Event 2021

January 30, 2021 by

Sean Mackin (president, Preferred Mechanical) was presented with the Patrick J. Donaghy Award by event co-chair James Donaghy (Structuretone) and ILIR President Ciaran Staunton.

Sean Mackin (president, Preferred Mechanical) was presented with the Patrick J. Donaghy Award by event co-chair James Donaghy (Structuretone) and ILIR President Ciaran Staunton.

The "Mary Lavin Remembered" event at NYU's Glucksman Ireland House on April 27, 2012. L-R: Greg Londe, Cormac O'Malley. James Ryan, James and Caroline's daughter Alice, Mary Gordon and Colm Tóibín. Photo: NUY Photo Bureau - Dan Creighton.

The "Mary Lavin Remembered" event at NYU's Glucksman Ireland House on April 27, 2012. L-R: Greg Londe, Cormac O'Malley. James Ryan, James and Caroline's daughter Alice, Mary Gordon and Colm Tóibín. Photo: NUY Photo Bureau - Dan Creighton.

DC photojournalist Marty Katz

DC photojournalist Marty Katz

Scottish highland dancer Amanda McCann opens the event.

Scottish highland dancer Amanda McCann opens the event.

One of the many American dancers who took part in the event.

One of the many American dancers who took part in the event.

Dr. Paddy Boland (second from left), and (left to right): dinner co-chairs Sean Mackin, Mike Carty, and Dr. Jonathan Lewis, an honorary board member of the Sarcoma Foundation and the 2019 event chair.

Dr. Paddy Boland (second from left), and (left to right): dinner co-chairs Sean Mackin, Mike Carty, and Dr. Jonathan Lewis, an honorary board member of the Sarcoma Foundation and the 2019 event chair.

Speaker of New York City Council, Corey Johnson, at the Irish Arts Center. Pictured are Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Corey, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Pauline Turley, the center's vice chair. Speaking at the event, which marked a $2.5 million grant from the Irish Government to the center, Johnson said: "The story of this project, in many ways, is the story of Ireland and the story of New York. It's persistent, gritty history of how we moved this project forward."

Speaker of New York City Council, Corey Johnson, at the Irish Arts Center. Pictured are Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Corey, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Pauline Turley, the center's vice chair. Speaking at the event, which marked a $2.5 million grant from the Irish Government to the center, Johnson said: "The story of this project, in many ways, is the story of Ireland and the story of New York. It's persistent, gritty history of how we moved this project forward."

Peter Quinn and his wife, Kathy (second from left) pose with fans at the O’Neill Award event.

Peter Quinn and his wife, Kathy (second from left) pose with fans at the O’Neill Award event.

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November 26, 1885

Thomas Andrews, Northern Irish chemist and physicist, died on this day in 1885 in Belfast. Andrews spent extensive time in school. He first attended the Belfast Academy and then the Royal Belfast Academical Institute, where he studied mathematics. In 1828, he went on to University of Glasgow to study chemistry, then Trinity College Dublin for classics with a distinction in science, and finally University of Edinburgh, where he was awarded a doctorate of medicine. He did his most important work as a professor of Chemistry at Queen’s University of Belfast, where he demonstrated the phase transitions between gases and liquids, and carried out a complete inquiry into the gas laws.