Grand Marshal Will Ride With Grandson, Favorite Hansom Carriage Driver, and Samson For The Official Press Release Click Here St. Patrick’s Day will be very special for Liam Picco, 15, the grandson of St. Patrick’s Day Parade Grand Marshal Loretta Brennan Glucksman, as Liam rides up Fifth Avenue with his Grandmom, his good friend, Hansom Carriage Driver Stevie Hand and … [Read more...]
New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Names Loretta Brennan Glucksman as the Grand Marshal for the 2018 Parade.
Lifelong Champion of Irish Culture and Causes to lead 257th Parade Loretta Brennan Glucksman, co-founder of Glucksman Ireland House at New York University and Chair Emeritus of the American Ireland Fund, has been named Grand Marshal of the 2018 New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Board Chairman John Lahey announced. Ms. Glucksman, a lifelong champion of Irish … [Read more...]
The 2017 Grand Marshal is health care leader Michael J. Dowling
ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE NAMES HEALTH CARE LEADER MICHAEL J. DOWLING 2017 GRAND MARSHAL --- Believed to be First Hospital Head to Lead 255-Year-Old Parade NEW YORK, NY, October 7, 2016 – The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Board of Directors has named Limerick native Michael J. Dowling, president and chief executive officer of Northwell Health, as Grand Marshal of the 2017 … [Read more...]
Pat Quinn is Grand Marshal of Yonkers Parade
New York, NY -- Patrick Ryan Quinn, who helped to popularize the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral online and swept the nation last summer, is the Grand Marshal of this year’s Yonkers St Patrick's Parade. The Yonkers native and leading advocate for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, will lead the 61st annual parade on McLean … [Read more...]
The 2016 Grand Marshal is Legendary Peacemaker George Mitchell
The NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade Board of Directors has named former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who negotiated the legendary Good Friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland, as Grand Marshal of this year’s parade, Board Chairman John Lahey announced today. Sen. Mitchell, the son of a janitor from Waterville, ME, has a distinguished public service career. After serving as … [Read more...]