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2010 Parade Info
Grand Marshal(s) – John & Kathleen Treanor & Family 
Parade Theme – One
Island, One Ireland
Parade Date & Time – Sunday, March 14, 2009,
2 pm Sharp!
Parade Route – Michigan Ave., Start - 6th St.,
End – 14th
St.
Photo
courtesy of Jennifer Watkins
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2010 QUEEN AND COURT OF ST. BRIGID WINNERS
l-r: Meghan
Bresser (1st Runner up), Shea McParlane (Queen), Shannon Daly (2nd
Runner up)
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Candidates for 2010 St. Brigid Scholarship
Pageant 2/20/10
l-r: Shannon
Daly, Mary Clare Houlihan, Shea McParlane, Meghan Bresser,
Ciara Poppe,
Haley Cavanaugh, Kayleigh Kavanagh & Delia Phillips
The Court of St. Brigid is sponsored by
the LAOH Rose Kennedy Division
Candidates must be
Catholic and of Irish descent between the ages of 17 and 22 years.
Photos courtesy of Jennifer Watkins
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2010 MAID OF ERIN AND HER COURT WINNERS
l-r: Kayleigh Kavanagh (2nd runner up),
Margaret Clark (MAID), Haley Cavanaugh (1st runner up)
Sponsored by the United Irish Societies (UIS),
Candidates must be Irish or of Irish Descent, between 17 and 24 years
of age.
Must be single and never have been married, nor had children.
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Watkins
Current and past Maids of Erin
L-R Shannon
Watkins-Dayringer (2002), Tara Kristock (2009), Margaret Clark (2010), Jennifer
Watkins (1997), Bridget McCarville (1985)
Photo courtesy of Pat Watkins
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Fr. Patrick Casey, a Foui,
Chowder Society member, and Pastor
of St.
Thomas A` Becket
parish in Canton, just returned from
Haiti.
Read his journal of the
experience.
Coming
up
3/13/2010, Saturday, Fr Pat Casey’s St Patrick’s
Party, St Thomas a' Becket, Canton,
5:30 dinner, $20 adv. $25 at door, Fundraiser
for St. Patrick's church Food pantry.
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Click Race Box above for more information
On-line and Mail-in registration ends Friday,
March 12, 2010 at Midnight.
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SPECIAL
APPEARANCE
BY
PETER COTTON TAIL!!
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HIPPITY,
HIPPITY HOP
TO
GAELIC LEAGUE
CHILDREN’S
(Age 10 and under)
EASTER EGG CANDY SCRAMBLE
Saturday,
April 3, 2010
2-5 pm
COLOR EGGS,
LISTEN TO PETER COTTON TAIL
STORY,
DANCE TO THE BUNNYHOP,
EAT PIZZA,
DECORATE YOUR OWN BUNNY COOKIE
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Bits
& Pieces
Take a walk on the wild side on the
Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge
By
DARA MCBRIDE
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer Published Friday, November 6, 2009,
3:07 PM
The famous
Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in Northern Ireland
For the first
time ever, the owners of the famous Carrick-a-Rede
rope bridge in the North have decided to scoff at the wind and rain
of a typical Irish winter and keep the daredevil tourist attraction
open all year round.
It’s all in
the numbers. Each year more than 231,000 visitors with a good head
for heights have crossed the 90 foot deep chasm on Northern Ireland's north coast,
and now that number is only set to increase.
There are
other compelling reasons to keep the iconic rope bridge open too.
Each year The National Trust faces the daunting task of packing away
the rope bridge during the colder months but this year the Trust's
general manager Max Bryant says visitors want all-year access to
this top local attraction.
Said Bryant:
“Obviously, with tourism becoming more to Northern Ireland and the
north coast we're having more and more people who, when they come at
any time of year, want to be able to go to the iconic sites, such as
the Causeway, and the rope bridge is very much up there with that.”
The rope
bridge is suspended between two high cliffs at Ballintoy and Rocky Island
in County Antrim. But who would
want to trust their lives to its rickety span in high winds and cold
winter weather? “Given the summers we’ve been having recently there
probably wouldn't be too much difference,” Bryant said.
Responding to
questions about health and safety, and whether this is really a good
idea after all, Bryant said: “Certainly we take health and safety
very seriously and the bridge is only crossable when the wind is
under a certain speed. So actually, in terms of what the crossing
will be like, it will be very similar to how it would be in the summer.”
“We’re seeing
a huge demand for access to places over the Christmas period and we
think that the rope bridge will be ideal for friends and family
coming to visit us at that time of year.”
The Trust
hopes to run a profit or simply just break even with their unexpected
move by serving hot soups and Irish stews to freezing cold tourists
at the site.
A maximum of eight people are allowed to cross at any
one time. Figures from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board
showed that Carrick-a-Rede was the sixth
most popular local attraction in Northern Ireland in 2008
with 241,291 visitors, up 8 percent on the previous year.
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