b"AROUND THE WORLD | THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND | DALLAS1 2 3Events at The Alan Barnes Fine Art Gallery2012 The Alan Barnes Fine Art Gallery hosted several events for The American Ireland Fund of Dallas to 1 Kathy Muldoon, Alan Barnes, Beth Struckellcoincide with the John Kingerlee exhibition, From Cleanagh and Beyond.The Dallas Womens Group 2 Bobbie Sue Williams, Tom OLeary, Dr Christy Riddle, met at the gallery to discuss new ways to introduce Dallas women to the mission and projects of the fund Mike Corboyfollowed by the Dallas Gallery Circle Kingerlee Preview where over 200 guests explored the work of artist 3 Mike Corboy with examples ofthe Kingerlee wearable artJohn Kingerlee.Attending were many of the Dallas Young Leaders, their patron Mike Corboy, and AIF COOTom OLeary. In addition, Brian Small of Integrated Education Northern Ireland met with the youth of First Presbyterian that went to Blackwater Integrated College, Co Down in June 2012 and attended Kevin Curleys 19th annual Shamrock Shootout which benefits Integrated Education. Special thanks to Alan Barnes for donating a portion of the proceeds from the exhibition to The American Ireland Fund.1 2 3Dublin Lunch for Texas SupportersAUGUST, 2012 On the eve of the Notre Dame Navy game, which drew 50,000 US fans to Ireland at the 1 Tom, Shelly, Kevin, Kaitlin and Mike Coddend of August, a lunch was held at Fitzpatrick's Killiney Castle Hotel in Dublin to welcome The American 2 Dolores McCall, Kieran McLoughlin, Ireland Fund guests from Texas. Welcoming the guests, Eithne Scott Lennon Fitzpatrick, reflected on her Eithne Scott Lennon Fitzpatrickfamily's deep bond with America not least the fact that her brother John Fitzpatrick is an American3 Cliff Miercort, Lou Ann Corboy, Ireland Fund Board Director. Following the lunch, the group travelled to Donnybrook where the JesuitEamonn CreganCollege Preparatory School of Dallas Jesuit took on the Loyola Academy from Chicago in a nail bitinggame of football. AIF supporter Rachel Gaffney of Dallas arranged for grantee of The Ireland FundsBelvedere Youth Club from Dublin's inner city to meet with the players and coach from Jesuit Prep.connect 2013 | 78"