Meet Your 2026-27 Officers & Executive Board

  • RICH FINN

    PRESIDENT

  • KATHY REDMOND

    VICE PRESIDENT

  • CHRISTINA MCCONAHAY

    SECRETARY

  • TYLER BROWN

    DIRECTOR

  • KYLE COLLINS

    DIRECTOR

  • TERESA CONLEY

    DIRECTOR

  • MIKE MOBLEY

    DIRECTOR

    jpf341@yahoo.com

  • ERIN MENTEL GAETA

    TREASURER

  • MONSIGNOR JOHN KELLY CODY

    CHAPLAIN

  • JAY FULTON

    SERGEANT AT ARMS

    fulton.jay.r@gmail.com

  • TINA O'GRADY

    OFFICE MANAGER

    shamrockclub1936@theshamrockclubofcolumbus.com

2026 SHAMROCK CLUB OF COLUMBUS HONOREES

  • Judge Michael C. Mentel - 2026 Parade Grand Marshal

  • John Homan - 2026 Irishman of the Year

  • Teresa Conley - 2026 Member of the Year

  • Daniel Repicz - 2026 President's Award Winner

Past Presidents

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Past Presidents ☘️

James A. Devine † 1936 - 1937 & 1942

John Connor † 1938 & 1943

Anthony J. Scanlon † 1939 -1941 & 1944

James E. Grace † 1940 & 1945

Michael J. Ryan † 1946

William H. McGrath † 1947

John A. Murphy † 1948

Thomas B. Butler †1949

Emmett J. Bain † 1950

R. Patrick West † 1951

Louis C. Murphy † 1952

Michael M. Murtha † 1953

Daniel F. Cannon † 1954

Edward A. Moriarty † 1955

Joseph E. Ryan † 1956

Jerry J. Walsh † 1957

Garrett P. "Bud" Cotter † 1958

Jerry P. O'Shaughnessy † 1959

James D. Callahan † 1960

Frank M. Strapp † 1961

Thomas D. Cahill † 1962

William P. Downey † 1963

Edward M. Dempsey † 1964

Jeremy P. Grady † 1965

Charles R. Timlin † 1966

Thomas M. "Duke" Hinton † 1967

Michael E. Moriarty† 1968

Timothy Keefe † 1969

Murdith P. Byrne † 1970

Frank McCabe † 1971

Patrick L. Fallon † 1972

Patrick J. Walsh † 1973

Townsend W. Quinn 1974

Robert W. Maloney † 1975

David L. Driscoll † 1976

Jack Quinn † 1977

James T. Connors † 1978

Robert V. Griffin † 1979

Joseph H. Byrne† 1980

Thomas P. O'Keefe † 1981

George O'Donnel III † 1982

Paul D. Posey † 1983

Jack E. Morrison † 1984

Andrew M. Connor 1985

James C. Graham 1986

Joseph H. Davis † 1987

David H. Hartigan † 1988

William T. O'Reilly † 1989

Edward Moriarty 1990

Joseph John Conley † 1991

Michael E. Grady † 1992

J. Robert Irwin 1993

John F. Cross Sr. † 1994

L. Jerry O'Rourke † 1995

Richard W. Bolton † 1996

Edward L. Kelly 1997

James B. Casey 1998

Arthur Hammill † 1999

Robert Donnelly † 2000

Patrick W. Byrne 2001

Rich Clemons 2002

Rod Flanagan 2003

Timothy Feeney 2004

Robert Basbagill 2005

Thomas P. Byrne 2006

Brendan P. O'Reilly 2007

Mark Dempsey † 2008

Patrick W. Graham 2009

Francis B. Doyle 2010

Molly C. Byrne 2011

Patrick M. Fallon † 2012

John A. Connor † 2013

Michael Murphy 2014

J. Michael Redmond 2015

Edward G. Gaughan 2016

Brian T. O'Reilly 2017

Mary K. Grady Strickland 2018

Tony Hatem 2019

George Gamber † 2020

Andrew Shuman 2021 & 2022

Karen Komatsu 2023

Nancy Murphy 2024

Megan A. Dempsey 2025

Patrick J. Conley 2026

2026 Past President’s Luncheon

CHARTER MEMBERS

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CHARTER MEMBERS ☘️

On April 21, 1936, these community members founded the Shamrock Club of Columbus at a meeting held in the Knights of Columbus Hall on the corner of 6th and State Streets. At that gathering, the first officers were elected, a constitution was formally adopted, and everyone present was proudly declared Charter Members.

James A. Devine, President

Anthony J. Scanlon, Vice-President

Walter O’Grady, Treasurer

Francis P. Howard, Secretary

John J. O’Keefe 

Carl Kelly

James A. Devine

Edward Sullivan

Vincent Donohue

George Bower

Charles A. Eberly

Tom Duffy

A. McGrath

Robert P. Kirwin

Francis P. Howard

Michael J. Ryan Jr.

Edward J. Kirwin

Walter O’Grady

Anthony J. Scanlon

Edward A. Moriarty

Thomas B. Devine

Gene McCurry

John Devine

Joseph E. Ryan

P. Devine

James Neilan

Wm. P. Bresnahan

C. J. McDonald

Hugh McGrath

James Welsh

James E. Grace

Robert E. Archibald

Joseph Sheeran

John McGlynn

James F. Bourner

Frank McCourt

Arthur Cannon

Bud Murphy

Eugene L. Dodd

IRISHMAN OF THE YEAR

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IRISHMAN OF THE YEAR ☘️

The selection of the Irishman of the Year is made at the discretion of the President.

