RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is known throughout the world for its long history of ethnic and racial diversity and as a destination and haven for immigrants from around the globe; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is grateful for all of the hard-working people who have come to settle in this city from nearly every nation on Earth; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago appreciates the contributions of immigrants toward its historic rise as one of the great cities of the world and the nucleus of a metropolitan area of over nine and a half million people; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago has always taken pause to honor individual communities that have contributed to its greatness; and
WHEREAS, one of the communities that the city has historically regarded as providing great contributions to Chicago is the Irish-American community, which is comprised of nearly a quarter of a million Chicago residents; and
WHEREAS, hundreds of Chicago Irish-Americans trace their ancestry, if not their birth, to the Town of Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland, which is a rural market town of approximately 2,000 people; and
WHEREAS, in this year, 2019, the Town of Swinford, County Mayo, is celebrating and commemorating the 250th anniversary of its founding as a chartered town in 1769; and
WHEREAS, among the many people of Chicago who trace their ancestry to the Town of Swinford are nineteen public officials, now serving or retired, who serve or have served the Chicago metropolitan area, and who have either lived, worked, served in office, or were born in the City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, a remarkable number of Chicago-area public officials name the Town of Swinford as their ancestral home, including:
Hon. Michael J. Brennan, former Orland Township Supervisor
Hon. Daniel P. Brennan, Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. John T. Carr, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. Alison C. Conlon, Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. Michael G. Connelly, ...
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