New York Young Leaders to honor actor Chris O'Dowd and Peter Ryan in St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

The organization will present the Irish Spirit Award and the Dylan Smith Community Service Award

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Irish actor Chris O’Dowd and Deputy Consul General to New York Peter Ryan are set to be honored with the Irish Spirit Award and the Dylan Smith Community Service Award as part of their St. Patrick’s Day Celebration 2013 by the New York Young Leaders, part of the America Ireland Fund.

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He will be accepting the award on behalf of all the Irish groups that came together to help those in need. 

This award is named in honor of Dylan Smith who saved six people from drowning during Superstorm Sandy. The 23-year-old Queen’s native along with Michael McDonnell (51) used a homemade rope bridge and his surfboard to transport the six people out of danger as fires from a gas-line explosion spread across the flooded Rockaway Peninsula. Smith drowned while on a surfing vacation to Puerto Rico in December 2012.

The event will kickoff at 7:00pm on Thursday and tickets are available online.

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