Saoi

|title=Annual Report 1987

|chapter-url=http://www.artscouncil.ie/uploadedFiles/An_Chomhairle_Ealaion_1987.pdf#page=12

|chapter=Aosdána

|isbn=0906627230|issn=0790-1593

|page=12

|quote=A new Saoi was elected in 1987, Patrick Collins, visual artist. At a special ceremony in Aras an Uachtaráin, Uachtarán na hEireann, Dr Patrick Hillery, presented Patrick Collins with the Torc which is the symbol of the office of Saoi.

}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adams.ie/2788/Patrick-Collins-RHA-1911-1994-Mountain-Lake-Oil-on-board-76-x-60cm-30-x-24-Signed-Born-in-Dromore-West-County-Sligo-in-1910-Patrick-Collins-studied-for-a-short-time-at-the-National-College-of-Art?Itemid=|title=Lot 163: "Mountain Lake"|work="Important Irish Art": 8 December 2004|publisher=Adam's auctioneers|quote=Patrick Collins ... was also a member of Aosdana and was elected Saoi in 1987.|access-date=29 January 2015|location=Dublin}}

|title=Annual Report 1993

|chapter-url=http://www.artscouncil.ie/uploadedFiles/An_Chomhairle_Ealaion_1993.pdf#page=13

|chapter=Aosdána

|isbn=0906627559|issn=0790-1593

|page=13

|quote=Three new Saoi, Mary Lavin, Louis le Brocquy and Tony O'Malley, were elected by the membership

}}{{cite journal|last=Briggs|first=Sarah|year=1996|title=Mary Lavin: Questions of identity|journal=Irish Studies Review|volume=4|issue=15|pages=10–15|issn=0967-0882|doi=10.1080/09670889608455532|quote=She was elected 'Saoi' by Aosdana, in 1992, for her outstanding achievement in literature.}}

|title=Annual Report 1996

|chapter-url=http://www.artscouncil.ie/uploadedFiles/An_Chomhairle_Ealaion_1996.pdf#page=23

|chapter=Aosdána Report|issn=0790-1593

|page=18

|quote=In March, Benedict Kiely, novelist, short story writer and journalist, was elected to the office of Saoi in Aosdána. In October this honour was also conferred upon the ninety-four year old writer, Francis Stuart, a most important and controversial figure in the history of 20th century Irish literature. Both men were presented with the gold torc, the symbol of the Saoi, by President Mary Robinson at ceremonies at the Arts Council offices.

}}{{cite web|url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Literature/Kiely.aspx|title=Benedict Kiely|work=Former Members|publisher=Aosdána|access-date=29 January 2015}}

|title=Annual Report 1998

|chapter-url=http://www.artscouncil.ie/uploadedFiles/Main_Site/Content/Research_and_Publications/All/An_Chomhairle_Ealaion_1998.pdf#page=12

|chapter=Aosdána Report|issn=0790-1593

|page=9

|quote=In 1998, a General Assembly and a Pre-Assembly meeting were held, poet Seamus Heaney was elected to the position of Saoi

}}{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/incoming/poet-brian-lynch-heaneys-gift-of-seeing-beauty-in-everything-29539346.html|title=Heaney's gift of seeing beauty in everything|last=Lynch|first=Brian|date=30 August 2013|work=Irish Independent|quote=He was a founder member of Aosdána and was elected a Saoi in 1997|access-date=29 January 2015}}

|title=Annual Report 2003|issn=0790-1593

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715011232/http://www.artscouncil.ie/Publications/aosdana_annualreport_2003.pdf

|archive-date=July 15, 2010 |url=http://www.artscouncil.ie/Publications/aosdana_annualreport_2003.pdf#page=5

|page=5

|quote=Anthony Cronin, a founding member of Aosdána, was elected Saoi in March 2003, and conferred with the gold Torc, the symbol of the office of Saoi by President Mary McAleese, in a ceremony at the Arts Council offices on 27 June 2003.

}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ucd.ie/president/universityawards/honrorarydegree/05-06/|title=University Awards - Honorary Degrees - 05/06|work=UCD President's Office|publisher=UCD|quote=Anthony Cronin was ... founding member of Aosdána, of which he was made a Saoi in 2003.|access-date=29 January 2015|location=Dublin}}