Appolonia Restaurant in Richardson was the venue for the St. Patrick’s dinner & dance, where the Irish Person of the Year, Bill Dohm, was honored. He was presented a congratulatory letter from Texas Governor Greg Abbott. A special thank you to Eileen Kelly for contacting the Governor’s office. As part of the program, Adrian Farrell, the Irish Consul General gave his congratulations and presented Bill with a coffee table book entitled “Ireland, Reflections of the Emerald Isle”.
- Senan & Tina Fitzmartin; Anne Brophy
- Sheila Balagna & Frank Dunnigan
- Sue Faulkner
- Phil Faulkner, Joe Brophy and others
- Presentations to Bill Dohm by Irish Consul General Adrian Farrell and President Sheila Balagna
- Irish Consul General Adrian Farrell
- Dancers
- Ryan & Jennifer Hill and daughters
- Frank Regan, Senan Fitzmartin, Doug Fix, Kathy McWhorter
- Joe & Anne Brophy, Eve Dunnigan
- Suzanne Stanton; Sharon O’Rourke; Pat Howell; Steve & Eve Grau
- Frank Dunnigan, John & Lynn Barnard, Sue Faulkner
- Michael O’Brien; Betty D’Arcy; Leo Crowley; Joan O’Brien & Rosemary O’Neill
- Maggie & Perry Hanson
- Perry Hansen, Enrique & Anne Zavala; Marie & Richard Welch
- Phyllis Wells, Ralph Jung and Adrian Farrell
- Adrian Farrell, Consul General of Ireland; Patti Winston & Sheila Balagna
- Senan & Tina Fitzmartin
- Marie & Richard Welch; Sue Faulkner
- Damien Garcia band
- Bill & Sheila Dohm
- Bill Dohm, Irish Person of the Year being presented TX Governor Abbott’s letter to IAS President Sheila Balagna
- Terry Barnard & Janet Kelly
- Patti Winston & Cynthia McDonald
A special thanks to Eileen Kelly for contacting