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Loretta Glucksman Brennan and Don Keough among those honored by Presidential Distinguished Service Awards (IrishCentral)

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:46:35 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Former Coca-Cola president Donald Keough, philanthropist Chuck Feeney and American Ireland Fund chairman Loretta Brennan Glucksman are among the 10 recipients of the first Presidential Awards for Irish Abroad issued by the Irish government.

Ireland needs a Minister for the Diaspora to identify next generation of Irish American leaders - Impact of men like Don Keough and Chuck Feeney greater than generations of Irish leaders (IrishCentral)

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:17:06 PDT

Chuck FeeneyIrish Americans such as Chuck Feeney and Donald Keough have had a more positive transformative impact in Ireland than generations of politicians there That was the main point I made in my speech accepting the Tip O’Neill Donegal Diaspora award in Buncrana last night before 400 people I stated that I believed there are many other Don Keoughs and Chuck Feeneys out there in Irish America but the Irish government needs to get serious about identifying themIt is not enough to just hold occasional Farmleigh Diaspora type meetings, make fine speeches praising the Diaspora and then let it fade until the next meeting READ MORE

Don Keough, Chuck Feeney, Loretta Brennan Glucksman recognized with Irish gov awards (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:09:33 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Philanthropist Chuck Feeney and Notre Dame game head Donald Keough are among the ten recipients of the Irish Government’s first annual Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad.

The man who brought Notre Dame back to its Irish roots - Notre Dame/Navy game in Dublin just latest legacy of Don Keough (IrishCentral)

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:31:16 PDT

Don Keough (left), former Irish president Mary McAleese, and Martin Naughton When 35,000 Irish Americans make their way to Ireland for the Notre Dame/Navy game on September 1st, it will be the single biggest exodus of Irish Americans to Ireland in historyAlong with the supporters will come the Notre Dame marching band and hundreds of school sporting and educational administratorsNavy will also have their share of supporters, many of whom will travel from American bases in EuropeSenator John McCain is also considered a likely visitor and several other leading politicians have expressed interest READ MORE

In JFK's ancestral Irish home the memories still linger as Coca Cola's Don Keough retraces his ancestor's path (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:55:07 PDT

Dunganstown County Wexford: It was from this little farm outside New Ross in Wexford that arguably the most famous Irish emigrant to ever hit America’s shores came fromPatrick Kennedy was a cooper, or barrel maker when he departed this land in 1847 fleeing famine or chasing his true love Bridget Murphy, depending on who you believeThe access roads to and from the farm don’t look all that different from the day he left I’d say The narrow path, barely room for one car, is paved over now of course, but the sense of rural Ireland and a far more simple era is evident READ MORE

Don Keough: Putting the Irish into Notre Dame (IrishCentral)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:30:09 PDT

By: NIALL O'DOWD

South Bend, Indiana -- Notre Dame is about much more than a football team. That can be hard to understand on a glorious fall weekend when this beautiful campus is garbed in autumn shades, and tens of thousands of fans as well as national television are on hand for the annual smackdown with USC.