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iBAM! Award Honorees 2009 - 2021

The iBAM! Awards are in their 14th year.

iBAM! 2021 Honorees:

MUSIC: Joanie Madden

LITERATURE: Colum McCann

PERSON of the YEAR: Kendall Coyne Schofield

PERFORMING ARTS: Larry Kirwan

VISUAL ARTS: Galway Basket Maker Joseph Hogan

iBAM! 2020 Honorees:

LITERATURE: John and Billy Keane

MEDIA/JOURNALISM: Ray O'Hanlon

MUSIC: Pete St. John

PERFORMING ARTS: Betty Buckley

PERSON OF THE YEAR: Seamus Mallon

VISUAL ARTS: Barry Butler

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Peggy Murphy

iBAM! 2019 Honorees:

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:

MUSIC: Ward Irish Music Archives -
Honoring Ed Ward, founder, Milwaukee Irish Fest
Literature: Eoin Colfer
Person of the Year: Stephen Travers
Media/Journalism: Maureen Dowd
Visual Arts: Denis Brown
Performing Arts: Michael Patrick Thornton


iBAM! 2018 Honorees:

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:


Literature: Marian Keyes



Media Mike Leonard



Music Maura O'Connell

Performing Arts Fionnula Flanagan

Visual Arts Mary McSweeney



Culinary Arts Noel McMeel



Person of the Year Dolores Connolly

iBAM! 2017 Honorees:

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:


Literature: Timothy Egan


Media Frank Mathie


Music Daniel O'Donnell

 

Performing Arts Jim Sheridan

Visual Arts Philip Gray

Culinary Arts Kevin Dundon

Person of the Year Joan Freeman

 

BAM! 2016 Honorees: 

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:

 
Literature: Ken Bruen


Media: Joel Daly


Music: Tommy Fleming


Performing Arts: Peter Bradley Armacost


P
erson of the Year: James Fitzgerald


Visual Arts: Jim Fitzpatrick


2015 iBAM! Cultural Honorees

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:


Music: Sharon Shannon


Performing Arts: Liam Neeson

Visual Arts: Michael Carroll

Literature: Desmond Egan

Person of the Year: James Sloan


2014 iBAM! Cultural Honorees

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:

Media: Rick Kogan


Music: Paddy Reilly

Performing Arts: John Mahoney

Visual Arts: Barry Jazz Finnegan

Literature: Frank Delaney

Person of the Year: Martin Healy

2013 iBAM! Cultural Honorees

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:



Music: The Black Family

Performing Arts: Brendan Gleason

Visual Arts: Robert Ballagh

Literature: Tim Pat Coogan

Person of the Year: Father Jack Wall

2012 iBAM! Cultural Honorees

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:

Music: Phil Coulter

Performing Arts: Stephen Rea

Visual Arts: Matt Lamb

Literature: Morgan Llywelyn

Person of the Year: Richard Moore
2011 iBAM! Cultural Honorees

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:


Music: Maurice Lennon


Performing Arts: Mark Howard,


Visual Arts: John David Mooney,


Literature: Maeve Binchy


Person of the Year: Father Andrew Greeley

2010 iBAM! Cultural Honorees

Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:


Music: Liz Carroll

Performing Arts: Gabriel Byrne


Visual Arts: Thomas A. O'Shaughnessy

Literature: Mary Dempsey


Person of the Year: Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1998 John Hume

2009 iBAM! Cultural Honorees
Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in:


Music: Kevin Henry


Performing Arts: Steppenwolf theater


Visual Arts: Edward Cox

Literature: Frank McCourt


Person of the Year: Justice Anne Burke

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