Irish Citizen of the Year History

The first of the St. Patrick’s Day activities was the Irish “Member” of the Year celebration. The historic Indianapolis Athletic Club would honor one of its members with the title “Irish Member of the Year” at a luncheon celebration. This is before the St. Patrick’s Day Parade was added as part of the activities in 1981. When the Athletic Club building closed in the fall of 2004, the Indy Sports Foundation continued the tradition by changing it to the Irish “Citizen” of the Year and honoring “F” Quinn in 2005.

Irish Citizen of the Year
2005	Francis "F" Quinn
2006	J. Timothy McGinley
2007	Patrick J. Fisher
2008	Robert Sullivan
2009	Pat Cronin
2010	Father Glenn L. O'Connor, M.Div.
2011	Sister Rita Ann Wade, S.P. and Sister Barbara McClelland, S.P.

Irish Members of the Year
1978	William E. Kennedy, Jr.	1988	William K. Drew	1998	William J. Mooney
1979	James L. Tuohy	1989	James J. Curtis	1999	James W. Loughery
1980	James C. Welch	1990	Arthur J. Sullivan	2000	Thomas Redmond
1981	William K. McGowan, Jr.	1991	Bernard Crimmins	2001	Francis Michael Layden
1982	John M. Ryan	1992	Michael J. Kiley	2002	Michael O'Connor
1983	J. Thomas O'Brien	1993	Gov. Frank O'Bannon	2003	Hugh B. McGowan
1984	Jack Moriarty	1994	Joseph G. McAtee	2004	Father Thomas Murphy
1985	Charles E. Stimming, Sr.	1995	James L. Murphy
1986	Robert V. Welch	1996	William T. Brady
1987	G. Christopher Duffy	1997	Larry O'Connor