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Cork Person of the Year

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The Cork Person of the Year awards were founded in 1993 to recognise outstanding achievements by people from Cork.[1] Each year 12 Cork persons of the month are chosen, although some months multiple people in the same area are selected. Then, in January of the following year the overall Cork person(s) of the year[2] are selected from this group.

Previous Winners

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Year Winner Contribution
1993 Sr. Colette Hickey Homeless Charity
1994 Dr. Michael Mortell UCC Leadership
1995 John Bermingham Cope Foundation
1996 Barry Galvin CAB
1997 Paddy Comerford Theatre
1998 Kevin Downing Overcoming Disability
1999 Jimmy Barry Murphy GAA
2000 Sonia O’Sullivan Athletics
2001 Gerry Murphy Business
2002 Adi Roche Founder and chief executive of the Chernobyl Children International (1991)
2003 Fr. Sean Healy Social Justice
2004 Roy Keane Sport [3]
2005 Prof. John A. Murphy History
2006 Dan Donovan Theatre
2007 John Fitzpatrick Choral Festival
2008 Pat Falvey & Dr. Clare O’Leary Adventure
2009 Conor Buckley Business
2010 Paddy O’Brien Over-60s Talent
2011 Liam Casey Business
2012 Bill Deasy Community
2013 Rob Heffernan Athletics [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Who will be cork person of the year". Cork Independent. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Cork Person of the Year Awards - The Book - Lettertec". Lettertec. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Keano wins Cork award for first time". IrishExaminer.com. 29 January 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Rob Heffernan is Cork Person of the Year 2013". TheCork.ie. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.