Now in its 13th year, the Limerick Person of the Year Awards honours the achievements and success of Limerick people. Multi award winning novelist Donal Ryan was announced as the 2013 Limerick Person of the Year at a gala awards lunch in the Clarion Hotel, where Fashion Queen, Celia Holman Lee, was also honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Ryan achieved worldwide acclaim for his debut novel 'The Spinning Heart' which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013. The publication also won the Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year 2012 and the 2013 Guardian First Book Award. Mr. Ryan was nominated along with 11 other outstanding Limerick people including global entrepreneurs The Collison Brothers; Lions, Ireland and Munster star Conor Murray; local fundraisers Fergal Deegan, Shellie Murtagh and Martin Kiely, Limerick's Senior Hurlers and local representatives on the Irish Women's Rugby team. Limerick Leader editor Alan English spoke of Celia Holman Lee, "Celia has achieved excellence in her field but there are no airs and graces, she's a true Limerick lady, a wonderful Ambassador for the city and she never forgot where she came from."
Donal Ryan - Limerick Person of the Year 2013 richard lynch tamu
Now in its 13th year, the Limerick Person of the Year Awards honours the achievements and success of Limerick people. Multi award winning novelist Donal Ryan was announced as the 2013 Limerick Person of the Year at a gala awards lunch in the Clarion Hotel, where Fashion Queen, Celia Holman Lee, was also honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Ryan achieved worldwide acclaim for his debut novel 'The Spinning Heart' which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013. The publication also won the Bord Gáis Energy Book of the Year 2012 and the 2013 Guardian First Book Award. Mr. Ryan was nominated along with 11 other outstanding Limerick people including global entrepreneurs The Collison Brothers; Lions, Ireland and Munster star Conor Murray; local fundraisers Fergal Deegan, Shellie Murtagh and Martin Kiely, Limerick's Senior Hurlers and local representatives on the Irish Women's Rugby team. Limerick Leader editor Alan English spoke of Celia Holman Lee, "Celia has achieved excellence in her field but there are no airs and graces, she's a true Limerick lady, a wonderful Ambassador for the city and she never forgot where she came from."
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