b"FRANCE THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND ARoUND ThE WoRLD 1 2 34 5 6The Ireland Fund of France Wild Geese Rugby Dinner1 Pavillon Dauphine, Paris MARCh, 2014 The Ireland Fund of France held the Wild geese Rugby Charity Dinner, traditionally held on the eve2 Hugo MacNeill, Helen Lambertof the France v Ireland rugby match in Paris, at the landmark venue Pavillon Dauphine. The Ireland Fund of France 3 Rory Montgomery, Helen Lambert, Eamon Gilmore. President, helen Lambert, together with His Excellency Rory Montgomery, Ambassador of Ireland to France, and 4 John Twomey, Ronan O'GaraHonorary President of The Ireland Fund of France, welcomed Tnaiste Eamon gilmore and his wife Carol hanney; His5 Paul McGuinness, Helen Lambert, Kathy Gilfillan Excellency Monsieur Jean-Pierre Thbault, Ambassador of France to Ireland; hugo MacNeill, Chairman of The Ireland6 Helen Lambert, Peter Copping Funds in Ireland; and Dr John Twomey, Head of Paediatrics at University hospital Limerick, with his wife NoeleenMcLoughlin. The event benefited Childrens Ark Paediatric Unit in University Hospital Limerick. Tnaiste Eamon Gilmorethanked The Ireland Fund of France and The Ireland Funds network for the work supporting Irish organisations at homeand abroad. The guest of honour was Ronan ogara, former Munster, Ireland and British Lions captain, accompaniedby his wife Jessica. Ronan spoke about his move to France and his new career as a coach at Racing Metro. Dinner wasfollowed by a charity auction, with well-known French television presenter Thomas herv as auctioneer. Helen Lambertthanked all sponsors for their generosity. Heartfelt thanks to the Ireland Rugby team, for giving Irish fans the opportunity to celebrate in Paris for the first time in 14 years with a victory against France and a Six Nations Champi-onship title. The Ireland Fund of France acknowledges and thanks the sponsors below for their support for this event:veuve Clicquot, Irish Distillers - Pernod Ricard, For Water, Tradext Irish gourmet Foods, Tourism Ireland, Aer Lingus,Maison PoirayPlace vendme, Dromoland Castle, Kildare village, M. Eduardo gilfenbein, Mr William Kennedy, Shannon Airport, The Strand hotel Limerick, Shannon heritage, Cuccinelli, Berlutti, Rick owens (Paris), Sanja Spahr,Andrew gN, gripoix, Marianne guedin, Nina Ricci, Monart Spa, The Westin Parisvendme, The Merrion hotel, Dublin,La valle village, Munster Rugby Club, Racing Metro 92 Rugby Club, Martin grant, Turnbull & Asser, Dior, Smythson,Sharon Wauchob, herv van der Straten, Kilian hennessy, Caviar Kaspia, John & Clara Molloy, Memo Perfumes.connect2014 | 103"