Irish America Hall of Fame
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Irish America Hall of Fame The Irish America Hall of Fame was founded by Irish America magazine
in November 2010. It recognizes extraordinary figures in the Irish American community who have had a profound effect on the Irish in America and strengthened the bonds between the United States and Ireland.
The Irish America Hall of Fame is centerpiece of a the Dunbrody (2001)
Famine Ship's new Emigration History Visitor Center in New Ross, Co. Wexford. It was been developed in collaboration with publishers Niall O’Dowd and Patricia Harty
of Irish America Magazine. The exhibition celebrates the lives, works and achievements of noted Irish individuals such as, President John F. Kennedy and the Kennedys, Henry Ford, Donald Keough and President Clinton.
: Chairman of the Board of Allen & Company Inc.; Former president, COO, and a director of The Coca-Cola Company
— Inducted November 2010
Dr. Kevin Cahill : Medical Doctor and Chief Medical Advisor for Counterterrorism — Inducted March 2011
Bill Clinton
: 42nd President of the United States — Inducted March 2011
Mary Higgins Clark
: World renowned author of suspense novels — Inducted March 2011
Charles Feeney : Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Humanitarian — Inducted March 2011
Michael Flatley
: Lord of the Dance — Inducted March 2011
William Flynn
: President and CEO of the Mutual America and chairman of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy — Inducted March 2011
Denis P. Kelleher : Founder, chairman and CEO of Wall Street Access - Inducted March 2011
Jean Kennedy Smith
: American diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Ireland, founder of Very Special Arts — Inducted March 2011
Maureen O'Hara
: Irish actress and legend of the American silver screen - Inducted July 2011
James D. Watson
: Nobel Prize winner for mapping the structure of DNA — Inducted March 2011
Irish America magazine
Irish America magazine is a bi-monthly periodical that aims to cover topics relevant to the Irish in North America including a range of political, economic, social, and cultural themes. The magazine’s inaugural issue was published in October 1985...
in November 2010. It recognizes extraordinary figures in the Irish American community who have had a profound effect on the Irish in America and strengthened the bonds between the United States and Ireland.
The Irish America Hall of Fame is centerpiece of a the Dunbrody (2001)
Dunbrody (2001)
The Dunbrody is a three-masted barque built in New Ross in 2001 by New Ross Drydock for the Dunbrody Project, with the financial assistance of the J.F. Kennedy Trust....
Famine Ship's new Emigration History Visitor Center in New Ross, Co. Wexford. It was been developed in collaboration with publishers Niall O’Dowd and Patricia Harty
Patricia Harty
For the American actress, see Patricia Harty Patricia Harty is an Irish-American journalist, author and editor. She is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Irish America Magazine.-Biography:...
of Irish America Magazine. The exhibition celebrates the lives, works and achievements of noted Irish individuals such as, President John F. Kennedy and the Kennedys, Henry Ford, Donald Keough and President Clinton.
Honorees
Donald KeoughDonald Keough
Donald R. Keough is Chairman of the Board of Allen & Company Incorporated, a New York investment-banking firm. He was elected to that position in April 1993....
: Chairman of the Board of Allen & Company Inc.; Former president, COO, and a director of The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia...
— Inducted November 2010
Dr. Kevin Cahill : Medical Doctor and Chief Medical Advisor for Counterterrorism — Inducted March 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
: 42nd President of the United States — Inducted March 2011
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney , known professionally as Mary Higgins Clark, is an American author of suspense novels...
: World renowned author of suspense novels — Inducted March 2011
Charles Feeney : Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Humanitarian — Inducted March 2011
Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley
Michael Ryan Flatley is an American Irish dancer, choreographer, actor, musician and occasional television presenter. He became internationally known for Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, and Celtic Tiger...
: Lord of the Dance — Inducted March 2011
William Flynn
William Flynn
William Flynn may refer to:*William J. Flynn , director of the Bureau of Investigation, 1919–1921*William K. Flynn , American football coach*William S...
: President and CEO of the Mutual America and chairman of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy — Inducted March 2011
Denis P. Kelleher : Founder, chairman and CEO of Wall Street Access - Inducted March 2011
Jean Kennedy Smith
Jean Kennedy Smith
Jean Ann Kennedy Smith is an American diplomat and a former United States Ambassador to Ireland. She is the eighth of nine children born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald and is their last surviving child. She is the sister of the 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy,...
: American diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Ireland, founder of Very Special Arts — Inducted March 2011
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara is an Irish film actress and singer. The famously red-headed O'Hara has been noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude. She often worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne...
: Irish actress and legend of the American silver screen - Inducted July 2011
James D. Watson
James D. Watson
James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick...
: Nobel Prize winner for mapping the structure of DNA — Inducted March 2011