“It is a wonderful honour to be selected as Grand Marshal for the Gorey St. Patrick’s Day this year and thanks to the Parade Committee,” Cllr. Robbie Ireton, Vice-chairman, said after the elected members of Gorey Town Council were chosen as Gorey St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2014 Grand Marshals.
Cllr. Ireton was speaking on behalf of himself and fellow members (Cllrs. Michael D’Arcy, Lorcan Allen, Bernard Crosbie, Angie Dooley, Darren Keegan, Colin Webb, Malcolm Byrne and Trish Quinn) who will cease to exist as the town body after the Local Elections in May.
The eight town councillors “swan song” will be leading the annual parade in front of thousands of people along Gorey’s Main Street.
Details of this year’s Gorey Parade were unveiled by Maeve Fitzpatrick, Chairperson, at a pleasant function held in Browne’s Lounge last Friday night.
“This year’s Gorey Parade takes place at 3 pm on Monday, March 17th,” said Ms Fitzpatrick, who also thanked sponsors and volunteers and welcomed all the wonderful entrants into the parade.
For individuals or groups that may like to become involved in the parade, application forms are available online at goreyparade.com or in Halfords Hair Studio, Main Street, Gorey. Closing date for applications is Monday, March 1oth.
Full report in this week’s edition of THE GOREY ECHO.
