Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company Records, 1987-2001.

Trew, Karen J.

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Irish Children's Fund, Inc.

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O'Connor, Robert, 1939-

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Robert O'Connor (b. 1939) was born in Dublin, Ireland, and immigrated in 1964 to New York, as there was such high unemployment in Ireland at that time. After completing a science degree, he traveled first to the United Kingdom, and subsequently to the United States. He moved to Chicago as part of a job transfer, and a new career took him to Ohio in 1988. O'Connor married Diane Baron in 1967, and together they have four children. Since coming to the United States, O'Connor went back ...

Riley, Sarah

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Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company.

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Creative Irish Gifts Catalog Company (f. 1986) was established in Illinois, by Robert and Diane O'Connor, and in later years moved to Northeast Ohio. Robert (b. 1939) was born in Dublin, Ireland, growing up during a time of much strife in Northern Ireland. His childhood experience left him with an impression that has remained with him all his life. To help ease the suffering of the children in Northern Ireland, he and his wife, Diane (nee Baron) decided to set up a fund to allow Protestant and C...