After a year off due to the Covid pandemic, Irish eyes were smiling all along Route 6 this past Sunday for the annual Northern Westchester/Putnam County St. Patricks Day Parade. Several hundred spectators lined Route 6 and cheered on numerous social, fraternal and civic organizations to celebrate everything Irish. Many set up portable tents and BBQ Grills along the route and in the adjoining parking lots while others parked and watched from their car in the parking lots that lined the route to escape the slight chill in the air.
Spectators enjoyed several local Pipe and Dum bands along with HS bands, Twirlers and Irish step dancers all led along the Route by Southeast Resident and Grand Marshal Ed “Eddie” McDowell.
After the parade the Knights of Columbus , Our Lady of the Lakes Council #6318, hosted an after party at their hall which was attended by the spectators and participants alike. They enjoyed a traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner with all trimmings. The revelers were treated to traditional Irish Step Dancing and entertained by the Stephen P. Driscoll Memorial Pipe Band of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #704 and Live Irish music.
The parade committee will formally announce all winners at the 2022 Northern Westchester-Putnam Saint Patrick's Day Parade at a ceremony to be held on Friday, April 1st at 7:30 PM in the Knights of Columbus Council #6318 hall located at 10 Fair Street in Carmel. Coffee, Tea, Soda and Dessert Will Be Served and a cash bar will be available.
Visit the Brewsterhamlethub.com Facebook page for a photo album of the parade.
2022 ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE AWARD WINNERS
BEST MARCHING BAND
In Memory of Kittle & John Molloy
MAHOPAC MARCHING BAND
BEST PIPE BAND
In Memory of Frank Cassidy
HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL POLICE PIPES & DRUMS
BEST FIFE AND DRUM BAND
DANBURY DRUM CORP.
BEST BOY/CUB SCOUT UNIT
In Memory of Kathleen &John Mulvihill
TROOP 371 — Mahopac
BEST GIRL SCOUT UNIT
Sponsored by RF Joyce,
CPA TROOP 2481
BEST PAROCHIAL UNIT
In Memory of Nula Glynn
ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL
PARADE COMMITTEE AWARD
Sponsored by Froggy's Deli — Somers, Pawling & Brewster
** TIE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS & UNITED FOR THE TROOPS
BEST FLOAT
In Memory of Brendan Hynes
ROCK HILL FARM
BEST DANCE UNIT
In Memory of Mae Collins
CLAN NA HEIREAN IRISH DANCE
BEST CIVIC OR FRATERNAL UNIT
In Memory of Stephen P. Driscoll
WEST/PUT SETANTA GAELIC FOOTBALL CLUB
BEST UNIFORMED SERVICES MARCHING UNIT
In Memory of Hugh & Sophie O'Neill
MAHOPAC FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
COLOR GUARD
In Memory of James & Florence Evers
JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT
MOST COLORFUL UNIT
PUTNAM COUNTY LATINO CIVIC & CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
GRAND MARSHAL—JUDGE'S AWARD
In Memory of Letitia Driscoll
EMERALD ASSOCIATION OF PUTNAM COUNTY
LARGEST MARCHING UNIT
In Memory of James O'Neill
M.S.A. LACROSSE
BEST UNIFORMED SERVICES MARCH
In memory of Hugh and Sophie O’Neill
MAHOPAC FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT