Thank You!

We give our special heartfelt thanks to:

The enthusiastic, hardworking and patient parents of our students.

In particular:

John and Cathy Severance

Gina and John Danaher

Mike and Kathy (RIP) Harkin

Michelle White

Mike and Peg Duffy

Jean and Bill Gram

Maureen and Don Wojcik

Jeanne and Chuck Bern

Maggie and Gerry Carey

Kathleen Kearns

For their extreme help:

Cam Flint (Cima Graphics) for what he has done for us including (I'll probably forget something):logo design, photography, photographic manipulation, printing, aesthetic advice, graphic design (he's designed everything).

Mike Lisec and Dan Cusick for helping jump start our concertina program with their generous gifts.

Brendan and Siobhan McKinney and all at Chief O'Neill's

Pat Finnegan

Marta Cook, Jessica Ziegler, Devin Shepherd and Jesse Langen for their beautiful, hard work on the Grúpaí Cheoil arrangements and rehearsals

Pat and Karen Cannady

Eileen Gallagher

Tim and Cathy McGinness

Tommy Masterson for everything!!

Sean and Clodagh Ryan

John O'Grady and the Francis O'Neill Club

Peig Reid and the Irish Heritage Center Library

The Irish Musicians Association of Chicago:
Albert Neary, Mike McGrath, Joe O'Shea, Pat Cloonan, Jack Ruane, Jim Thornton, John Cahill, Kathleen Carroll O'Carroll , Francie Campbell and Frank Burke

Dennis Cahill

Jimmy Keane

Jimmy Coyle RIP

Kevin Henry

Mary McDonagh

Phil Durkin

Marian Ryan and everybody at Gaelic Park

John Daly, Kathy O'Neill and the irish American Heritage Center

Peter Seman and everybody at Seman Violins

The Hagerty Family radio show

The O'Connor Family radio show

Cliff Carlson and the Irish American News

Bill Margeson

Jim Sloan

Our Chicago Musical Friends:

Jackie Moran

Marty Fahey

Liz Carroll

Mike Quinlan for his fabulous bodhrans

Ari Frede and the Old Town School of Folk Music

Peggy Roche Boyle for all her help and advice

Maureen Foster for all her help and advice

Helen Gannon

All of the businesses and individuals that supported our school these past 2 years through contributions of hard work, advice, items to auction and monetary gifts.

In Ireland:

Verona Ryan

John McGettrick and the Coleman Centre, Gurteen, Co.Sligo

Siobhán Ni Chonaráin

Noel McGinley

Peader mor O'Briain (Peter O'Brien) the best bus driver ever!

Áine Uí Cheallaigh

Matt Cranitch

Brid Cranitch

Denis Liddy