Honorary Life Members
An Honorary Life Member shall be a person whom the Association desires to honour for exceptional services rendered by him or her to the exercise.
Life Membership of the Association was instituted in 1945, and three founder members of the IACR were honoured at this time. They were Rev G Digby Scott and Rawdon and Harold Greene.
Bell ringers who were previously conferred with this honour, and now deceased, can be found at this link …
Simon Walker.
St Malachy’s Church, Royal Hillsborough
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2026.
Robert Foulis.
St. Nicholas, Carrickfergus.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2026.
Colin Holliday.
St.Comgalls, Bangor.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2026.
Richard de Courcy.
Cathedral of the Blessed Trinity, Waterford.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2025.
Dorcas Boreland.
Bangor.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2025.
Philip Talbot.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2023.
Don McLean.
St. Mark’s, Duldela.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2022.
Alistair Jameson.
St. Malachy’s, Hillsborough.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 2015.
Patrick J. Hanley.
Mount St. Alphonsus, Limerick.
Elected as an Honorary Life Member in 1985.