[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ULSTER PROJECT

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                           HON. MARTIN FROST

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 28, 1995
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the Ulster 
project. For the second consecutive year, youths from Northern Ireland 
have come to Arlington, TX, to see and learn how individuals from 
different backgrounds can live together in peace.
  The Ulster project is comprised of teenagers from Northern Ireland 
who travel to the United States for 1 month. Teenagers of both 
Protestant and Catholic faiths participate. Each Irish youth is placed 
in an Arlington family that shares similar interests. The goal of the 
program is to demonstrate to the Irish teenagers that people from 
different faiths and backgrounds can peacefully coexist. The ultimate 
goal is that they take the experiences that they have learned back home 
with them to Ireland.
  Living in Arlington, TX, this summer are the following teenagers, 
listed with their hometown: Judith A. Conliffe, Belfast; David 
Laughlin, Newtonabbey; Andrew McCorriston, Belfast; Louise Morris, 
Belfast; Cherith McFarland, Newtonabbey; Peter Kelly, Bangor; Ashleigh 
Cochrane, Newtonabbey; Janine Swail, Belfast; Donna Smyth, Newtonabbey; 
Gareth Price, Bangor; Fiannuala Hanna, Belfast; Gavin Kyle, 
Glengormley; Stuart Hall, Belfast; Adrian Kidd, Newtonabbey; Neil 
McCabe, Belfast; Catherine Davidson, Belfast. Richard Hazley of Bangor 
and Regina Bradley of Belfast will be accompanying the teenagers as 
counselors.
  Again, I commend this project as a genuine effort to help a country 
that has for too long been torn apart by war. Progress has been made in 
Ulster to bring about a peaceful solution. This program and ones like 
it can only serve as a shining example of what can happen if people 
work with one another to achieve mutual respect and understanding.


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