Greater New Haven St.Patrick's Day Parade


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Our 2009 Parade has been scheduled for
March 15th in downtown New Haven

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 6^th 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. (Moynihan and Hogan)

			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 2007. We are in the midst of planning the 2008 parade which will take place on Sunday, March 9, 2008. 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!
	The Greater New Haven Saint Patrick's Day Parade Committee would like to thank all the establishments that took part in the Pub Crawl on August 18th as well as all of the participants. It was a great success and an excellent start to helping us reach our goal for this year's parade. Pictured: First Row from L to R: Brian Enright – Grand Marshal 2009, Colin O’Toole – Manager Christy’s on Orange, Damian Cashman – Manager Playwright, Jim McGovern – Chairman Second Row L to R:Chef Scott Cintron – The Anchor, Christy Mulhall – Owner Christy’s On Orange. Third Row L to R:Dieter VunRabenStein – Owner GM Richters Café, Ari Gorfain – Keys to the City @ Café Bottega Jason Walker – GM Anna Liffey’s Irish Pub. Fourth Row L to R:Bill Scalzi – Metro Taxi, Kevin A. Smith – Chief of Staff, Mike Farber – Prime 16. Fifth Row L to R:Frank Patrick, BAR, Mike Porcello – Black Bear

	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


____________________________________________________________________ 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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