Picture Gallery > St. Patrick's Day - 2005

Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern welcomes the Irish American Republicans "Wild Geese of Ohio" Irish GOP Strike Force, to the 2005 St Patrick's Day Irish Embassy party.

(L to R: Deborah Misir; Mitchell Baxter; Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, TD; Grant Lally; Dr. John Vafai; David O. Lai)

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern welcomes Irish American Republicans Mitchell Baxter and Deborah Misir to the 2005 St Patrick's Day Irish Embassy party

IAR Board members Brian Egan, Kevin Hanratty, Grant Lally, and Desmond Lyons arrive at the White House for President Bush's 2005 St. Patrick's Day reception.
President George W. Bush welcomes IAR General Counsel Kevin Hanratty and Board member Brian Egan to the White House for St. Patrick's Day.
Irish for Bush/Cheney Chairman Grant Lally and Irish American Republicans Chairman Brian McCarthy welcome state IAR leaders Jim Gaffey (GA), John Vafai (CA), Dan Carter (OH), Chris Webb (NY), and Lawrence Casey (FL) to Washington for President Bush's St Patrick's Day reception.
IAR Board members Mary Mahon (NY) and Dr. John Vafai (CA) enjoy a few moments in the White House State Dining Room
Sen. John McCain discusses strategy with Ohio IAR Secretary David O. Lai in the White House Ballroom
IAR Boarb members Col. Kenneth Curley, Brendan Quinn (NY), and IAR Ohio Chair Jim Miller await President Bush's arrival in the White House Ballroom
President George W. Bush welcomes the Irish American Republicans to the White House for St. Patrick's Day
First Lady Laura Bush welcomes IAR Treasurer Christopher Nolan to the White House.
Ohio IAR Vice Chair Dan Carter stands beneath the portrait of President Ronald Reagan in the White House Cross Hall
Kentucky IAR Chair William Sanders stands beneath the White House portrait of Ronald Reagan
At the White House on St. Patrick's Day, 2005: the IAR's "Ohio Wild Geese," who lead the President's 2004 campaign in Cleveland, Lorain and Oberlin, Ohio: (l to r: Bill Sanders, Deborah Misir, Mitchell Baxter, Mary Mahon, Grant Lally, David Lai, Dr. John Vafai)