2026 Women’s Christmas Tributes
“To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.”
– “The Price of My Soul”
By Bernadette Devlin
Irish Civil Rights Leader
Tributor | Tributee | Dedication |
| Brenda O’Connor | Nora O’Connor Barrett | In addition to her 5 children, reared 2 nephews, a grandniece, and 2 grandnephews. |
| Daniel J. Gibson | Brianna Marin | Young wife and mother of two young children, she is courageously battling Grade 4 glioblastoma. |
| James & Jill McGovern | Claire E. Forde | Raised children alone after early passing of her husband withno help or assistance. |
| James & Jill McGovern | Elsie Dunham Thomas | Raised children alone after early passing of her husband withno help or assistance. |
| Siobhán Hunter | Eileen O’Donovan Hunter | After childhood spent in industrial school, immigranted from Ireland, later finding herself to raised her 3 children alone, working 2 jobs, sacrificing everything for them . |
| Brenda O’Connor | Ellen Kelly Donohue | With thanks and gratitude, for her example, Faith and Family First. |
| Siobhán Hunter | Georgina Finnegan Hunter | After her husband passed, raised 2 children and a nephew on her own during troubling times in Belfast, only to follow them after they migrated to the US. |
| Stephen Kerr | Irene Kerr | Best Mom in the world. RIP |
| Mary Jenkins | Dorothy Cole | She inspired many women, including myself! |
| Carol Sullivan-Hanley | Louise Sullivan | My Mom, introduced me to Broadway Show Tunes from the Robbin’s Library. |
| Matthew McDonough | Norah Kelly | |
| Joan Meschino & John A Harre | Jeanne Fahey | |
| Patrick Kearney | Helena Mary Neill | A great mother, teacher, and friend. |
| Emma Lambiaso | Barbara Lambiaso | She has always put her loved ones first, before herself. |
| Dr. Catherine B. Shannon | Catherine Cannon Shannon | She was a wonderful mother and generous to everyone she encountered. |
| Betty Tufankjian | Bridget Balfe Edwards | Husband passed while she was pregnant with her 3rd child, & raise them on her own. |
| Greg Shanahan | Bobbi Shanahan | Motherhood personified |
| Jamie Gilmore | MaryBaines Norman | Musical mentor |
| Kevin Clancy | Rose Clancy | She was a mother and a father to us. |
| Michael Schilling | Margaret Conroy | For her courage & patience. |
| Shawn McGovern | Aunt Jacquie | |
| Kathleen McGovern | Auntie Peg (Margaret Colbert) | |
| Theresa O’Connor | Grace Donohue Corcoran | |
| Ed O’Connor | Theresa Colbert O’Connor |