TNBA names 2020 St. Patrick’s Day Parade grand marshals
BY KYLE VUILLE
Another year of Irish tradition
and festivities comes to Throggs Neck
fi lled with food, fun and family for the
books.
Sunday, March 10 will mark the
22nd annual Throggs Neck St. Patricks
Day Parade, with the parade taking off
at noon on East Tremont Avenue and
Lafayette Avenue after the 9 a.m. Mass
at St. Benedicts Church on 2969 Otis
Avenue.
The St. Patricks Day Parade would
not be what it is without its grand marshals.
The parade committee recently announced
this year’s grand marshals
are Jack McCarrick and Sheila Haney.
Both McCarrick and Haney have
deep roots in the Bronx as well as being
children of Irish immigrants.
McCarrick’s father emigrated from
Tubbercurry, County Silgo and his
mother from Ballina, County Mayo.
His parents met in America, married
and had a family of seven, with McCarrick
being the oldest.
Haney’s mother and father immigrated
to New York from Counties
Leitrim and Silgo. They met at an Irish
dance, got married and raised three
children.
“My family went back to Ireland just
after I turned 4-years-old, and I vividly
remember all of my experiences on
the farm,” Haney said. “I have shared
those stories and our history with my
children over the years.”
Haney landed in Throggs Neck after
marrying her husband, Edward
‘Mickey’ Haney in St. Luke’s parish in
1956.
Haney and her husband raised six
children during those years. The couple
worked hard so their children could
attend parish school and then Preston
High School and St. Raymond’s Boys
High School.
McCarrick and his wife, Marie,
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started their family of three in
Throggs Neck after college. McCarrick
and his wife both attended Spellman
High School.
McCarrick went to Manhattan College
and graduated with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Physics.
His work career started at the NYC
Mass Transit Authority where he
stayed for a decade before working for
Con Edison, Sharp Electronics, Canon
USA and more.
Both McCarrick and Haney have
been civic leaders since living in
Throggs Neck.
McCarrick has been spearheading
the local parish blood drive and will
hit his 80th donation in the spring.
McCarrick belongs to the Knights
of Columbus Council 306, is the president
of the Ancient Order of Hiberians,
the secretary for the New York Archdiocesan
Holy Name Society and an offi -
cer of the Throggs Neck Homeowners
Association.
Haney is retired, but worked at
St. Raymond’s for many years and
watched a whole generation of neighborhood
boys grow into young men.
However, Haney holds the distinction
of being the longest running volunteer
for the Throggs Neck Benevolent
Association and the parade committee
working behind the scenes.
The importance of religion and
their Irish heritage are what McCarrick
and Haney truly fi nd meaningful
about the holiday and the parade
“For me, my faith and my Irish heritage
are so closely intertwined – they
just go together,” Haney said.
McCarrick said he feels honored to
be following in the footsteps of family
members and good friends who have
been grand marshals in the past.
Haney and McCarrick have never
missed a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in
Throggs Neck since its inception 21
years ago.
Sheila Haney was recently named one of the
two Grand Marshals for the 2020 St. Patrick’s
Day Parade celebration by the Throggs Neck
Benevolent Association.
Photo courtesy of Sheila Haney
Jack McCarrick and his wife, Marie. Jack
was named one of two Grand Marshals for
the 2020 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Throggs
Neck.
Photo courtesy of Jack McCarrick
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