Guests of Honour

Each year the Society invites a person of note to the Annual Charity Ball as its Guest of Honour. Below are the names of previous guests of honour. This page is a work in progress. As we come across more names from years gone by, we will add them.

 

1957 Sir Henry & Lady Grattan-Bellew Hog farmers from Foster, QC
1963 His Excellency & Mrs. William P. Fay Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
1965 Rt. Hon Lord Killanin & Lady Killanin Head of Olympic Council of Ireland
1967 The Earl and Countess of Altamont
1968 His Excellency & Mrs. William Warnock Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
1969 Hon. & Mrs. George Challies Associate Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court
1970 Mr. George Colley Minister for Industry & Commerce for Ireland
1972 Wardens – St. Patrick’s Church
1973 Rt. Hon The Lord O’Neill of the Maine Former Premier of Ulster
1977 The Earl and Countess of Mount Charles
1978 Mr. & Mrs. Denis Kindellan
1980 William H. Wilson
1981 Most Reverend Leonard J. Crowley D.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal
1982 His Excellency & Mrs. Séan Kennan Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
1983 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Rourke VP ESCC, VP St. Mary’s Hospital Centre, President St. Mary’s Hospital’s Auxiliary.
1984 His Excellency & Mrs. Sean Gaynor Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
1986 Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Kenniff Rector & Vice Chancellor – Concordia University
1990 Judge Clarence & Margaret Quinlan
1992 His Excellency Antoin Mac Unfraidh Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
2003 Anne McGinley Representative of Ireland to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization
2004 James Cherry F.C.A. President and CEO of Aeroports de Montréal
2005 Thomas Mulcair MNA Provincial Minister of the Environment
2006 General A. John G. D. de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH Chair of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning in Northern Ireland
2007 His Excellency Declan Kelly Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
2008 Kevin Tierney Movie Producer
2009 Justin Trudeau MP Member of Parliament for Papineau
2010 Bernadette Short Irish Dance instructor / adjudicator
2011 His Excellency Dr. Ray Bassett Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
2012 Hon. Jim Flaherty PC MP Minister of Finance for Canada
2013 Kathleen Weil MNA Member of the National Assembly for Notre-Dame-de-Grace
2014 Margaret Healy Community volunteer
2015 Hon. Denis Coderre PC 44th Mayor of the City of Montreal
2016 Geoffrey Kelley MNA MNA & Minister Responsible for Native Affairs
2017 His Excellency Jim Kelly Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
2018 Mr. Paul Donovan President – Loyola High School
2019 Hon. Catherine McKenna PC MP Minister of Environment and Climate Change
2020 Dr. Graham Carr President & Vice Chancellor – Concordia University
2023 His Excellency Eamonn McKee Ambassador of Ireland to Canada
2024 Mr. James Maloney M.P. MP – Etobicoke-Lakeshore