The Glen Cove St. Patrick's Day Parade

Celebrating Irish Culture on the North Shore

After-Parade Party March 17, 2024

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There will be a fun and family-friendly After-Parade Party right at the end of the Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade route, at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall, located at 235 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542, just around the corner from the end of the parade route.

  • The party features non-stop Irish music, a performance by Irish stepdancers and a stirring demonstration of Irish piping by pipers who march in the Parade.
  • Sunday, March 17, 2023, 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm
  • $25 Donation  (please use the form below to purchase tickets).
  • Full Corned Beef Dinner – Cash Bar – Children under 12 Free
  • To reserve and pay for party admission online, please use the form below.
  • For further information, please text or call Ann Kelly 516-314-7210.

Please use this form for easy and safe payment for admission to the party and to avoid waiting in line for admission:

After Parade Party

Use this form to reserve and pay for admission to the after-parade party at St. Patrick Parish Hall on March 17, 2024. at the end of the parade route.
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Grand Marshal’s Mass and Brunch March 10, 2024

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As is our annual tradition, the organizers of the Glen St. Patrick’s Day Parade gather with the Grand Marshal and Aide to the Grand Marshal to celebrate Mass (11:30 am at St. Patrick’s Church, Glen Cove) on Sunday a week before the Parade followed by brunch in their honor.

 

 

The Grand Marshal’s Bruch is now Sold Out

Click here to learn about the Grand Marshal’s Mass, 11:00 Sunday, March 10, 2024 at the Church of St. Patrick, Glen Cove.

Christine Rice, Grand Marshal, 2024 Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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Christine Rice, Grand Marshal 2024 Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Christine Rice is the Executive Director of the Glen Cove Senior Center, Glen Cove, NY and Chairwoman of NOSH Delivers, Inc., Glen Cove, NY.  Rice received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and her Master’s Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY.

In 1997, upon her mother’s diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Rice became her primary caregiver.  After caring for both her parents until her mother’s passing in 2006 and her father’s passing in 2013, Rice accepted the position as Director of Special Events and Community Outreach for the Long Island Alzheimer’s and Dementia Center. Connecting with the community and raising funds for the organization was an extremely rewarding experience and one that led to the position of Executive Director of the Glen Cove Senior Center in 2019.

The Glen Cove Senior Center enriches the lives of seniors and enhances the quality of life of older adults through numerous programs and services. Rice has a thorough understanding of the complexities and challenges that seniors face throughout the aging process and has acquired a strong knowledge, through her personal and professional experience, of Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related diseases. 

Rice’s involvement with NOSH Delivers Inc., a not-for-profit that works to create a hunger-free, thriving community began with the onset of COVID in 2019.  NOSH provides individuals and families in the Glen Cove community and surrounding areas with healthy, nutritious food.

Rice was born and raised in Garden City, NY with her nine siblings and still resides there.  Rice has two children, Mary who resides in Garden City, NY with her husband William and her son William, who resides in Delray Beach, FL.

Patricia Victoria, 2024 Aide to the Grand Marshal

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Patricia Victoria, Aide to the Grand Marshal, 2024 Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Patricia Murphy Victoria is the first born to Daniel and Donna Murphy who grew up together in Corona, and later moved to Wantagh raising 5 more children. Patricia attended St. Bernard’s School, Levittown and graduated from General Douglas MacArthur H.S. in 1975.

Always having a desire to travel, she applied to a private company, Pat became a Flight Attendant, traveling extensively in the United States and Europe. Her two favorite trips were Ireland and Hawaii. She later worked with New York Air at LaGuardia Airport, and as evening Hostess at EA Bentley’s in Syosset, where she met manager, John Victoria, who she married in 1982.

Patricia worked at the Office of Commissioner of Jurors in Mineola John worked in the New York State Unified Court System as well, as a Court Officer.  Patricia worked at home as the Lead Domestic Engineer for ten years, raising two sons, Robert and Kevin.  She volunteered at school events in Glen Head, was a Boy Scout Den Leader, and spent much time supporting Robert and Kevin in baseball, football and hockey. Once they were of age, Patricia applied for a Teacher Aide position in 2000 at North Shore Schools. She worked in Special Education assisting students with individualized ability levels and special services until her retirement in 2019.

