Irish
Week 2008
PROCLAMATION
LUNCHEON
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008, at 12 NOON
F X McRORY'S RESTAURANT
Occidental & S King St., Seattle
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and other dignitaries issued the 37th annual Proclamations of Irish Week in the State of Washington and in Seattle and King County. They were joined by Galway Mayor Tom Costello, Mayor of our Sister City in Ireland. Also in attendance were Ambassador John Bruton, the EU Ambassador to the US and former Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) who was Seattle's 2008 St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal, along with Joe Martin, the Parade's Honorary Grand Marshal. Irish government Minister John McGuinness, TD, Minister of State for Trade and Commerce, was also present. Irish entertainment, with the Baile Glas Irish Dancers, Uilleann Piper Tom Quinn and bagpiper Alexander Schiele, started at 11:30 AM.
For more information, call 206-361-1713, or email Lunch@irishclub.org.
Following are some pictures from the 2008 Luncheon and from previous years:
A partial view of the crowd.
MC Dave Ross of KIRO with
Mazie McFarland.
Event Chairman John Keane
thanks MC Dave Ross.
Former Governor John Spellman
leads a round of "When Irish Eyes are Smiling". For
more information, call 206-361-1713 or email Lunch@irishclub.org.
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