Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin announces grants for U.S. Irish organizations

Other immigration centers to benefit from the funding include the Irish Immigration and Pastoral Center in San Francisco (140,600), the Irish Outreach in San Diego ($35,000) and the Seattle Irish Immigration Support Group ($5,000).

First time grant receivers this year were the Irish American Cultural Institute ($50,000), the Irish American Heritage Museum ($12,600), the Gaelic American Club in Fairfield ($100,000), Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, ($20,000), Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform ($10,000), Irish Technology Leadership Group ($50,000), AOH Thomas Meagher Memorial, Montana ($10,000) and the University of Montana ($38,000).

 In Boston the Irish Cultural Center of New England in Canton received the same amount of funding as last year, $350,000. The Boston Irish Immigration Center received $210,000, $10,000 more than last year and the Irish Pastoral Center also received $179,516, a few thousand more than its 2008 grant.

Other organizations in receipt of grants from the Irish government for various ongoing projects or services include the Irish Arts Center ($22,649), the American Irish Historical Society ($160,000), the Irish Immigration and Pastoral Center in Philadelphia ($130,000) and the Commodore John Barry Club ($13,800). Chicago Gaelic Park received $250,000 and Chicago Irish Immigration Support received $150,000.

In Washington, D.C., the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers received the same amount of funding as last year ($68,000) and the Irish Apostolate USA received $23,790; receiving $22,000 in 2008. 

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