iBAM! 2022 Honorees:
MUSIC: Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
LITERATURE: TC Boyle
CULINARY ARTS: Curtis Duffy
VISUAL ARTS: Tony Fitzpatrick
PERSON OF THE YEAR: Colin Davidson
Chancellor of Ulster University
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:
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:
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:
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
iBAM! 2016 Honorees:
Literature: Ken Bruen
Media: Joel Daly
Music: Tommy Fleming
Performing Arts: Peter Bradley Armacost
Person of the Year: James Fitzgerald
Visual Arts: Jim Fitzpatrick
2015 iBAM! Cultural Honorees
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
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
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
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
Music: Kevin Henry
Performing Arts: Steppenwolf theater
Visual Arts: Edward Cox
Literature: Frank McCourt
Person of the Year: Justice Anne Burke