This is a list of lifetime distinction holders
| Aine Ramsey |
| Alan Lyons |
| Andy Wharton |
| Ann-Marie Gautier |
| Anne Cassidy |
| Anne Hughes |
| Anne Phelan |
| Aubrey Martin |
| Barney Champion |
| Barry Dillon |
| Battie Arnold |
| Bill Power |
| Brendan Tumilty |
| Brian D Matthews |
| Brian Deering |
| Brian Hopper |
| Brid Coakley |
| Carl Farmer |
| Chris Ducker |
| Christine Taylor |
| Ciaran Whyte |
| Clodagh Tumilty |
| Colin Trow-Poole |
| Conor Dowling |
| Darragh Sherwin |
| Dave Keeley |
| David Bowen |
| David Schmidt |
| Dermott Sweeney |
| Des Connors |
| Diana Jamieson |
| Fergus Tuomey |
| George Greenlea |
| Gerard Kelleher |
| Gerry Andrews |
| Gerry Kerr |
| Grigory Temnov |
| Helen Hanafin |
| Hugo Reidy |
| Ita Boyle |
| James Finn (hon) |
| Jarlath Judge |
| Jason Higgins |
| Javier Leite |
| Jenny Coughlan |
| Joe Doyle |
| John Barry (hon) |
| John Butler |
| John Cuddihy |
| John Doheny |
| John Hooton |
| John Miskelly |
| Jonathon Hill |
| Julie McGovern-Peoples |
| Kaye English |
| Kevin Brogan |
| Kevin Johnson |
| Liam Beattie |
| Lola Gavin |
| Lorraine Gilligan |
| Lynn Freeney |
| Margaret Finlay |
| Margaret Keogh |
| Margaret O'Brien |
| Mark Heffernan |
| Mark Taylor |
| Mary Twomey |
| Maurice O'Flaherty |
| Melissa Collins |
| Mervyn Colton |
| Michael Byrne |
| Michael Pilkington |
| Michelle Brady |
| Neily Curtin |
| Niall McEntegart |
| Niall Murray |
| Niall Whelan |
| Niamh Whitty |
| Noel Keating |
| Olive Gaughan |
| Padraic Charlton |
| Patricia Ronan |
| Patrick McHenry |
| Paul Andrews |
| Paul Deegan |
| Paul Maher |
| Paul McNamara |
| Paul Stanley |
| Pauline O'Flaherty |
| Pete Smith |
| Peter McCallion |
| Phil Tung |
| Robert Cochran |
| Roger Eager |
| Romaric Peri |
| Ronan Bree |
| Rory Casey |
| Rosanne Baume |
| Ross Mullholland |
| Sarah Murphy |
| Seamus Cunningham |
| Sean Baker |
| Sean Casey |
| Sean Cullen |
| Sheldon Long |
| Sigita Playdon |
| Stephen McKeown |
| Steven Lathe |
| Suzanne Collins |
| Thomas Gaffney |
| Tim Pile |
| Tom Gray |
| Tony Betts |
| Tracy O'Brien |
| Una Finn |
| Virginia Kelleher |
| Vivienne Beck |