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2008
Yonkers St Patrick’s Day Parade
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 at 1:30
pm
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On March 2nd, 2008, the Fifty-third Annual Yonkers’ St. Patrick’s
Day Parade will be led down Broadway.
Michael Morley, hailing from
Knock, County Mayo will lead the 53rd Yonkers Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
down Broadway on March 2nd 2008. He will receive his sash from out-going
2007 Grand Marshall Owen McClain on February 2nd at the official "Changing
of the Sash" Ceremony. The event will be held at Sacred Heart High School,
34 Convent Place, at 7:30PM.
Mike is the youngest child of
Luke & Annie Mary Morley. All 7 siblings and his 97 year mother live in
Ireland. He attended the local National School and St. Coleman’s College,
Claremorris, County Mayo, where he started his Gaelic football career. He
was a member of several championship teams both with the St. Coleman’s and
the local Claremorris Football Club. He came to Yonkers in 1973 and a day
after his arrival he played in Gaelic Park with the Mayo Football Team of
New York and has remained involved with the club ever since.
Before purchasing Morley’s
Superette on Lake Ave, he paid his dues working long hours for his uncles in
the grocery business. Always a pillar of Lake Avenue community, he could
always be found participating in all local events from Hibernian Day in
Lennon Park to the Annual Christmas tree lightings on the Avenue. He went on
to establish Morley’s Restaurant & Bar and expanded his store to a
supermarket. Mike also opened Morley’s Catering at Dunwoodie and
successfully operated it for over ten years.
In 1979 he met and married Ellen
Dugan at St. John’s the Baptist Church. They are the proud parents of three
wonderful daughters Sarah, Linda & Kathleen. He recently started a new
career path when he joined the Real Estate office of Prudential Riverside
Homes as a salesperson.
In his spare time Mike likes to
golf, and is a member of "The Boys from the First Hole" Golf Club in
Yonkers. He is the treasurer of the Miles Scully Division 1 AOH of Yonkers,
a Charter Member of the Tara Circle Group, Vice President of the Mayo
Football Club of NY, Scarsdale Elks Club and the American Irish Association
of Westchester. Mike also is very active in Irish Heritage Day at Macy’s
Field. In 1997, Michael was an aide to both the New York City and Yonkers
St. Patrick’s Day Parades.
The Aides to the Grand Marshall
will be Kerin McCue; Maureen McGillicuddy; Scott McGowan; Mary McMahon; John
Mueller; Michael O’Neill; Jean Tickell & John White.
Following the Parade at 6:00PM,
there will be a Dinner Dance held at the Polish Community. The entertainment
for the evening will be The Guss Hayes Band & Dances from The Christine
Murray School of Irish Dance. Tickets are $75 and for more information call
(914) 419 – 3611.
Owen McCLain,
retired YPD Deputy Chief. Additionally, it is with great pleasure that we
announce that the following individuals have been chosen as Aides to the
Grand Marshal:
Peter Doran; Kevin Ellis; Joseph Madden; Fr. Thomas McDonald;
Kathy Moran; Peggy Murphy; Mary O’Mara and John Phelan.
Owen is a life-long Yonkers resident. He is the sixth of nine
children, attended Yonkers schools and graduated from Saunders High School.
His roots are in County Longford. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the U.S.
Marine Corp., serving on Okinawa and Tarana, and was honorably discharged in
1945. On September 1, 1949 Owen began 40 years of service with Yonkers
Police Department. He rose through the ranks from Patrolman to Sergeant,
Lieutenant, Captain and retired as Deputy Chief in 1989.
Owen has been a member of the Yonkers St. Patrick’s Day Parade for
over 25 years and for the past 16 years he has served as its Formation
Chairman. He is a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church where he has served as
a Eucharistic Minister for more than 15 years. He is the proud father of
three children – Vincent, Eileen and Maureen – and five grandchildren. He
is a past Chairman of the Salvation Army Board and currently a member of the
Advisory Board. He is a member of the Westchester Police Emerald Society,
the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Westchester, the Irish American Unity
Conference, American Irish Association, the PAL Advisory Board and the
National and States Chiefs of Police Association. In his spare time, Owen
co-hosts “Emerald Focus,” a Cablevision Program dedicated to Irish Music and
Irish Issues of the community.
Following
the Parade at 6:00PM, there will be a Dinner Dance held at the Polish
Community. The entertainment for the evening will be The Guss Hayes Band &
Dances from The Christine Murray School of Irish Dance. Tickets are $75 and
for more information call (914) 419 – 3611.
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