Eileen Flannelly Mackell is receiving the Paul O’Dwyer Memorial Award. She is the vice president of the Central Royalty Container Collection Fund of the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance.
Great Irish Fair 2018
Father Mychael Judge, O.F.M., Memorial Award
Brother Leonard Conway, O.S.F., a member of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn for more than 50 years, and the president of St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, is receiving the Father Mychael Judge, O.F.M., Memorial Award.
Police Officer Edward Byrne Memorial Award
NYPD Detective Patrick Donohue of the Detectives Endowment Association and a 21-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, is receiving the Police Officer Edward Byrne Memorial Award.
Captain Timothy Stackpole Memorial Award
FDNY Battalion Chief Joseph Duggan, who attributes much of his success in life to his Catholic education, is receiving the Captain Timothy Stackpole Memorial Award.
The Celtic Cross Award
Margaret Minson, Ed.D., who has spent more than 25 years in education, is receiving The Celtic Cross Award. Dr. Minson is the head of school at Bishop Kearney H.S., an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Bensonhurst. She has served in the school’s leadership since 2014.
The Jerry Forest Memorial Award
James McDonagh is receiving The Celtic Cross Award. He is the chairman of the Brooklyn Irish American Parade, held every March in Park Slope. His mother, Kathleen, helped to found the parade more than 40 years ago.