PRESS RELEASE: The beloved founder of Project Children, Denis Mulcahy, is best known for bringing Catholic and Protestant children to America for summer holidays at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and now a new scholarship program in his name will send American youngsters to Ireland.
YONKERS: The Mulcahy Scholarships will be formally launched next Tuesday by the Aisling Irish Center and the Irish Consulate at an event that is sold out.
The annual summer scholarships are starting small but will undoubtedly be in high demand given the esteemed reputation of Co. Cork native Mulcahy, whose Project Children brought tens of thousands of kids from the North to all corners of America, giving them the chance to enjoy each other’s company despite their different religious backgrounds.
The launch event on Tuesday at Scandinavian House in Manhattan and the April 18 event in the same venue will also include a screening of the documentary How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story, which outlines the history of the group founded in 1975.
Mulcahy, a retired NYPD detective who worked on the bomb squad, is a board member of the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers. The center wanted to do something special to recognize his contributions towards the Irish peace process, particularly in relation to bringing children on both sides together.
YONKERS: The Mulcahy Scholarships will be formally launched next Tuesday by the Aisling Irish Center and the Irish Consulate at an event that is sold out.
The annual summer scholarships are starting small but will undoubtedly be in high demand given the esteemed reputation of Co. Cork native Mulcahy, whose Project Children brought tens of thousands of kids from the North to all corners of America, giving them the chance to enjoy each other’s company despite their different religious backgrounds.
The launch event on Tuesday at Scandinavian House in Manhattan and the April 18 event in the same venue will also include a screening of the documentary How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story, which outlines the history of the group founded in 1975.
Mulcahy, a retired NYPD detective who worked on the bomb squad, is a board member of the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers. The center wanted to do something special to recognize his contributions towards the Irish peace process, particularly in relation to bringing children on both sides together.
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