It seems St. Patrick’s Day is no longer confined to one day of the year, judging by the festivities that were underway at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday afternoon.
Prominent names in the local Irish-Canadian community turned out to the $175-a-ticket Saint Patrick’s Week Luncheon, which was expected to bring in roughly $10,000 for Bruyère. Event organizers will continue to raise money for the next several years for Bruyère, a complex continuing care, rehabilitation and palliative health care centre that’s one of the largest of its kind in Canada.
“Our roots with the Irish community go way back,” said Bruyère Foundation president Peggy Taillon, referring to a connection that began in the 1800s. The saintly Élisabeth Bruyère, who came to snowy Ottawa from Montreal in 1845 by horse and buggy, created the first hospital, orphanage and school in the region. She and her fellow nuns also provided treatment to hundreds of Irish immigrants hit by the typhus outbreak in 1847.
On board as a major sponsor is Ottawa-based real estate holding and investment firm Sakto Corporation, whose president, Sean Murray, and his cousin, director Brian Murray, are first generation Irish Canadians.
Seen in the crowd of 175 were Bobby Kerr, who took the lead in chairing the community event, and Heart and Crown co-owner Larry Bradley. Other supporters included lawyers Frank Tierney and Larry Kelly, funeral home businessman Patrick McGarry, and football star-turned-investment advisor Whit Tucker. From Bruyère were its new president and CEO, Daniel Levac, and the CEO and scientific director of its research institute, Dr. Peter Walker.
Photos: Early St. Patrick's celebration
The Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon was held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market to benefit the Bruyère Foundation, Friday, February 11, 2016.
-
![From left, popular lawyer Frank Tierney with Diane Tucker and her dad, Whit Tucker, both from RBC Dominion Securities, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, in support of the Bruyère Foundation and held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, popular lawyer Frank Tierney with Diane Tucker and her dad, Whit Tucker, both from RBC Dominion Securities, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, in support of the Bruyère Foundation and held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, Nancy Law with Mariette MacIsaac, manager with the Trinity Development Foundation, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, in support of local healthcare, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, Nancy Law with Mariette MacIsaac, manager with the Trinity Development Foundation, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, in support of local healthcare, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, attendee Shaun Logue with event chair Bobby Kerr at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, in support of the Bruyère Foundation and held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, attendee Shaun Logue with event chair Bobby Kerr at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, in support of the Bruyère Foundation and held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![Eileen Monaghan and John Monaghan with a festive Stuart Cameron at the Irish Canadian St. Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
Eileen Monaghan and John Monaghan with a festive Stuart Cameron at the Irish Canadian St. Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, donor Rick Iafelice with Bruyère vice president of public affairs and planning Amy Porteous and Dan Dunlop at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, donor Rick Iafelice with Bruyère vice president of public affairs and planning Amy Porteous and Dan Dunlop at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, Lawrence McMullan with Patrick McGarry, from Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, Lawrence McMullan with Patrick McGarry, from Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![Kathy Pham and Michael Bradley at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
Kathy Pham and Michael Bradley at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, lawyers Darcy Ammerman, Patrick Thompson, Kyle Lambert and Jonathan O'Hara from McMillan LLP were out supporting the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, lawyers Darcy Ammerman, Patrick Thompson, Kyle Lambert and Jonathan O'Hara from McMillan LLP were out supporting the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, Dr. Peter Walker, scientific director and CEO of the Bruyère Research Institute with its foundation president, Peggy Taillon, and Daniel Levac, president and CEO of Bruyère, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, Dr. Peter Walker, scientific director and CEO of the Bruyère Research Institute with its foundation president, Peggy Taillon, and Daniel Levac, president and CEO of Bruyère, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, Daniel Levac, new president and CEO of Bruyère, with Sean Murray, president and CEO of sponsor Sakto Corporation, and Peggy Taillon, president of Bruyère Foundation, and Brian Murray, director with Sakto Corporation, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, February 11, 2016.]()
From left, Daniel Levac, new president and CEO of Bruyère, with Sean Murray, president and CEO of sponsor Sakto Corporation, and Peggy Taillon, president of Bruyère Foundation, and Brian Murray, director with Sakto Corporation, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, February 11, 2016.
-
![Bruyère Foundation board member Danny Fernandes with Kim Curran, the foundation's vice president of philanthropy, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
Bruyère Foundation board member Danny Fernandes with Kim Curran, the foundation's vice president of philanthropy, at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, Fiona Murray Cook with Kristin Smith and Alice Murray at the Irish Canadian St. Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, Fiona Murray Cook with Kristin Smith and Alice Murray at the Irish Canadian St. Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![From left, Larry Bradley, co-owner of the Heart and Crown Irish Pubs, with prominent architect Barry Padolsky at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
From left, Larry Bradley, co-owner of the Heart and Crown Irish Pubs, with prominent architect Barry Padolsky at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![Bill Brown and Genevieve Brown with Jamilah Taib Murray, chair of Sakto Corporation, at the Irish Canadian St. Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.]()
Bill Brown and Genevieve Brown with Jamilah Taib Murray, chair of Sakto Corporation, at the Irish Canadian St. Patrick's Week Luncheon, held at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016.
-
![Elizabeth Logue with lawyer Larry Kelly at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon to raise funds for the Bruyère Foundation, at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)]()
Elizabeth Logue with lawyer Larry Kelly at the Irish Canadian Saint Patrick's Week Luncheon to raise funds for the Bruyère Foundation, at the Heart and Crown Irish Pub in the ByWard Market on Friday, March 11, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
