GRAND MARSHALS
Bernadette Canning
2024 Grand Marshal
Bernadette lives in Branford with her husband, John Tolbert, and their chocolate Labrador Retriever, Millie.
Bernadette works as a practice manager at Children's Medical Group in Hamden. She and her husband are members of the Knights of St. Patrick and the West Haven Irish American Club.
Bernadette enjoys her family, baking, cooking and gardening.
YEAR |
GRAND MARSHAL |
| 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 |
YEAR |
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 |
YEAR |
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. Fleming |
| 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. Fleming |
| 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. |
DUTIES OF THE GRAND MARSHAL
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.
DONATE
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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