Patricia and John take frequent trips to the Adirondacks and Vermont. They travel several times a year for summer and winter activities with their focus on hiking in all seasons. When at home, they enjoy cooking and entertaining family and friends. The two most special people they love to spend time with are their granddaughters, Kathryne and Violet.

Patricia joined the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 8, Glen Cove in January 2015.  After making her degree, she became an Officer. She has served as Division President 2018-2023.  She is currently appointed as Immigration & Education Officer for LAOH Nassau County and has recently joined the LAOH Nassau Suffolk Degree Team.

2024 Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade Press Release

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The Glen Cove Saint Patrick’s Day Parade takes place on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at 1 pm.  Founded in 1989 the parade is the premier St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Long Island.  It takes place each year on the Sunday after St. Patrick’s Day and is a joyous first sign of Spring for Long Islanders and visitors.  Three generations old, the Parade this year is celebrating the young people who are following in the footsteps of those who started this great tradition.

Note that this year’s parade takes place on St. Patrick’s Day itself,  Sunday, March 17, 2024, at 1 pm!  This is because when St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday, the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fith Avene traditionally moves to Saturday, March 16.  Since the Glen Cove parade always takes place on the Sunday following the NYC parade, we have the good fortune of having our parade fall on St. Patrick’s Day itself during such years!

New this year:

  • The 2024 Parade will return to its traditional route – ending outside the Church of St. Patrick, at Glen Street and Pearsall Avenue.
  • The Parade Reviewing Stand will return to its former position in the block before the end of the Parade route.
  • The after-Parade Party will return to St. Patrick’s Parish Hall at the end of the Parade route.
  • In addition to Glen Cove’s downtown municipal parking garages, parking will be available at St. Patrick’s lot and the shuttle bus will circulate through those areas, the formation and spectator areas.

The Grand Marshal of the 2024 parade is Christine Rice the Executive Director of the Glen Cove Senior Center, Glen Cove, NY and Chairwoman of NOSH Delivers, Inc., Glen Cove, NY.  The Aide to the Grand Marshal is dedicated local Hibernian, Patricia Victoria.

After payment of the Parade’s expenses, all surplus funds raised through our fundraising efforts are donated to charity.   Grand Marshal Christine Rice has chosen as our main charity this year The Glen Cove SAGE Foundation.  SAGE (Senior Activity Generational Endowment), assists the Glen Cove Senior Center in its mission to pursue and provide the highest quality of programs and services for the senior citizens of Glen Cove and surrounding communities. Through fundraising, grant writing, outreach and advocacy, the Foundation supports the Center’s ongoing efforts and new initiatives in addressing the physical, social and emotional needs of area senior citizens sixty years of age and older.

The Parade begins to form up at 12 noon in the area of the Finley Middle School at Forest Avenue and Dosoris Lane in Glen Cove.  It steps off at 1 pm and proceeds through the streets of downtown Glen Cove.  There is ample parking at Glen Cove’s municipal parking garages and elsewhere and shuttle buses will run between the parking areas and the formation area.

The heart of the parade, as always, will be its exciting mix of marching groups, including bands of Irish pipers and other musicians, along with vintage cars, costumed performers, fire and police units, and much more.  The parade is a true community celebration with marching groups from the Irish and the many other ethnic groupings who live in the area taking part.  Come, join the fun!

The Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade receives NO public or municipal financial support.  It depends solely on tax-deductible corporate sponsorship and individual donations to the Glen Cove Parade Committee Inc.  Please visit glencoveparade.com to review tax-deductible support opportunities. 

For more information, please visit the parade website at www.glencoveparade.com, call or text 516-782-7494, or email anpiobaire@aol.com.  The Glen Cove Parade Committee, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) charitable corporation, and all contributions are tax-deductible.

