dermot philpott. you and my father were friends and i know mayor leary alluded to 41 years ago the establishment of the cork sister city committee and the many trips that you took and you and then mayor feinstein initiated that committee. so thank you and i love big city small town stories. theresa, your daughter and i went to high school together mercy high school class of 1982. so welcome. >> it's always such a pleasure to see you and representing the cork sister city committee is board member jim herlihy thank you joanne. mayor laurie lord mor general sf of protocol penny colter. and ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming today to the annual flag raising. it's become a san francisco institution and it's our semiofficial kickoff of the saint patrick's week. celebration. so thank you for joining us. little little bit of history about the sister city. in 1984, then-mayor dianne feinstein called for the creation of a sister city between san francisco and cork. san francisco actually has 1