<PERSON> & <PERSON> - The project to found a new college was met with joy on the part of many Catholics across Ireland. The momentum really took off with the help of <PERSON> and <PERSON> who were champions of Catholic Liberal Arts education in America. Mr. <PERSON>, President <PERSON>, and a former vice president for development at the Franciscan University in Steubenville, set up a registered charity in the USA called the 'Friends of Catholic Education for Ireland,' to support efforts to establish a new college. He has made many trips to Ireland in the past several years assisting Newman College Ireland and he is now President of the College accompanied and encouraged by his wife <PERSON>. From the outset, the vision and experience of Mr. <PERSON> have proven indispensable to the fledgling institution. Both <PERSON> and <PERSON> offer their services free of charge to the College.