BAYSIDE SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
SCHEDULED TO RETURN IN SEPTEMBER
BY JENNA BAGCAL
The Bayside Saint Patrick’s
Day Parade will make
its grand return in September
after COVID-19 forced organizers
to postpone the celebration
from its original date
in March.
The parade’s committee
made the announcement at a
luncheon last week and confirmed
that they were set to
march on Sept. 18, 2021. On
the official parade Facebook
page, organizers added that
the September celebration
would mark the halfway point
to St. Patrick’s Day in 2022.
Parade president Francis
McLoughlin told the Irish
Voice it’s “99.9 percent certain”
that the parade will happen
in September. The committee
applied for a permit
with the NYPD, which is “on
track” for approval.
On June 15, Governor Andrew
Cuomo announced that
he would lift most COVID-19
restrictions as 70 percent of
adults in the state received at
least one shot of the vaccine.
In addition to the parade,
other activities in retail, construction,
manufacturing,
entertainment and sports and
recreation are slowly making
their return.
Members of the Bayside
community started the parade
in 2018 to showcase their
Irish pride and the event
quickly grew in popularity.
The last parade in 2019 saw
participation from more than
70 local groups including
schools, civic organizations,
marching and pop bands and
dance groups.
Weeks before the third annual
Bayside parade in 2020,
organizers announced that
the celebration was canceled
amid growing COVID-19 concerns.
In early 2021, the committee
canceled the parade for
a second year in a row but
remained hopeful that they
would return in March 2022.
The committee renominated
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Eileen Flannelly
Mackell as the parade’s
grand marshal as well as
aides Tommy Mulvihill,
Robert Lynch, Joe Donovan,
John Golden, Tom Golden
Photo courtesy of the Bayside Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
and Father Chris Henue.
As in years past, the parade
will take place along Bell
Boulevard. To learn more,
visit baysidesaintpatricksdayparade.
org or the parade’s
official Facebook page.
Reach reporter Jenna Bagcal
by e-mail at jbagcal@
schnepsmedia.com or by phone
at (718) 260-2583.
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