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 the centerpiece of the Dunbrody (2001) Famine Ship's new Emigration History Visitor Center in New Ross, Co. Wexford. It was 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.

Donald Keough : Chairman of the Board of Allen & Company Inc.; Former president, COO, and a director of The Coca-Cola Company — Inducted November 2010 [1]

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

James D. Watson : Nobel Prize winner for mapping the structure of DNA — Inducted March 2011

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