Past Grand Marshals
Jim Dinnan in center standing next to 1976 Grand Marshal John O'Donovan
Garnd Marshals, past and present
Past Grand Marshals on Howe St
2001-03-11 Officers and GMs

GRAND MARSHALS

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Cathleen Patricia Steinau

2025 Grand Marshal

Cathleen Patricia Steinau is a third-generation Irish American who has been an active member of the Irish community for a large majority of her life. She grew up Irish step dancing with the Kathleen Mulkerin School of Irish Dance, toured Ireland as an Emerald Dancer in 1997, and was crowned Queen of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2003. Her role as Parade Queen and involvement in the Irish community led her to join the New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee in 2003, where she has been an active member ever since.

Over the years Cathleen has chaired and co-chaired many events for the Parade Committee, served as President and Vice President of the West Haven Irish American Club, and is also a member of the New Haven Gaelic Football & Hurling Club and Irish American Community Center.  One of the many things Cathleen loves about the parade is the fact that it is steeped in tradition.  After completing the Officer roles of Chief of Staff, Secretary, and Parade Chairman; Cathleen is incredibly honored to be named the 2025 Grand Marshal and will be the 13th female to hold this position since the Parade's inception in 1842.

Cathleen is currently employed as a kindergarten teacher at Calf Pen Meadow School in Milford and has been teaching elementary school for over 20 years.  She is the proud mother of her son, Liam Connor.  Cathleen enjoys reading, Irish step dancing, paddle boarding and lives with her family in West Haven. She loves living by the beach, spending summers on the shore with friends, and the fall season on the football field, watching her son play for the West Haven Seahawks 11U Team.  Cathleen is a proud Westie at heart!

Grand Marshal Cathleen Steinau
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YEAR

GRAND MARSHAL

2024 Bernadette Canning
2023 Joanne Conlan
2020-2022 Seamus Bohan
2019 Courtney Lundgren Connors
2018 Patrick J. Smith
2017 Clifford W. Lynch, Jr.
2016 Colleen A.M.B. Hines
2015 Timothy F. Gallogly
2014 Kelly Canning Ruickoldt
2013 Joseph M. Lynch
2012 Kevin A. Smith
2011 Walter J. Nester, Jr.
2010 James J. McGovern
2009 Brian G. Enright
2008 Bernadette Smyth LaFrance
2007 Mary Lyng Malenda
2006 John E. Cannon
2005 Coleman W. Walsh, Jr.
2004 Eileen Sullivan Donadio
2003 Dorinda Keenan Borer
2002 Kevin J. Smith
2001 John J. Doyle
2000 Thomas E. Gallagher

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GRAND MARSHAL

1999 Michael McCann
1998 Mary Gallagher Carter
1997 Edward O’Neill
1996 Katie O’Keefe Gerhard
1995 William F. McCabe
1994 William T. O’Brien
1993 William M. Hackett
1992 Laurence McGivney
1991 Michael Bohan
1990 Thomas F. Slater
1989 Kathleen A. Reilly
1988 Cmdr. John R. O’Connor
1987 Robert C. Shanley
1986 Patrick J. Hanlon
1985 James H. Sullivan
1984 Finbarr Moynihan
1983 Capt. Walter J. Walsh
1982 Michael V. Lynch
1981 James C. Bohan
1980 Hon. Charles D. Gill
1979 Robert J. Eagan

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GRAND MARSHAL

1978 James J. Dinnan
1977 Stephen Madigan
1976 John C. O’Donovan
1975 Edward P. McMahon
1974 Raymond J. Eagan
1973 Wiliam J. Heffernan
1972 Joseph T. Carr
1971 William T. O’Connell
1970 Col. James T. Flemming
1969 Edward A. Taylor
1968 Ray Ward, Jr.
1967 Chief Francis J. Sweeney
1966 James C. Bowe
1965 Howard J. Sullivan
1964 Chief Francis V. McManus
1963 Col. Joseph H. Flemming
1962
1961 John M. Golden
1960 Chief Thomas J. Collins
1959 Majr Gen. James M. Quinn
1958 Hon. James S. Shanley
1957 Patrick J. Goode
1956 William J. Clancy
Hon. Mayor Richard C. Lee
Hon. William F. Gallogly
Hon William F. Gallogly Jr.
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DUTIES OF THE GRAND MARSHAL

 

The Grand Marshal shall:A)  Attend all meetings of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee and as many standing committee meetings as possible;

B)  Lead the St. Patrick’s Day Parade;

C)  Review and sign the Parade orders;

D)  Assist the Chairperson on all matters pertaining to the Parade;

E)  Chair the General Committee meetings in the absence of the Chairperson;

F)  Meet with the present officers, along with the Executive Committee Chairperson, prior to the first General Committee meeting to explain the year’s plan;

G)  Be responsible for collecting minutes of each meeting, any correspondence, and all public relations material pertaining to the Parade. All this shall be kept in a binder during the year, and at the first executive meeting attended it shall be turned over to the Executive members;

H)  Be directly involved in all aspects of fundraising to support the parade.

 

Interested in joining the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee?
Contact our Chairperson at chairperson@stpatricksdayparade.org.

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The Associated Irish Societies is an IRS recognized non-profit with 501(c) (3) status. All donations are tax-deductible. Donations are payable to the Associated Irish Societies.

ABOUT

The Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Connecticut’s largest single day spectator event attracting more than 325,000 people to the streets New Haven each year. The Parade is a longstanding tradition in the New Haven community, and the members of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee volunteer to ensure the tradition continues.

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New Haven, CT 06532

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