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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, RESIDENTS SEAN P. KELLY AND GIANMARC MANZIONE TAKE HONORS IN ESSAY CONTEST

RIVERDALE, N.Y.  --  Manhattan College students, Sean P. Kelly and Gianmarc Manzione, residents of Brooklyn, New York, were winners in the 2001 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Scholarship Contest.

Both students submitted a research paper on Irish America and the 1916 Easter Week Rebellion.  Mr. Kelly, a junior in Manhattan College’s computer science department, took first prize and received $2,500.  Mr. Manzione, a senior majoring in English and philosophy, placed third and received $800.  In addition, $1,000 worth of Irish books will be donated the College’s Cardinal Hayes Library.

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