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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED A
WONDERFUL 2009 St. Patrick's Day Parade
in New Haven.
Photographs to follow.
Did you march? Our judges awards have been
announced,
Check all the results
here.......
2010 Parade Officer Announced,
More Info Here >
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
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WTNH News coverage of Parade
Day 2009
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Thank you to all who
participate, attend and support
the Greater New Haven St.
Patrick’s Day Parade. An
estimated 200,000 spectators
lined the streets of the Elm
City in 2009. We are in the
midst of planning the 2010
parade which will take place on
Sunday, March 14th 2010. We are
very proud of this great
tradition and we invite you to
enjoy the information and
history of our great parade in
the pages of this web site!
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