HONOREES BIOGRAPHY - JOURNAL CONTRACT

St. Patricks Day 2009
St. Patrick's Day the Cork Association are assembling at 11:40 AM at West 45th. St.between 5th. & 6th. Ave.
We invite all Cork people to march with us.

St. Patrick's night party at the Cork Club in Queens 6 - 10

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125th  Anniversary Banquet at Terrace in the Park Oct. 16th.

125th. Anniversary Banquet in Ireland, August 2010

The County Cork Association of New York invites you to join in celebrating the St. Patrick’s season at its annual banquet on Saturday, March 7th, 2009 at Antun’s, 96-43 Springfield Blvd., Queens Village, NYC.  Cocktail hour will commence at 7:00 PM  with dinner to follow; with music and dancing to the Black Velvet Band until 12:30 AM. This year we are delighted to honor three distinguished members of New York’s County Cork community.

Our 2009 Guest of Honor is Mr. Charles F. Murphy, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Turner Construction Company in New York. A 30-year construction industry veteran, Charles has spent his entire career at Turner at various positions until being named Senior Vice President in 2007.  He continues in the tradition of his grandfather, also named Charles F. Murphy, who came to New York in 1881 from Barley Hill, Newmarket, County Cork and started a plumbing business.  As did his great-uncle Jeremiah, who formed J.L Murphy Inc. and grew to one of the largest plumbing and heating contractors in New York working on such important projects as the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center.  In the 1980’s his father, Edward was President of J.L Murphy Inc. and also President of the Mechanical Contractors Association of New York.  Our Guest of Honor is a member of several prominent organizations including the Contractors Association of Greater New York and the Building Trades Employers Association and serves on the Board of the Salvadori Center and Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens.

Our Cork Woman of the Year is Barbara Cronin.  Barbara hails from Queens County, New York and is married to veteran member Mike Cronin of Millstreet, County Cork.  She has been a member of the County Cork Association for over twenty years and has served on various committees during that time.  She was Financial Secretary of the association from 2007 to 2008. Barbara was an elementary school teacher with the Public School system in Long Island for many years, retiring in 2000.  She and Mike have two children and several grandchildren.

Our Frank Carvill Distinguished Service Award honoree is Mary T. English, formerly O’Reilly, of Cootehill, Co. Cavan.  Mary has been an active member of the County Cork Association for twenty-five years.  She was married to Past President John English, RIP, who hailed from Mitchelstown, County Cork.  John was a senior NYS court official and a highly regarded union leader within the court system. Mary and John have five children and numerous grandchildren. Mary has served the association as trustee, corresponding secretary, auditor, building committee member and is currently the Chairperson of Good & Welfare, a duty she has performed assiduously for many years. Mary is also active in numerous groups in her local community of Woodside and is a member of Community Board #2.  She is also an active and respected member of the local Democratic Party.

We will be publishing a souvenir journal dedicated to our distinguished honorees. We invite you to include a greeting or advertise your business. Enclosed is a contract with details of the advertising rates. Please attach a copy of your advert/greeting and return to Journal Co-Chairperson Timothy Murphy at 64-56 60th Ave. Maspeth, NY 11378 by February 19, 2009. Tickets are $80 and can be reserved by calling Mary Waters at (718)899-6776.