1977 - John I. McCarey                 Former Middletown Councilman

1978 - Jack McCarthy                    WPIZ-TV Personality

1979 - Paul O'Dwyer                      Former New York City Councilman

1980 - John J. Finucane               Northern Ireland Human Rights Activist

1981 - Denis P. Mulcahy               Chairman Project Children

1982 - Jimmy McPhail                   Entertainer

1983 - Keara M. O'Dempsey        Northern Ireland Human Rights Activist

1984 - Leo M. O'Grady                   Prominent Local Irish Supporter

1985 - Most Rev. Austin B. Vaughn

Episcopal Vicar of Orange County

1986 - Dick Wells                            Prominent Radio Host

1987 - Martin Galvin                       Attorney and Spokesman for Irish Freedom

1988 - Dorothy Hayden Cudahy

Host of Irish Memories Radio Program

1989 - Mary Holt Moore                 Gaelic Societies Council President

1990 - Douglas Garnham             President, Irish American Unity Conference

1991 - Christopher Turpin           Attorney and Irish Entertainer

1992 - Jim Kelly                               Local Irish Historian and Bagpiper

1993 - Marion Mohr                        Wild Irish Historian

1994 - William J. Larkin, Jr.          State Senator

1995 - Patrick J. Colman               Supporter of Irish Heritage

1996 - John Greehy                       Past President of Division 2, A.O.H.

1997 - James Lynch                      President, Orange County A.O.H.

1998 - John Graham                      Past Parade Chairman

1999 - Mona Kehoe                        President, Middletown Irish-American Society

2000 - Seamus Comiskey            Past President, A.O.H. Orange County Board

2001 - Sr. Margaret Murphy, O.P.

Professor of World Religions and Celtic Spirituality at Mt St Mary College

2002 - Hon. John K. McGuirk      Supreme Court Judge

2003 - John Finnegan                   Past Director, District 8 A.O.H.

2004 - Jeremiah P. Quill                Past Parade Chairman

2005 - James Graham, Sr.            Irish Community Activist

2006 - Dennis P. Browne              Director, District 8 A.O.H.

2007 - Nancy Corrigan MacDonald

Founder Irish Heritage Festival

2008 - Thomas F. Flynn                  Past President of Division 1 A.O.H.

2009 - Mary Anne Garay               Past President L.A.O.H. Orange County

2010 - Annie Rabbitt N.Y.             State Assemblywoman, 97th District

2011 - Joseph Ronald Heppes     Past President of Division 4 A.O.H.

2012 - Bill Boss                               Educator and Past President of Greenwood Lake Gaelic

Cultural Society