EAST ISLIP, NY — The 57th Annual John P. Reilly East Islip St. Patrick's Day Parade is scheduled for 2p.m. Sunday. The parade steps off in front of the East Islip Library will travel west along Main Street to Irish Lane, according to Newsday. The parade features numerous bagpipe bands and
of marching community organizations. This year's grand marshal is Bill LePage, Aide Joe LePage and the Ladies Aide to the GM Eileen Knockenhauer. According to the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 7, Reilly was the founder and chairmanof the parade from 1966, until his
passing in 2006. The East Islip St. Patrick's Day Parade was not held in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Find out what's happening in East Islipwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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The 2022 AOH St. Patrick’s Parade will be held on Saturday March 12, 2022.
Stay up to date by following us on our Parade Facebook Page for parade specific information and announcements. To keep up to date with ALL of our events, consider joining us on our local AOH Facebook page.
The Grand Marshal will be the Irish Person of the Year who was selected by AOH officers and members. Each year, the Louisville Hibernians put together, with the wonderful help of all of our “Irish” friends, the greatest parade of ALL TIME!
We celebrate Annual Parade with a week of events open to all. We had a wonderful time at The Wearing O’ the Green Party! Hope to see you all back there next year!
The parade festivities this week also included The Blessing of the Beer and a Tapping of the Keg.
Special thanks to our sponsors – without them, this Parade Celebration would not be possible! Please support them…so they can keep supporting our great community!
More details to follow.
St. Patrick's Day
PARADE
sponsored by McBride Homes
The 54th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by TBD, will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at 12:00 PM in downtown St. Louis. The parade always takes place “rain or shine.” It began at 20th and Market streets, and proceed east to its conclusion at Broadway and Clark streets. Visit the Parade Route page for additional route details.
Regularly noted as one of the top in the country, the parade is comprised of over 120 units, including marching bands, floats, huge cartoon-character balloons, 5000+ marchers, and lots of clowns. Over 250,000 spectators regularly attend, the largest of any event in downtown St. Louis, packing the streets with smiling Irish eyes and festive green attire.
We welcome our dignitaries, from Ireland and the St. Louis area. Our guests are joined by the Mayor of St. Louis, the St. Louis County Executive, other local and regional officials, and the parade’s general chairman in leading our parade.
54th Annual
St. Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by TBD
Saturday, March 11, 2023
12:00 PM
Downtown St. Louis
Committee Chairman: | Paul Crowe |
Vice-Chairman: | TBD |
Parade Director: | Kevin L. Udina |
Assistant Parade Director | Kevin O. Griffin |
Enter Your Unit in the Parade
If you are interested in having a float/unit in this year’s parade, fill out the unit application form.