June
Bennett and Deanna McHugh
img_6710 - Ian
Hyland and Robert de Goulaine
img_6714 - Abdul
Bulbulia, Frederic Hennessy, Katherine Bulbulia,
Claire Aikins
img_6720 - Kathleen
and Michael Barry, Ted Murphy, Loretta Brennan
Glucksman
img_6746 - New
WineGeese members: Rose and Joe Corcoran, Margaret
Hayhurst, Margie and Kerry Murphy, Frederic Hennessy,
and Robert McDonough as Ted Murphy reads out the
aspirations of The Ireland Funds WineGeese Society
img_6748 - and
Paddy Shanahan, Frederic Hennessy, Maurice Hayes,
Michael Bailey, Terence Browne, Mary and Lee Mallaghan
img_6763 - New
WineGeese members Margie, Kerry Murphy
img_6765 - Margie
and Kerry Murphy, Margaret Hayhurst
img_6770 - Maurice Hayes
adjusts Michael Bailey’s tie while Terence Browne
works on his own
img_6775 - Ted
Murphy, Terence Browne, Mary and Lee Mallaghan
img_6777 - Robert
McDonough and Kerry Murphy
img_6778 - Maurice
Hayes, Michael Bailey, Terence Browne
img_6783 - Michael Bailey
and Gráinne Bailey
img_6787 - Margie and
Michelle Murphy with the evening’s Herald of
Arms
img_6792 - Lex
Gamble, Caitriona Fottrell, Cliff Miercort
img_6794 - Abdul
Bulbulia and Ted Murphy
img_6797 - Tommy
Gallagher, Hugo MacNeill, Bill Walsh
img_6872 - DuMOL
Pinot Noir Finn 2002, Russian River Valley, Sonoma
County, California
img_6884 - Paddy
Shanahan and Kerry Murphy
img_6887 - Frank
Sinnott, Audrey and Denis McAdams
img_6890 - Eamonn
Cregan and Maureen Gillespie
img_6897 - Sarah
Gallagher, Michael Barry, Archie and June Bennett,
Kerry Murphy, Kathleen Barry, Margie Murphy
img_6898 - Deanna
McHugh and Robert de Goulaine
img_6902 - Abdul
Bulbulia, Kingsley and Claire Aikins
img_6904 - Maurice
Hayes, Margaret Hayhurst, Katherine Bulbulia
img_6920 - Sarah
McLoughlin, Lex and Diane Gamble, Jack McDonnell
img_6922 - What
can the Frenchman have said?!
img_6926 - Frederic Hennessy,
Cliff Miercort, Liza O’Connor, Kerry Chaffers
img_6930 - Page
Tucker, The Knight of Glin, June Bennett
img_6950 - Adèle
Cross, June Bennett, Terry Cross
img_6956 - standing: Frederic
Hennessy, Ken Gorman, Kingsley Aikins, Cliff Miercort
seated: Kerry
Chaffers, Roz Crowley, Barbara Miercort, Elisabet Bordt
img_6804 -
The Gold Salon at Carton House
img_6837 - The
guests enjoying the superb dinner in the Gold Salon,
Carton House |
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