 

 

Past and Present Grand Marshals

It is our custom each year to honor a person as “Grand Marshal” of the Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and one or more additional individuals as “Aides to the Grand Marshal’:

1989 John F. Sweeney Postmaster, City of Glen Cove
1990 P.O. Stephen McDonald Hero Police Officer
1991 Hon. Denis Dillon District Attorney, Nassau Co.
1992 Sr. Janet A. Fitzgerald President, Molloy College
1993 Joseph V. Buckley Restaurateur
1994 Rep. Peter King Congressional Representative
1995 Jack Ryan President, SEIU Local 74
1996 William V. Whelan President, Emerald Society, FDNY
1997 Brian Fitzpatrick Councilman, City of Glen Cove
1998 Michael McCormick National Historian, AOH
1999 Jack Irwin Governor’s Assistant for Irish Affairs
2000 Hon. Thomas R. Suozzi Mayor, City of Glen Cove; Nassau County Executive
2001 Patrick J. Lynch President, NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
2002 Mary Gilroy-Doohan, M.D. Director, Emergency Services NSUH Glen Cove
2003 Tony Jackson Irish radio personality WRHU-FM Radio, Hofstra Univesity
2004 Mary Ann Holzkamp Mayor, City of Glen Cove
2005 James McCabe Hibernian Activist
2006 The “Fighting 69th”
2007 Jack McDougal Police Sergeant
2008 John W.C. Canning Attorney and Public Servant
2009 Robert P. Lynch Attorney and Educator
2010 Thomas J. Lilly Attorney and Pro-Life Activist
2011 Andrew Stafford Former Parade Chairman
2012 Maureen Basdavanos Glen Cove Deputy Mayor
2013 Daniel Lane Irish Activist
2014 John O’Connell Journalist.
2015 Fr. Elias Carr, Headmaster, All Saints Regional Catholic School
2016 Paul Long, First Responder and Veterans’ Advocate
2017 Julie Albin and Christopher Albin community activists
2018 William “Bill” Doherty, Parade Founder
2019 Patrick “Patsy” Furlong, ASR school staff member
2020 – Parade canceled due to Covid crisis
2021 – Parade canceled due to Covid crisis
2022 Gerard “Gerry” Herbert, Glen Cove business owner
2023 Ryan W. Doherty, acclaimed leader in law enforcement and the Irish community

A Grand Sponsor: John McGowan & Sons

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It is our great pleasure to say thank you to our Grand Sponsor, John McGowen & Sons. Your sponsorship in many ways has brought a huge amount of help to our cause and you jumped in to help when we needed it most. Please support them if you can. 🙏
 
The Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade receives NO public or municipal financial support. We depend solely on corporate sponsorship and individual donations to the Glen Cove Parade Committee Inc. It costs a lot of money to produce this parade and it has been such a joy and treat for our surrounding community for thirty-five years! 🎉
 
All parade expenses are paid in this way and all amounts collected more than those expenses are donated directly to carefully chosen charities.
 
Our selected charity for the 2023 Parade is the Winters Center for Autism, which is committed to enhancing the quality of life for adults with autism through job creation, training, and placement while helping businesses to develop and implement programs to employ people with autism.
 
Please consider a donation in any amount to our parade committee. No amount is too small.  The parade is Sunday, March 19th at 1 pm. And be sure to get your After- party tickets early as we will sell out! Tickets are available online now. See you then and be sure to wear your green! ☘️

Sept. 11 First Responder to lead St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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By Roksana Amid (mailto:ramid@liherald.com)

https://www.liherald.com/glencove/stories/sept-11-first-responder-will-lead-st-patricks-day-parade,164563?fbclid=IwAR1e0iauSEReSLOvqWJ-i9Wb_tbrOr76YKXFmLFlHlTUdSPsJ96dvYNircw

Glen Cove’s St. Patrick’s Day parade will mark its 35th anniversary with Bayville resident and 9/11 first responder Ryan Doherty leading the way as the historic parade’s grand marshal.

Doherty, who will help celebrate the heritage and rich culture of the Irish, was an easy choice for the honor by this year’s parade committee.

Typically, choosing a grand marshal takes time. The parade committee usually has a few choices, but this year, organizers knew instantly who they wanted to represent their community.  “When someone suggests the likes of Ryan, we know we are not going any further,” said Andy Stafford, the parade’s treasurer.

Doherty was born in Smithtown in 1974, and his upbringing was deeply influenced by his Irish immigrant parents, William and Teresa Doherty.  His father is one of the parade’s founders and a former grand marshal.

