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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 |
| 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 |
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1986 |
Robert V. Welch |
1996 |
William T. Brady |
1987 |
G. Christopher Duffy |
1997 |
Larry O'Connor |
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