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

2013 - Reverend John Logan, O.Carm      Chaplain for the AOH Father Emanuel Hourihan Division 4

2014 - Steohen O'Shea                  Co-Founder and Past President of St. Brendan's GFC

2015 - Ann Slattery Michel           Past President of St. Therese LAOH, Division 4

2016 - Sister Ann Daly                  Sister of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

                                                       Former Executive Director of Hospice Planning and Educational

                                                       Foundation, Inc.

2017 - George W. Anderson       Past President AOH Division 1

2018 - Maureen Morse                LAOH Division 4 & 5, Irish Heritage Festival, &

                                                       Parade Committe Member 

2019 - James O'Donnell              Orange County Legislator