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Three Groups Honoured For Displays At This Year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade

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Accepting their award for most artistic float from members of the St Patricks Day Parade committee were members of the Tralee Filipino Community, who were, from left:
Accepting their award for ‘Most Artistic Float’ from members of the St Patrick’s Day Parade committee – Danny Leane and Johnnie Wall – were members of the Tralee Filipino Community, who were, from left: Rowell Villones, Raquel Suarez, Rosario Aday and Ely Gedong. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

THREE Tralee groups have been given  awards for their colourful exploits at this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade.

The local associations that scooped an award each were, The Redeemed Church of Christ, Tralee Musical Society and the Tralee Filipino Community.

All the awards were sponsored by Tralee Credit Union and handed out at the Abbey Inn on Monday night.

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“This year was one of the best parades we’ve ever had, we had great weather and a great crowd” said member of the Tralee St Patrick’s Day parade committee, Johnnie Wall.

“The parade itself took an hour and twenty minutes to pass the viewing stand which means it was a huge parade and one of the biggest we’ve ever had,” said Johnnie.

This year’s parade featured four bands along plenty of other entertainment, music and local sporting clubs showing their colours with pride.

“We had Sam as well in the parade, but he’s a fairly regular visitor!” said Johnnie.

Leading the parade was current Kerry Rose, Mary Hickey.

With the theme of the parade being ‘Active Tralee’, Marcus Howlett, founder of the ‘Run The Kingdom’ company, accepted a special award for the Tralee International Marathon.

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Accepting their award for from members of the St Patricks Day Parade committee were members of The Redeemed Church of Christ, from left: Johnnie Wall, Danny Leen
Accepting their award  from members of the St Patrick’s Day Parade committee were members of The Redeemed Church of Christ, from left: Johnnie Wall, Bonni Abubakao, Danny Leane, Mroseline Omoniyi, Adeyinka Etimiri, Micheal Gaffney and Seán Lyons. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
Tralee Musical Society being accepting their award from Suzanne Ennis (Tralee Credit Union). Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
Members of Tralee Musical Society  accepting their award from Suzanne Ennis (Tralee Credit Union). Also included are members of St Patrick’s Day parade committee. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.