| Date Granted | Name | |
| 1st February 1877 | Isaac Butt Esq | |
| 1st February 1877 | Benjamin Whitworth Esq MP | |
| 1st February 1881 | Charles Stewart Parnell MP | |
| 2nd October 1882 | Sir Garnet Holsey KCB | |
| 7th May 1888 | John Dillon MP | |
| 12th December 1889 | Rt. Hon. G.J. Shaw Lefevre | |
| 27th July 1904 | His Eminence, Cardinal Vincent Vanitelli | Papal Legate to Ireland |
| 19th February 1902 | John Edward Redmond MP | Leader of the Irish Nationalist Parliamentary Party |
| 14th September 1909 | Captain E. O’Meagher Condon | |
| 14th September 1909 | John O’Callaghan Esq | Boston, USA |
| 30th June 1914 | His Grace, The Most Reverend
John J. Glennon D.D. | Archbishop of St. Louis |
| 17th March 1915 | Lance Corporal William Kenny V.C. | Greenhills, Drogheda |
| 17th August 1920 | His Grace, The Most Reverend
Daniel Mannix D.D. | Archbishop of Melbourne |
| 28th June 1932 | His Eminence Cardinal Lorenzo
Lauri | On the occasion of his visit to Drogheda during the 31st International Eucharistic
Congress |
| 27th November 1935 | Eamonn De Valera | President, Irish Free State |
| 1st August 1939 | Seán T. O’Reilly T.D. | Minister for Local Government and Public
Health |
| 15th February 1953 | His Eminence John Cardinal D’Alton | Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland |
| 16th December 1956 | Right Reverend Monsignor John
F. Stokes, P.P. V.G. | St. Peter’s Drogheda |
| 26th April 1959 | His Eminence Cardinal Cushing | Archbishop of Boston, USA |
| 31st July 1962 | His Eminence Michael Cardinal Browne O.P. | On the occasion of his visit to Drogheda following his elevation to the Sacred College
of Cardinals |
| 25th August 1964 | Right Reverend Monsignor Henry Farrell P.P. V.G. | St. John’s Perth, Ontario, Canada |
| 13th May 1965 | His Eminence William Cardinal Conway | On the occasion of his visit to Drogheda following his elevation to the Sacred College
of Cardinals |
| 6th June 1966 | Reverend Mother Mary Martin,
Mother General | Medical Missionaries of Mary |
| 29th September 1979 | His Holiness Pope John Paul II | |
| 19th March 1980 | His Eminence Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich | On the occasion of his visit to Drogheda following his elevation to the Sacred College of Cardinals |
| 28th July 1980 | Right Reverend Monsignor James Lennon | |
| 28th June 1990 | Dr. Patrick J. Hillery | Uachtarán na hÉireann |
| 5th July 1992 | His Eminence Cahal Cardinal Daly | Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland |
| 3rd April 1993 | Mary Robinson | Uachtarán na hÉireann |
| 14th April 1997 | Brother Edmund Garvey | Congregation Leader of the Christian Brothers |
| 12th December 1999 | Dr. Thomas K. Whitaker | Public Servant |
| 11th May 2001 | John Hume MP MEP | Nobel Peace Laureate |
| 27th June 2002 | Gary Kelly | Professional Footballer |
| 12th May 2010 | Oliver Murphy | Founding Member of the Irish Wheelchair Association |
| 9th May 2013 | Garda Patrick Morrissey | (Posthumous) who gave his life in the service of his country on 27th June 1985 |
| 24th October 2013 | Father Ignatius O’Donovan | Augustinian Prior Drogheda 1993 -1997 and 2007 - 2013 |
| 22nd May 2015 | Michael D. Higgins | A life devoted to public service, creativity and advocacy |
| 8th June 2018 | Séamus Mallon | A life devoted to public service, human dignity and advocacy |
| 10th January 2020 | Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason | Dedicated service to public life |
