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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE 2016 ROSE OF TRALEE MAGGIE MCELDOWNEY
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Maggie McEldowney has been named the 2016 Rose of Tralee; and
WHEREAS, Maggie McEldowney is the daughter of Jim and Joanne McEldowney and the granddaughter of grandparents who were born in Derry, Ireland; and
WHEREAS, Maggie McEldowney is a graduate of Marist High School in Mount Greenwood and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; and
WHEREAS, Maggie McEldowney currently serves as the Director of Development at her alma mater Marist High School and is an active member of the Young Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Maggie McEldowney was named the 2016 Chicago Role of Tralee on May 15, 2016 at Chicago Gaelic Park; and
WHEREAS, Maggie McEldowney then further advanced to the Rose of Tralee International Festival which is one of Irelands largest and longest running festivals; and
WHEREAS, Maggie McEldowney competed with 65 Roses from around the world in a competitive pageant that honors young women of Irish heritage and celebrates tourism and Irish culture; and
WHEREAS, Maggie McEldowney was named the 2016 Rose of Tralee after completing an on-stage interview and singing an Irish song titled “A Little Bit of Heaven”; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby extend its warmest wishes and congratulations to Maggie McEldowney on the occasion of her achievement, and join all who have had the pleasure of her friendship in wishing her still more years of success and richly deserved happiness, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and an official copy of same be presented to Maggie McEldowney to commemorate this joyous occasion. end