2015
Ade Stack & Marty Curley
Aoibheann Mangan &
Padraic Godwin
Fadhila Hajji
Fr Brendan McBride &
Philip Grant
John Evoy
Ken Maleady
Óglaigh na HÉireann for the
work of the Irish Naval
Service
Paul O’Connell
Yes Equality
2014
Adam Horgan
Louise O’Keeffe
Maurice McCabe & John
Wilson
Owen Condon
Rory O’Neill
Shane Kennedy
The Society of St. Vincent
de Paul
Tomi Reichental
Tony & Mary Heffernan
2013
Fiona Doyle
Loretta Brennan
Glucksman
Tom Arnold
Donal Walsh
Joe Prendergast
Det. Garda Adrian
Donohoe
Irish Women’s Rugby
Team
Orla O’Sullivan
Fabian Lugandu
Brendan O’Carroll
Ciarán Finn
2012
Mark Pollock
Union Hall
Dr Tony Scott
Joanne O’Riordan
Garda Ciarán Jones
Gill Waters
Katie Taylor
Cork Penny Dinners
Colm Murray
Maeve Flaherty
2012 Irish Paralympic
Team
2011
Irish Cricket Team
Edith Wilkins
Skerries Community
Joan Freeman
Jackie Kelly
Tall Ships Festival –
Waterford 2011
AJ McCullough
Rory McIlroy
Sharon Malloy
Ronan Kerr
2010
Graeme McDowell
Families of the
Victims of Bloody
Sunday
Rio Hogarty
Gena Heraty & Dr
Louise Ivers
Limerick Community
Policing Unit
Owen O’Keefe
Hon. Mrs Justice
Catherine
McGuinness
Emma Fogarty
Gay and Lesbian
Equality Network
(GLEN)
Gerry Ryan
2009
Bernadette Lanigan
Debbie Deegan
Sarah Kavanagh
The Irish Rugby Team
Brian O’Driscoll
Steve Collins
Christine Buckley
Michael O’Brien
David Kelly
Eleanor Thomson
Sylvia Meehan
Irish Hospice
Foundation
Ronnie Drew
2008
Rose Uí
Shúilleabháin
Fr Shay Cullen
Ronan Hayes
Orla Tinsley
Keith Duffy
Nuala O’Loan
Scouting Ireland
Robert
McLoughlin
Joe Dolan
Kenny Egan,
Darren Sutherland
& Paddy Barnes
2007
Padraig
Harrington
Christy Moore
Maureen Forrest
Gerald Killeen
Sean Creamer
Jane McKenna
Fáilte Isteach
An Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern TD,
former UK Prime
Minister Tony
Blair MP &
Deputy First
Minister Martin
McGuinness MP,
MLA
2006
Tommy Tiernan
Munster Rugby
Squad
Anita McCluskey
James Nesbitt
Mags Riordan
Alan Kerins
Chinedu
Onyejelem
2005
Terry Wogan
Bob Geldof
Sean Kelly
Students of
Palmerstown
Community School
Fr Peter McVerry SJ
Bridgeen Hagans & the
McCartney Sisters
Marian Finucane
David Joyce
2004
Sonia O’Sullivan
Emma Synnott
Fr Kieran Creagh
Patrick McAweeney
Jonathan Irwin & Jack &
Jill Foundation
Iseult O’Malley,
Siobhan Phelan & Peter
Ward
Rev. Roy Magee
2003
Mary Davis
Dermot Weld
Peter Canavan
Ita Bourke
Dr Mike Meegan
Niall Mellon
Ciara McMahon
Niamh Ní Dhoibhlín
2002
Niall Quinn
Rosemary Daly
Caroline Casey
Joe Kernan
T.K. Whitaker
Colm O’Gorman
Martin Gildea
Francis Fitzsimons
2001
Fr J. Linus Ryan
Kathryn Sinnott
Aidan O’Brien
Daráine Ní
Mhaolmhichíl
Tony Paget
Sorcha McKenna
Fr Mychal Judge & New
York City Rescue Services
2000
Maeve Binchy
Sean Scollan
Ted & Ruby Walsh
Rita Lawlor
Dr Mo Mowlam
The Boyne Rescue &
Recovery Service
Christina Noble
1999
Tom Hyland
Eddie Jordan
Michael Colgan
Dr Harry Counihan
The Coveney Family
Dr A.J.F. O’Reilly
Ronan Keating
Dr Mary McLoughlin
Mamo McDonald
1998
Queva Griffin
Dr Jerry Cowley
Sophia McColgan
Brian Kerr
Anna May McHugh
Dominic Pinto
Senator George Mitchell
1997
Lainey Keogh
Michael Martin
Jane O’Brien
Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh
Seamus Stack
Julia Windle
Mary Robinson
1996
Dr Mary Redmond
Michelle Smith
Bridie Lynch
Elizabeth O’Farrell
Jer O’Donoghue
Pat & Nuala Matthews
Dr Derek Hill
Veronica Guerin
1995
Ger Loughnane
Martin Naughton
Derek Nally
Dr D. Colbert
Maureen Potter
Sonya Doyle
R. McDermott
Noel McDonagh
1994
Jim Callery & Luc
Dodd
Moya Doherty & Bill
Whelan
Jane Feehan
Sr Jennifer McAleer
Dr Patrick McKeon
Ellen Mongan
Norma Smurfit
Martina Daly & Jean
Withers
1993
Paddy Doyle
Noel C. Duggan
Sonia O’Sullivan
Garda Agness Reddy
Dr Joseph Robins
Adi Roche
Sr Carmel Walsh
J. Dawson Stelfox
1992
Sgt Michael Carruth &
Wayne McCullough
Brian McEniff
Sr Eileen Fahey
Prof. Fred Given
Kilkee Marine Rescue
Recovery Service
Seamus Kinsella
Martin Naughton
John O’Shea
1991
Tarlach De Blacam
Kenneth Brannagh
Jim Connolly
The Cooley S.T.O.P.
