The Parade will kick off Sunday, March 16th in historic Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Here is the schedule for the day:

9AM Pre-Parade Mass
Holy Name Church
245 Prospect Park West (between Windsor Pl & Prospect Ave)
 

12 Noon Parade Assembly Point: Prospect Park West & 14th St

12:45PM "Re-Dedication Ceremony" to the Heroes & Victims of 9/11 - WTC
At Prospect Park West & 15th Street, before Parade "step-off"
 

1PM Parade Route
Down 15th St to 7th Ave
Along 7th Ave to Union St
Up Union St to Prospect Park West
Along Prospect Park West to 15th St

Aides to the 2006 Grand Marshal Catherine Mitchell Miceli

Mary Downs
representing Ladies AOH Kings County (Division 9)

Michael Gaffney
representing AOH Kings County (Division 35)

Sr. Theresa Fitzgerald CSJ
representing Religious (Sisters of St. Joseph & Director of Hour Children)

Timothy Horan
representing Business/Labor (Owner of Farrell's Bar)

Annmarie Acosta
representing Irish Culture (Acosta School of Irish Music &Dance)

Kevin Kennedy
representing United Irish Counties (County Galway-Photographer)

Patrick Egan
representing Gaelic Sports ( Brooklyn Shamrocks Football Team)

In keeping with our Parade tradition to remember our Irish History this year's Parade Themes are :
"Faith, History, Tribute & Remembrance"
Faith of St. Patrick; The Intertwined Histories of Ireland & America; Tribute to Erin's Sons & Daughters; Forever "In Remembrance Of" the Heroes & Victims of 9/11 -- WTC 150th Anniversary of the Sisters of St. Joseph
The 90th Anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland

This year our Parade is dedicated to the memory of:
Justice William Bellard (Supreme Court Justice, Grand Marshal 1989)
Patrick "Chris" Coughlin (Clan Eireann Pipers, Aide 1983)
Connie Buckley (Buckley School of Irish Dance, Aide 1984)
Frank Lawler (Irish Haven Pub, Aide 1988)

Salutations and Rememberances of Parade Grand Marshals

1976
THOMAS J. CUITE*
Majority Leader, NYC Council

1977
PAUL O'DWYER*
President, New York City Council

1978
JOSEPH FERRIS
Assemblyman, 51st AD

1979
AL O'HAGAN
Kings County AOH, Division 19

1980
JOHN CARROLL*
President, United Irish Counties

1981
BROTHER KYRIN POWERS*
Principal, Xaverian High School

1982
CHARLES JOSEPH HYNES
NYC Fire Commissioner

1983
THOMAS "TEDDY" GLEASON*
President, ILA, AFL/CIO

1984
JAMES P. MORIARTY*
Pres. T. Moriarty & Son, Inc. Contracting Co.

1985
BISHOP JOSEPH M. SULLIVAN
Auxilary Bishop of Brooklyn

1986
WILLIE JOE CUNNINGHAM*
President, United Irish Counties

1987
PATRICK MCGOWAN*
County Derry Society of New York

1988
ANN S. HEALION
President, NYS Ladies AOH

1989
WILLIAM BELLARD
NYS Supreme Court Judge

1990
KATHLEEN MCDONAGH
President, NY Young Irelands Camogie

1991
WILLIAM J. BURKE
Senior VP, Bank of Ireland

1992
PETER TUOHY*
President, United Irish Counties

1993
REV. MSGR. P. FURSEY O'TOOLE
Pastor, St. Patrick's Church, Bay Ridge

1994
ALFRED E. JENNINGS
Exec. Dir, Downtown Bklyn Dev. Assn.

1995
MARY MCMULLAN
President, United Irish Counties

1996
CHIEF PATRICK D. BRENNAN*
New York Police Department

1997
REV. COLM JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Chaplain, Irish Apostolate, Bklyn/Queens

1998
WILLIAM W. WHELAN
President, FDNY Emerald Society

1999
SR. MARY ROSE MCGEADY
President & CEO, Covenant House

2000
MOST REV. THOMAS V. DAILY
Bishop, Diocese of Brooklyn & Queens

2001
COMMISSIONER KEVIN FARRELL
NYC, Department of Sanitation

2002
DEPUTY CHIEF MICHAEL E. COLLINS
Commanding Officer, NYPD PI Div.

2003
MARY FRANCES O'LEARY*
President, NYS Board, LAOH

2004
ARTHUR J. SMITH
President, NY County Board, AOH

2005
DEPUTY CHIEF JOSEPH FOX
NYPD

2005
CATHERINE MITCHELL MICELI
Secretary, NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade & Past President, United Irish Counties

* Deceased

for additional information visit our friends at the official website:

http://www.brooklynirishamericanparade.com/