The recipient of the 2013 Hall of Fame Award is Mr. P.J. Harvey, a native of Bealaha, Doonbeg and a resident of New York for almost fifty years. He is being honoured for his enormous contribution to Co. Clare charities over the years including St. Clare’s School in Ennis. After emigrating to New York in 1960, he joined the Carpenters’ Union and rose to become its president. During his time in the Union, he helped many Irish emigrants to settle into their new environment in the USA and was instrumental is providing them with work and giving them a start in life. Now retired and living in Long Island, he has organised many golf tournaments in New York over the years which have benefited charities in County Clare.