2017 Teresa Daly
2016 Maggie McEldowney*
2015Maeve McSweeney
2014Colleen Nolan
2013Bridget Conway
2012Margaret Rose Keating
2011Siobhán Carroll
2010Julia Rose McDermott Polk
2009Deirdre McNulty
2008Shaylin McNamara
2001Claire O' Connor
2000Moira O'Connor-Curran
1999Kathryn Anne Killacky
1998Alison Davia
1997Amy McCarthy Supak
1996Noreen Cunnie
1995Frances Sheehan
1994Maura Farrell
1993Maureen Finnegan
1992Tamara McDonough
1991Kathleen Zeng
1990Linda Scannell
1989Anne Marie McGarry
1988Jean-Michael Conroy

*International Festival winner
Past Chicago Roses
1987Larna Canoy*
1986Maureen Hickey
1985Michele McCormack
1984Mary Moran
1983Sheila Ryan
1982Katherine Ann Feeney
1980Julie Ryan
1979Angela Mannion
1978Kerry Lyman
1977Cathie O'Connell
1976Maureen Payne
1975Moira Byrne
1974Roseann Finnegan
1973Teresa Gilmartin
1972Eileen Hennigan
1971Kathleen Sheehan
1970Katherine Hughes
1968Kathleen Casey
1965Mary Brosnan
1964Mary Kavanagh
1963Eileen Lynch
1962Kathleen Brosnan
1961Nora Reidy
1960Theresa Kenny*