This Honoree should have made many outstanding contributions to the Club over a long period of time and have been a member of the Club for a minimum of ten (10) years; any less tenure must be approved by the Executive Board.

1969 - Edward “Red” Dempsey

1970 - Mike Dorrian

1971 - John Gilligan

1972 - Tom Madigan

1973 - Hugh Dorrian

1974 - George Ryan

1975 - Frank Strapp

1976 - Dan Cannon

1977 - Judge R. Patrick West

1978 - Charlie Mentel

1979 - Murdith P. Byrne

1980 - F.J. Quinn

1981 - Dave Murphy

1982 - Patrick L. Fallon

1983 - Townsend Quinn

1984 - Thomas O’Keefe

1985 - Frank McCabe

1986 - Bob Cain

1987 - William Bannon

1988 - Thomas McGue, Sr.

1989 - Father James Hanley

1990 - James Minor

1991 - Ronald O’Brien

1992 - Michael Moriarty

1993 - Richard Finn, Jr.

1994 - Jack Morrison

1995 - Francis Flynn

1996 - George Arnold

1997 - Joseph Conley

1998 - Jerry O’Rourke

1999 - Richard Clemons

2000 - James W. Kennedy

2001 - James Casey

2002 - William O’Reilly

2003 - Edward Kelly

2004 - David Hartigan

2005 - Richard Bolton

2006 - Judge John A. Connor

2007 - Michael McConahay

2008 - Patrick W. Byrne

2009 - Robert Basbagill

2010 - Thomas Byrne

2011 - Patrick W. Graham

2012 - Patrick Grady

2013 - Francis Doyle

2014 - Timothy Feeney

2015 - Thomas “Duke” Hinton

2016 - James Graham

2017 - Brendan P. O’Reilly

2018 - Terrence A. Grady

2019 - Richard Finn, III

2020 - Monsignor John Kelly Cody

2021 - Megan A. Dempsey

2022 - Edward Gaughan

2023 - Mary Grady Strickland

2024 - Michael Murphy

2025 - Molly C. Byrne

2026 - John Homan

ST. PATRICK’S DAY GRAND MARSHAL

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY GRAND MARSHAL ☘️

This is an honorary position selected by the President

1936 - Michael J. Ryan

1937 - James A. Devine

1938 - James A. Devine

1939 - James A. Devine

1940 - No Parade – Palm Sunday

1941 - James E. Grace 

1942 - James E. Grace 

1943 - James E. Grace 

1944 - James E. Grace 

1945 - James E. Grace 

1946 - Michael J. Ryan

1947 - William H. McGrath

1948 - None on Record

1949 - Capt. Thomas J. Madigan

1950 - None on Record

1951 - Dan Cannon & Ronald Gardner as Assistant Parade Marshal

1952 - None on Record

1953 - None on Record

1954 - None on Record

1955 - None on Record

1956 - None on Record

1957 - None on Record

1958 - Tom Madigan

1959 - Chief Larry F. Donovan

1960 - George P. Ryan

1961 - Joseph T. Enright

1962 - George P. Ryan & George H. Cahill as Honorary Grand Marshal

1963 - Chief Larry F. Donovan

1964 - Chief Larry F. Donovan & Patrick Canty as Honorary Grand Marshal

1965 - Jeremy P. Grady

1966 - John Flynn

1967 - John Canty & James O’Neill as Honorary Grand Marshal

1968 - Edward A. Moriarty

1969 - Robert M. Keefe, Sr. & Robert M Keefe, II

1970 - William Daley

1971 - Martin Winters

1972 - Governor John J. Gilligan

1973 - Governor John J. Gilligan

1974 - Joseph P. Quinn

1975 - Patrick L. Maloney

1976 - David A. Driscoll

1977 - F. J. Quinn

1978 - Michael Connors

1979 - No Parade Marshal Designated per Robert V. Griffin

1980 - Dan Connor

1981 - Jack Ryan

1982 - William P. Downey

1983 - Al Sheridan

1984 - Michael J. Sommers

1985 - Joseph Byrne

1986 - John Canty

1987 - Emmett Bain

1988 - Martin Winters

1989 - Thomas Duffy

1990 - Timothy P. Foley

1991 - Bob Conners

1992 - James Kennedy

1993 - Murdith P. Byrne

1994 - John O’Brien

1995 - Emmett Bain

1996 - Richard O’Neill

1997 - Michael Moriarty

1998 - James T. Moore

1999 - Patrick Fallon

2000 - Michael McConahay

2001 - Jeremy P. Grady

2002 - Robert Kirby

2003 - Mary Grady-Strickland

2004 - Gene O’Brien

2005 - Robert Stark

2006 - Joseph Byrne

2007 - William T. O’Reilly

2008 - Townsend Quinn

2009 - W. Patrick Graham & James C. Graham

2010 - James R. Fath & Francis J. Doyle in Memoriam

2011 - Dorothy Byrne

2012 - Jack Morrison

2013 - Jim Casey & John A. Connor in Memoriam

2014 - Francis B. Doyle & Richard Bolton in Memoriam

2015 - Msgr. John K. Cody

2016 - Robert Basbagill

2017 - Judge John A. Connor

2018 - J. Robert Irwin

2019 - Rick Ralston 

2020 - Hilda Doyle & David Hartigan in Memoriam

2021 - Morey Brady & Jim O’Connor

2022 - Timothy McSweeney

2023-Patrick W. Byrne

2024-Timothy Feeney

2025-James T. Dempsey

2026-Judge Michael C. Mentel