Prizes for this year’s Mullingar St Patrick's Day Parade will be presented at an awards ceremony in the Greville Arms Hotel (Belvedere Suite ) this Friday March 27 at 8pm.
The prizes have kindly been sponsored by Bernard Flynn of Mullingar Crystal. All parade entrants, volunteers, stewards, sponsors, those who gave to collections, or those who donated benefit in kind are welcome to attend.
A variety of awards, including for overall parade winner, will be presented on the night.
The list of 2009 parade participants, from which the winners will be selected, include 1st and 10th Westmeath Scouts, 54th Reserve Artillery Regiment, Army, Athy Pipe Band, Belvedere House & Gardens, Bloomfield House Hotel, Brackens, Clondalkin Youth Band, Dr Wright Memorial Pipe Band, Eddie King, Eglin Canadian Band, Expert Electrical, FT Abbott Consulting Engineers, Farm Safari Park, Friends of the Animals, Harp Limos/ Red Lizard Productions, ICA, James Wallace Agricultural Contractor & Plant Hire, Just Forests, Kennedy Window Systems, Lilliput Boat Hire, Moss Busters, Mullingar Arts Centre, Mullingar Auction Rooms, Mullingar Fire Station, Mullingar Jets, Mullingar Pitstop, Mullingar Sub Aqua, Mullingar Town Band, ND Cleaning Services, O'Briens Renault, Olive Whelan Speech, Drama & Arts, Oliver Cusack Environmental, ONE Project Integrate, Royal Canal Amenity Group, Shoot N Stars - Special Olympics Club, Sound Out, St Mary's Rochfortbridge GAA, Success Driving School, Syl Geoghegan Power Washing Services, Tanks Pipes and Drains (Longford ) Ltd, UN Vets, Wallace Recycling, Westmeath Show Society, and Whelan Fuels.
The parade organisers wish to thank everyone who participated or helped out on the day, those who donated or contributed to the collections, and the estimated 40,000 people who attended and cheered on the parade.
