Brian Schweitzer, elected as Governor of Montana in 2004 and re-elected in 2008, was awarded the Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Award in 2013. This award recognises people “who strive to promote the interests of Ireland on the world stage.”
From left to right: Áine Ní Dhuibhne, Rathmullan, Nancy and Brian Schweitzer and Joan Patton from Donegal Ancestry.