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 |