b'AROUND THE WORLD | THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND | CHICAGOThe Ryder Cup DinnerSEPTEMBER, 2012 To celebrate Chicago hosting the Ryder Cup, The American Ireland 1 Diane Meagher, Irish Consul General Aidan Cronin, Fund held a dinner at the Trump International Hotel & Tower. It was an opportunity to extend a Karen & Bill Goodyear, Tom Meagher Jr.warm Chicago welcome to supporters from Ireland, travelling with the Ryder Cup, and to intro- 2 Dermot Desmond, Amb. Jim Kenny, Pat Desmond duce them to Chicagos Regional Advisory Board and Young Leaders leadership team. Kieran 3 Noreen & JP McManus4 Kieran McLoughlin, McLoughlin, President & CEO of The Worldwide Ireland Funds, thanked everyone for coming and Missy ONeill, Missy & John Derse, Lynda Hatcher, supporting The Worldwide Ireland Funds Promising Ireland Campaign. Kieran spoke about the Tom E. ONeillimpact it was making for hundreds of charities in Ireland and around the world. He thanked andcongratulated all present on delivering for Ireland at such a crucial time. Guests attending included Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jim Kenny and his wife Margaret; Irish Consul General Aidan Cronin and his wife Meadhbh; Regional Advisory Board Chair Thomas Meagher,Jr. and his wife Diane along with several other Irish American leaders and two of Irelands leading philanthropic couples JP & Noreen McManus and Dermot & Pat Desmond. 1 2 34connect 2013 | 74'