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The 2009 Parade will be held on March 14, 2009


The 2008 Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade Was Held on Saturday March 15, 2008
under a beautiful sunny sky with temperatures in the mid 50s.

9:00 am - The Thornstick Mass in conjunction with the Elizabeth A.O.H.
St. Patrick's Church, Elizabeth
A welcoming reception in the church hall after Mass


12:00 Noon - Reviewing Stand Festivities
Morris & Stuyvesant Avenues in Union

The "Kid's Zone" fun for all ages ---  Stuyvesant Ave.(just off Morris Ave.)

1:00 PM Sharp - The Parade begins
The Marching units gather at Morris Avenue and along Commerce and Jeanette Avenues,
the parade route proceeds east along Morris Avenue to a turn at the Main Reviewing Stand
and ends at Roosevelt Avenue

Midway Reviewing Stand
Morris and Caldwell Avenues in Union
Parade Announcers with Details of all of the Participants!
History and Information!
A great place to watch the parade!

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UNION COUNTY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE COMMITTEE

GRAND MARSHAL – JIM LOWNEY, SR.

GENERAL CHAIRMAN – EUGENE T. SULLY

PARADE ADJUTANT – KAREN CUNNINGHAM

FIRST VICE CHAIRWOMAN – DEBORAH CAPASSO

SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN – JAMES LOWNEY

SECRETARY – KERRY RICCI

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY – KELLY SCANLON

TREASURER – PATRICK J. SCANLON

FINANCIAL SECRETARY – CATHERINE McGUIRE

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS – JOSEPH ROUGHNEEN

CHAPLAIN – REV. CHARLES McDERMOTT

COUNSEL – ROBERT J. LENAHAN

HISTORIAN – JAY RICE

TRUSTEES – FRANK BRADLEY, WILLIAM LAVERTY, JOHN McPARTLAN,
JAMES DOUGHERTY, PAUL BULGER

JUDGE OF ELECTIONS – GERARD BARTON


PARADE ADJUTANT – KAREN CUNNINGHAM
ASST. ADJUTANT – MICHAEL PANELLA
ADJUTANT STAFF

Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade
2008 General Chairman

Eugene T. Sully

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Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade
2008 Grand Marshal

Jim Lowney Sr
Lowney

Jim Lowney Sr. is well known throughout New Jersey and beyond for his 30 years of newspaper columns in the Irish Echo and the Irish Edition. In addition to his well-read columns about the Irish in New Jersey, he has also been active for decades in the state’s Irish-American community promoting Irish culture through education, historical preservation, festivals, fundraisers and countless parades around the Garden State.

He has served as a member of the Irish Resources Advisory Board for the Msgr. William Noe Field Archives and Special Collections Center at Seton Hall University and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Irish Heritage Series at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Jim also served for several years as publicity chairman of the New Jersey Irish Festival at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.

Jim has strong ties with Ireland and deep roots in Union County. Born in Elizabeth, he was raised in Hillside by Patrick Lowney from Castletownbere, County Cork and Elizabeth Lamont Lowney from Coleraine, County Derry. Growing up in such an Irish home, Jim developed a bond with Ireland and the Irish. He would go on to marry Mary Kearney from Charlestown, County Mayo. They have been married nearly 40 years and have four children: Jim, Maureen, Sean and Patrick.

While busy with all things Irish and more than 20 visits to Ireland, Jim also had a distinguished career as a professional journalist working as a staff photographer for the old Newark Evening News and as reporter for the Asbury Park Press. After moving on to corporate public relations, he finished up his professional career in 2006 as a public information officer for the Ocean County Vocational Technical School. Jim, a Seton Hall graduate, also served his country in the New Jersey Air National Guard.

Jim has been recognized for his work in the Irish-American community before. He was profiled in Irish American Who’s Who. The Independent Irish Society of Essex County awarded him the Distinguished Irish American Citizenship Award. The Peter J. Smith Cultural Association of Union recognized Jim for his “Dedication and Continued Support
of Irish Culture and Tradition.” And the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Rev. William J. Clifford Division 1 of Toms River, presented Jim with the 25th Anniversary Service Award.