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                        Saint Patrick's Day Parade

 

                           Sunday March 20, 2011

 

                        Delaware Avenue  @ 2 PM

 

 

The Parade receives recognition and accolades and  in a letter to Mayor Brown and in an article in the magazine "Ireland of the Welcomes" published in Dublin, Ireland

(read it).        

 

 

 

 

              The 2010 Parade Grand Marshal was 

 

                

 

                                                       Thomas Patrick Young

     

           Joining Tom as Deputy Grand Marshals

           were his Fiancée, Vincy Faliero and long

           time friend and cousin, Dennis O'Brien. 

 

         

Mr. Young attended Queen of Heaven Elementary School and Bishop Timon High School.  His parents are George R. Young and the late Mary Loughnane.  Tom has been a resident of South Buffalo for the last 25 years and is Sales Manager for Commercial Collection Corp of NY.  Step Children Renee Kenyon and Nick Faliero, grandchildren Natalya and Celina Kenyon will be joining Tom, his father, and fiancée Vincy Faliero for the Saint Patrick’s celebration.

 

Tom’s interest in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade goes back to childhood.  He is carrying on a family tradition and heritage shared with his uncle and aunt, the late Raymond D. O’Brien (grand marshal 1958) and Catherine M. O’Brien (grand marshal 1984).  Their son Dennis J. O’Brien (grand marshal 1988) is serving as deputy marshal for his cousin this year.  Tom Young has worked with the Parade since the early 1990s as a Division Marshal.  He was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the UIAA in 2004 and currently works as liaison with the City for Parade Day vendors.

 

Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Edward Kmiec at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral on Sunday, March 14th at 10:30AM before the line up for the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.  The Parade will start at 2PM at Niagara Square and proceed north on Delaware Avenue to North Street.  Bishop Kmiec will march with the United Irish American Association which has conducted this memorable Buffalo tradition since 1940.

 

 

 

                              The 2010 Parade was dedicated to:

 

                  the Memory of Terence Halloran

 

 

 

 

         Below is 2009 Grand Marshal, Dave Tilley

 

 

                     

                                 2009 Grand Marshal- Dave Tilley (center) with Deputy Marshals James (dad) & Kevin (brother)

 

 

Parade Application:

 

 

VIEW/PRINT PARADE APPLICATION


 

Coming Events: 

 

                     Annual Golf Outing (RAINED OUT - RESCHEDULED)

Elma Meadows Golf Course

Friday, August 20th

8:30 AM - Shot Gun Start

Party @ Shelter #1 after Golf

Beer, Soda & Food

$70 per golfer

 Party after $25 for non-golfers

 

Register through the "Contact Us" section

 

 

 

                                             Annual Patio Party

                                                  Irish Center 

                                       Saturday  - 2 PM to 6 PM

                                              August 21, 2010

                                       More details to come!!! 

 

 

 

 

                                  Cabaret Night (Valentine's Party)

                                          Friday @ 7:30 to 11PM

                                              February 11, 2011

                             $20. includes music, beer, wine & soda 

                                      basket auction & Raffle 

 

 

 Donations:

 

 

United Irish-American Assn.

245 Abbott Road

Buffalo, N.Y. 14220

                                                                                

                                              View Donation Levels & Sponsorship

  

OFFICERS

 

GARRY P. JOHNSON - President

JOHN P. COURTNEY - Vice-President

DAVID TILLEY - Treasurer

HELEN HANNON LETINA - Secretary

BRIGID ANNE KNOTT - Entry Secretary

RICK O'SULLIVAN - Historian

REV. A. Mark ILLIG - Chaplain

HON. JOHN CUUAN - Judge Advocate

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

JOHN P. MORRISON - Chairman

MARK R. O'NEILL- Asst. Chairman

 

JOHN P. COURTNEY

BERNARD W. CRYAN

 REV. A. MARK ILLIG

GARRY JOHNSON

HON. MICHAEL KEARNS

BRIGID ANNE KNOTT

LIAM KNOTT

CHRIS LAFFLER

HELEN HANNON LETINA

DENICE MORRISON

DENNIS J. O'BRIEN

G. DUFFY O'CONNOR

MICHAEL D. O'SULLIVAN

RICK O'SULLIVAN

PATRICK PLUNKETT

JAMES J. SPEYER

DAVID TILLEY

JEFF WILSON

THOMAS P. YOUNG

 

 ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Daniel S. Blake

Thomas F. Gilmartin

Thomas E. Harkin

Hon. Thomas F. Higgins

Joseph J. Jendresky

Thomas P. Johnson

E. Joseph Kelley

Joan F. Lillis

Patrick C. McGinty

Charles F. McMahon

Michael W. Roberts

 

HONORARY MEMBERS

 

Dennis J. Brinkworth, Jr.

Hon. Byron Brown

James D. Burke

Noel T. Burke

Patrick J. Carlin

John Carney

James F. Casey, Jr.

Thomas H. Cebulski

Hon. Chris Collins

Edward C. Cosgrove

Joseph Crangle

Michael Cryan

Dennis P. Dean

Lawrence J. Dolloff

James Domagalski

Richard T. Donovan

Dennis B. Gregoire

William P. Group

Kevin Helfer

Bruce A. Henderson

Mary Heneghan

Hon. Brian J. Higgins

Hon. Kathleen Courtney Hochul

Hon. Timothy Howard

Hon. Samuel Hoyt

James P. Keane

Hon. Timothy Kennedy

Frank Latchford

Leonard Lenihan

Dennis Lennon

Jennifer Latina

Hon. Thomas Loughran

Patrick Mann

Peter Margerum

Kathleen J. Masterson

Hon. Lynn Marinelli

Michael McCafferty

Thomas H. McCarthy

Raymond J. McGirr

Tracy A. McGowan 

Frank J. McGuire

Michael R. McParlane

Carol McSwain

Robert P. Meegan, Jr.

Aryn Morrison

Erin M. O'Brien

James O'Brien

Sean T. O'Brien

Bonnie O'Hara

Margaret A. O'Sullivan

Nicole A. O'Sullivan

Sally A. Pendergast

Hon. Jack Quinn III

John Rexinger III

Michael J. Roche

Patrick E. Roche

Alfred Rohloff

Karen Ryan

Hon. Robin J. Schiminger

Hon. Mark J. F. Schroeder

Hon. Chuck Schumer

Hon. Frank Sedita

Betty Short

Sean Sulivan

Hon. David Swarts

James Tilley

Kevin Townsell

W. Thomas Weeks

Edward E. Wensek

Robert E. Whelan

Thomas Whelan

 

 


If you would like additional information, you can email us at entries@BuffaloStPatricksDayParade.com or call Brigid Knott at (716) 875-0282, John Morisson at 864-1197 or Garry Johnson at 574-0367. You can also come to the Buffalo Irish Center (245 Abbott Road in South Buffalo) at 3:00pm on any Sunday January11th thru March 8th.