Consul General of Ireland Unveils Map

Saturday October 18, the Consul General of Ireland Mr. Niall Burgess accompanied by his wife Marie visited Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh Hall in Old Bridge to attend the official unveiling of the newly restored Worlds Fair Map of Ireland. The Map, originally in the Irish Pavilion at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair was unveiled by our own Robert Arthur and Dennis Murphy.The key note speaker for the evening was Keynote speaker Brian Andersson: New York's Commissioner of Records displays a flag from the WTC that was taken by astronauts on a 15 million mile space shuttle mission. Flanking Brian are John Wagle, Friendly Sons President and Charles Donnelly, Master of Ceremonies.

Photos and Article by Mike Callaghan