Edited sentence: Ciarán was National Administrator of the charity - The Irish Pilgrimage Trust based in Clarenbridge from 2000-2002 and in 2002 was appointed its Chief Executive, a position he retains to this day.Ciarán worked for a long period of time with Dublin County Council and Galway County Council gaining valuable incite into the workings of local government in Ireland.For his hard work in this and other respects, Cannon was honoured as one of the Galway People of the Year in March, 2002