Committee
Dr Edward Culleton
Brian Friel
Catherine Joyce
Dr Thomas
McGinley
1990
Sr Aquinas
Packie Bonner
Joseph Fennell
Davoren Hanna
John B. Keane
Kay Murphy
Eamon O’Leary
Brian Keenan
Brenda Gillham
Elaine Spence
1989
Peter
Sutherland
Shauna
McWilliams
Brian Banks
Gary O’Toole
Mary Moriarty
Denis Mulcahy
Patrick Mulcahy
Joan McGinley
Liam Skelly
Seamus Heaney
1988
Tommy Boyle
Jack Charlton
OBE
Carmencita
Hederman
Ollie Jennings
Alice Leahy
Maureen
O’Mahony
Norma Smurfit
Gordan Walsh
1987
Anna Curtin
Noel C. Duggan
Stanley Gillespie
Shelia
Greenfield
Sr Ignatius
Phelan & Sr
Francis Rose
O’Flynn
Donncha Ó Dúlaing
John O’Shea
Stephen Roche
1986
Denis Brosnan
Cathal McDonagh
Gary Hynes
Neil Jordan
William A. Houlihan
Rev. Cecil Kerr
Dr Susan McKenna
Lawlor
Jonjo O’Neill
1985
Barry McGuigan
Sr Vincent Devlin
Gerry Joyce
Gay Byrne
William Harford
Rutherford
P.V. Doyle
Sean Davey
Bob Geldof
1984
Barry O’Donnell
Prem Puri
John Bermingham
Michael O’Hehir
Maeve Calthorpe
Patrick O’Connell
Feargal Quinn
John Hume MP, MEP
John Parker
1983
Sheila Goldberg
Coilin O h’larnain
Carol Moffett
Joan Denise Moriarty
Mary O’Donoghue
Canon Billy Wynne
Ireland Special
Olympics
Team
Detective Inspector
Denis
Mullins
1982
Fr Harry Bohan
Irene Daly
James Doogan
Garda Eamon Doyle
Sr Colette Dwyer
Pól Ó Foighil
Joseph Hughes
Dr Michael J. Kileen
Thomas McGarry
Seamus McGuire
Prof. Tom Raftery
Dr T.K. Whitaker
Monica Wilson
1981
Rick Bourke
Frank Cahill
Br Kevin Crowley OFM,
CAP
Mary Dunlop
James Hughes
Freda Lyness
Kevin O’Doherty
Tony McNamara
Christopher Nolan
Bridgid O’Lynn
Thomas Stephens
Jerry Tyrrell
1980
Sr Anna
Tony Barry
Cecelia Carroll
Iris Doreen Charles
Lorna Daly
Mildred Dugan
Lady Valerie Goulding
Katherine Lyons
Very Rev. James Canon
McDyer
P.P.
Philip A. Mullally
Rev. Fr Eoin Murphy
Donal O’Connor NT
Maj. Gen. James J. Quinn
1979
William Bermingham
Dr J.E. De Courcy Ireland
Rev. Dean Griffin
Rev. Monsignor Horan
Sr Marian
Dr Charles Mollan
Ms G. Morris
Denis O’Brien
Eric Peard
Dr Patricia Sheehan
Eva Wall
Gisela Whyte
1978
Ivy Bourke
Sr Joan Bowles
Tony Byrne PC
Joan Carr
Rev. Ray Davey
MBE
Dr Muriel Gahan
Matthew Kirwan
Vera Montgomery
Dr Marie Mulcahy
Christine E.
O’Rourke
Marie Roycroft
Br Aloysius Shannon
OH
1977
Criostoir De Baroid
Sr M. Consillio
Fitzgerald
H.J. Egar
Mary Hanley
T.J. Hargadon
Sr Kevin Kerin
Dr Brendan Menton
& Don Seery
Senator Joe & Tom
McCartin
Mary F. O’Brien
Arthur O’Flaithearta
Eileen Proctor
Dr Barbara Stokes
1976
Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
Joseph O’Brien
Br Vivian Cassells
T. Pearce Leahy
SHARE
Megan Maguire
Dr John F.
Fleetwood
Sean Cooney
Bridie Maguire
Rev. W. Sydney
Callaghan
Michael
O’Regan
Most Rev. Dr
Birch
1975
Col. Joseph
Adams
James Anderson
Dr. Joseph
Barnes
Marueen Black
Joseph Connolly
Thomas C.
Fallon
Patricia Keeley
Dr. Patrick J.
Leahy
Sister M.
Nicholas O.P
Patrick J.O’Brien
Maura O’Dea
Stephen Whittle