Bill Text: TX HR65 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 65 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Welcoming Mayor James Collins of the City and County of Limerick, Ireland, to the Texas Capitol on January 16, 2019.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-01-16 - Reported enrolled [HR65 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HR65-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 65



	R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, The Honorable James Collins, Mayor of the City and
	County of Limerick, is visiting the Texas Capitol on January 16,
	2019, and this occasion provides a welcome opportunity to pay
	tribute to this distinguished guest and to celebrate the many
	contributions that the people of Ireland have made to Texas over the
	centuries; and
	WHEREAS, Mayor Collins is visiting Texas to establish a
	formal relationship between the City of Austin and Limerick City
	and County Council, and he is accompanied by representatives from
	the University of Limerick, the Limerick Institute of Technology,
	the Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership, the Limerick
	Chamber of Commerce, the Limerick Gaelic Athletic Association, and
	other senior business and community leaders from Ireland; and
	WHEREAS, Among the earliest Irish settlers to Texas was Hugo
	Oconór, who served as governor of Coahuila and Texas from 1767 to
	1770; in the early 19th century, Irish-born impresarios James
	McGloin, John McMullen, and James Power settled Irish families in
	South Texas and along the Gulf Coast, and a number of Irish took up
	homesteads in Stephen F. Austin's first colony; at least 15
	Irish-born soldiers fought at the Alamo, four Irishmen signed the
	Texas Declaration of Independence, and a hundred fought with Sam
	Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto; and
	WHEREAS, In the mid-19th century, new arrivals from Ireland
	helped to build the physical infrastructure and develop the economy
	and social fabric of the young state; prominent Irish Texans
	included Samuel McKinney, an early president of Austin College, and
	Father Michael Sheehan, who established the first Catholic church
	in Austin; later in the century, John William Mallet served as the
	first faculty chair at The University of Texas, and the artist Henry
	Arthur McArdle specialized in paintings based on Texas history,
	several of which hang in the State Capitol; today, some two million
	Texans, representing eight percent of the state's population, claim
	Irish ancestry and are making their mark in both the private and the
	public sphere; and
	WHEREAS, Ireland continues to be a key friend of Texas and a
	strong economic partner, with trade between the two at record
	levels; Ireland is among the top 10 foreign investors in the United
	States, and Irish and Irish-Americans play leading roles in
	community investment and job creation across the Lone Star State;
	in recognition of these economic, social, and cultural links, the
	Irish Government opened a consulate general in Texas in 2015, and it
	remains the only European Union member with a diplomatic mission
	located in the state capital; and
	WHEREAS, The people of Texas share deep, historical bonds
	with the people of Ireland, and it is a privilege to recognize those
	ties and the immeasurable contributions of Irish Texans to the
	growth and vitality of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
	Legislature hereby welcome Mayor James Collins of the City and
	County of Limerick and the delegation from Ireland to the Texas
	Capitol and join with them in celebrating the long-standing
	friendship that exists between Ireland and this State; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mayor Collins as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.

	Murphy

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 65 was adopted by the House on January
	16, 2019, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House