Business 100 Celebrations

Irish America celebrated its annual Business 100 Awards on November 20 with a luncheon at the Yale Club in Manhattan. U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky gave the Keynote Address, and Tim Brosnan, Executive Vice President, Business of Major League Baseball, received the Spirit of Ireland Award.

Irish Consul General Niall Burgess, U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky, who gave the Keynote Address, and publisher Niall O'Dowd.

Honoree Patricia Cunningham (Continental Airlines) with her uncle Paul

Honorees Kieran Claffey (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) and Jayne Fitzpatrick (Gulf Oil) with actor Des Keough.

Honoree Tom Moran (Mutual of America) , Editor Patricia Harty, Courtney Kennedy and Niall O'Dowd.

Honoree Jim McCann, founder of 1-800-FLOWERS, Kathleen M. Connor, and Dave Aldrich.

Honoree John FitzPatrick (FitzPatrick Hotel Group) and Orla O'Malley.

Honoree Dawn Sweeney (National Restaurant Association) and Denis Kelleher, founder of Wall Street Access.

Honoree Declan Kelly (FD).

Honoree Patrick Dowling (CIT) and wife Kate.

Alfie Tucker (Mutual of America), his sister Marie and mother, May.

Honoree Brian Stack (CIE Tours) and Maureen Clarke.

Honoree Susan Ungaro (The James Beard Foundation) and Irish America Art Director M. Fairweather.

Honoree Jack Foley (Aer Lingus).

Honoree Dave Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald & Co.) with wife Stacey and honoree Ted Sullivan (KPMG).

Tim Brosnan (Major League Baseball) who received the Spirit of Ireland Award is pictured with his father Kevin.