Since then, a worldwide network of Ireland Funds has raised $55 million for Irish education and the arts.

She was a member of the Advisory Group for the Ireland Funds.

In 2006, The American Ireland Fund provided support to realise the project.

The event, which includes buffet dinner, dancing and entertainment, is being held by the younger members of the American Ireland Fund.

McCann first got involved with The American Ireland Fund in 1998.

She netted one small but memorably generous contribution, the principal noted gratefully, from the Ireland Fund.

They are to share in a grant of around £12,500 donated by the Ireland Fund in Canada to help new integrated projects get off the ground.

What brought them to hobnob was the inauguration of the Ireland Fund of Great Britain.

Rooney is also co-founder of the Ireland-related fundraising organization The Ireland Funds.

Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843.