# Developer donates $1 million to US-Ireland fund

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/29/developer-donates-1m-usireland-fund/
- Published: 2007-07-29T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Friday, 27 July 2007 10:59

Irish property developer Garrett Kelleher has made a donation of $1m (‚€729,000)
to the US-Ireland Alliance that will go towards an endowment to fund the Mitchell
Scholarship Programme.

The donation will be matched by the Government.

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The programme funds post-graduate scholars in the US to undertake study in Ireland,
it currently funds around 12 students a year.

AdvertisementIt was started in 2000 and is named after US Senator George Mitchell.

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