Doherty’s involvement in the Irish community is plentiful as an avid bagpiper for the Pipes and Drums of the Police Emerald Society of Westchester County, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department Ceremonial Unit Pipes and Drums. He is also a
member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Fraternal Order of Police, the Knights of Columbus, the Elks Club, the NYPD Holy Name Society, and the Brotherhood of the Fallen, NYC Chapter.

Doherty is known among his friends as a history buff, a craft beer enthusiast, a Notre Dame football fan, a New York Islanders hockey fan, and a Gaelic Athletic Association supporter. He holds dual citizenship for both the United States and Ireland, where he celebrated his first birthday.

A 1992 Locust Valley High School graduate, he received a bachelor’s of science degree in Aviation Administration from SUNY Farmingdale in 1996. He worked for Aer Lingus Irish Airlines and later, became as a U.S. Customs Inspector at JFK International Airport.

Doherty shifted his career and attended the New York Police Department Police Academy where he was awarded the Chief of Police Award for highest academic average for the class of 1999. That July, Doherty became a police officer for the MTA Police Department.

One of the most impactful moments in his career came as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in Manhattan. At 26-years-old, Doherty was tasked with providing security and safety, while also helping pull victims from the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center towers. He said the most physically challenging moments for him were the days in the aftermath of the attacks. “You couldn’t even see in front of your face,” he said. “It was like walking on the surface of the moon.”

Doherty was recently diagnosed with respiratory ailments and other certified illnesses as a result of spending over 1,000 hours at Ground Zero during the rescue and recovery operations. He hopes that his involvement in the parade will help create awareness that there are many who are still suffering mentally and physically in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.

In April 2003, Ryan was promoted to the rank of sergeant and is currently assigned to the Operations Unit Emergency Operation Center in Long Island City. The Irish Echo Law-and-Order Leader also honored Doherty in 2011. Last year, he received a distinguished service award from the Nassau County Municipal Police Chiefs Association.

In addition to his role as the grand marshal, Doherty is partially responsible for acquiring funds for local corporate sponsorships to run the
parade. Any profits from the parade go to the charity of choice, which Doherty has selected as the Winters Center for Autism, in honor of his
cousin, Joseph Winter, who died from complications from Covid-19 at 54 years old.

The Long Island-based nonprofit organization helps support adults with autism through job creation, training and placement, while helping
businesses employ people with autism. 

“There’s a job for everybody, we just got to find the right spot for the right person,” Doherty said.

Doherty and his cousin had a strong bond growing up. The Winters family was instrumental in helping Doherty’s parents immigrate to New
York and get their start in Glen Cove.

2023 Grand Marshal Ryan Doherty Interviewed on Irish Radio

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Listen to 2023 Grand Marshal Ryan Doherty interviewed on WLR-FM Radio, Co. Waterford, Ireland

Son of well-known Waterford family to lead St Patrick’s Day Parade in America

A familiar name in Waterford will lead the St Patrick’s Day parade in Glen Cove, Long Island this year.

Ryan Doherty, whose parents Bill and Teresa ran the Saratoga Pub in Woodstown for many years, will lead the route this year.

In 2018, Bill himself was the Grand Marshall of the parade so the mantle has passed from father to son.

49-year-old Ryan assisted in pulling victims from the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center Towers in 2001 as a police officer.

With roots leading all the way back to the Waterford Estuary, Ryan will proudly represent the Irish this year across the water.

Ryan has been speaking to WLR’s Dymphna Nugent about his journey to being chosen as Grand Marshal.

Listen to 2023 Grand Marshal Ryan Doherty interviewed on WLR-FM Radio, Co. Waterford, Ireland

 

What’s New for this Year’s Parade? – A Lot!!

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WHAT’S NEW FOR THE 2023 GLEN COVE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE:  

The Parade will now use a shorter, more comfortable route,  – just one-half mile long, half the old distance – to bring everyone together and concentrate all the fun right in the center of Glen Cove!

All spectator parking will now be literally just steps from the viewing areas.

Marchers will park less than a block from the end of the Parade, with a bus shuttling them to the staging area just minutes away.

The Parade Reviewing Stand will now be in the new Village Square, at the climax point of the Parade.

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The Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade is run by Glen Cove Parade Committee, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) charitable corporation, formed in the tradition of the Glen Cove Hibernians, who founded the Parade in 1989.

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