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BILLY DONALDSON'S
KELTIC KICK AT DUNN'S PUB WILL BENEFIT ST. PATRICK'S
DAY PARADE COMMITTEE
Saturday April 19th
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2008
St. Patrick's Day Parade Awards Announced |
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2008 Parade Ball and Parade Day Photo's
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Cead Mile Failte ( A hundred thousand
welcomes) to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Committee of Greater New Haven.The St.
Patrick’s Day Parade tradition was born in
New Haven on March 17, 1842, when about 90
members of the Hibernian Provident Society,
a mutual aid organization formed the
previous year, marched through the city
streets behind a banner made especially for
the occasion. Lovingly sewn into the banner
were traditional Irish depictions: St.
Patrick in his bishop’s robes, an Irish
wolfhound, a harp, shamrocks, and a portrait
of Gen. Richard Montgomery, the Irish-born
hero of the American Revolution. The two
mottos inscribed on the banner bespoke the
dual loyalties of the marchers: “e pluribus
unum” and “Erin go bragh.” (Joan Moynihan
and Neil Hogan)
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Since the mid-1950’s the St. Patrick’s Day
Parade of Greater New Haven has become one
of New England’s premier Irish events. It is
the largest, single-day spectator event in
the State of Connecticut. As the 6th
oldest parade in the nation, its fame was
recognized by the Library of Congress in
1999. This keepsake of New Haven’s Irish
community became a national keepsake when
the Library of Congress selected the Greater
New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade as an
outstanding example of American folk life.
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The
St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee
is a volunteer organization which
relies completely on both
sponsorship and donations to allow
us to raise the thousands needed to
bring the parade to the streets of
New Haven. Would you like to help
us? Make a donation here |
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St. Patrick's Day
Parade is sponsored by the four
Associated Irish Societies
New Haven Gaelic Football and
Hurling Club, Knights Of St.
Patrick, Ancient Order Of Hibernians
(Fr. McKeon Div.)
and West Haven Irish Club, and is a
501(C)3 non profit organization. |
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