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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Declaring Intent/Supporting
Purpose: March 8, 2019 through March 15, 2019 as Irish Heritage Week in Newark and supporting the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Friday, March 15, 2019
Additional Information:
Designating Mulberry Street as O'Neil Boulevard, Center Street as Conlon Boulevard; and, Central Avenue as Gartland Boulevard, and the intersection of Washington Street and Central Avenue as Saint Patrick's Square for Irish Heritage Week.
The Saint Patrick's Day Parade will begin at 1:00 P.M. at Lafayette and Mulberry Streets and end at Central Avenue and Washington Street.
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WHEREAS, Irish-Americans from organizations located primarily in Essex, Hudson, and Union counties came together in 1936 to form the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, Inc., sponsor of New Jersey's first and finest Saint Patrick's Day Parade; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Saint Patrick's Day Parade will be led by Grand Marshal Sean O'Neill, Chief Engineer at the Panasonic Building in Newark and Past President of the Ironbound Irish American Association while the Deputy Grand Marshal will be Kathleen M. Conlon, Director of Burn Community and Disaster Programs at The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Saint Patrick's Day Parade will be dedicated to the late Thomas J. Gartland, who distinguished himself as a strong supporter of the Saint Patrick's Day Parade for many years; and
WHEREAS, under the leadership of the Grand Marshal and the Deputy Grand Marshal, as well as General Chairman Michael D. Byrne, the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee is also the sponsor of Irish Heritage Week in Newark featuring a week-long promotion for restaurants, Art and Essay Contests for students of the Archdiocese of Newark, an Annual Student History Breakfast, the sev...
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