Parade Queen Selection

Celebrating 63 years of friendship, love and loyalty to the Irish Community!!!! 

The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Queen Selection, sponsored by the New Haven Gaelic Football & Hurling Club in East Haven, was held on February 2, 2019. 

The 2019 Parade Queen is Taylor Besciglia. The 2019 Honor Attendant is Claire Bohan. 

Taylor Besciglia, 2019 Parade Queen Taylor is the daughter of Heidi Pierpont and Frank Besciglia Jr. She lives in West Haven and her ancestors hail from Piltown, County Kilkenny. She is currently a student at Southern Connecticut State University studying elementary education with concentrations in STEM and English, she will graduate this spring. Taylor is employed by Kumon Learning Center as a tutor, she is also a student teacher within the New Haven Public Schools. Her personal ambition is to become a successful elementary school teacher while serving as a positive role model to her students. Her interests include fitness, Gaelic football, hiking, reading mystery books, spending time at the beach, and arts and crafts. She also believes in raising mental health awareness. Taylor is a member of the West Haven Irish American Club. 

Claire Bohan, 2019 Honor Attendant Claire is the daughter of Seamus and Dina Bohan. She lives in Orange and her ancestors hail from Mohill, County Leitrim. She is currently employed by The Clay Date and Duffy’s Irish Pub. Claire’s personal ambition is to travel the world helping underprivileged children as well as conserving and improving the environment. She aspires to become an art therapist. Her interests include fashion, creating, pottery, music, working with children and helping others. She also enjoys having meaningful conversations with family and friends, making memories and debating over her vegetarian lifestyle. Claire’s father and grandmother are members of the New Haven Gaelic Football and Hurling Club and the Knights of St. Patrick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contestants must be 17 years of age, single, a member, daughter or grand daughter of one of the four Irish Societies (NHGF& Hurling Club, Knights of St. Patrick, West Haven Irish American Club or Ancient Order of Hibernians).

For more information please contact Fiona Stewart at parade.queen@gmail.com

 

Past Queens and Attendants of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Year                  Parade Queen               Honor Attendant

2018	Bridget Judd	Maureen Heeran
2017	Abigail O’Keefe	Catherine Dignan
2016	Kaitlyn Cullagh	Caitlin Clark
2015	Margaret Heeran	Siobhan Dacey
2014	Alexis Wheway	Morgan Hildebrandt
2013	Fiona Stewart	Kate Thompson
2012	Carolyn Shea	Kate Thompson
2011	Kristina Conroy	Carolyn Shea
2010	Lindsey Stamp	Kristina  Conroy
2009	Katie Morris	Brittney Lipsett
2008	Briana Conway	Laura Brayfield
2007	Erin Collins	Courtney Lundgren
2006	Maura Monahan	Briana Conway
2005	Melinda Enright	Jillian Mackey
2004	Moriah Conlan	Meghan Wilson
2003	Cathleen Steinau	Siobhan Straub
2002	Caitlin Monahan	Melinda Enright
2001	Sinead Stewart	Caitlin Monahan
2000	Barbara Stratton	Sheila Smyth
1999	Patricia Lilllis	Elizabeth Murphy
1998	Catherine Hopkins	Kara Roxbee
1997	Karen Freed	Tracy Henderson
1996	Laura Garrity	Karen Freed
1995	Karyn Gallagher	Laura Garrity
1994	Bernadette Smyth	Lisa Peckingham
1993	Doreen Keogh	Karyn Gallagher
1992	Mary-Kath Cullagh	Karyn Gallagher
1991	Katherine McGowan	Patricia O’Shea
1990	Josephine Craig	Katherine McGowan
1989	Geraldine Lillis	Irene Horgan
1988	Diane Graham	Eileen Conway
1987	Fionnuala Mackey	Mary Clarke
1986	Darcy Smith	Karen Sullivan
1985	Susan O’Connor	Lauren Montgomery
1984	Linda Gill	Lauren Montgomery
1983	Aileen Lawless	Maureen McDermott
1982	Kerry Lawless	Mary Ann Gannon
1981	Valerie Spangle	Maureen O’Reilly
1980	Margo Mackey	Mary Lynch
1979	Patty Roxbee	Margo Mackey
1978	Claire Barrett	Irene Wheeler
1977	Katie O’Keefe	Eileen McNulty
1976	Rosemary Hartigan	Kathie Roxbee

  

Year	Miss Ireland	Miss Irish American
1975	Janie O’Donovan	Sheila Keehan
1974	Bridie Smyth	Nora O’Keefe
1973	Edna Farrell	Ellyn Shields
1972	Helen Kellegher	Linda Beers
1971	Mary Joyce	Irene Devlin
1970	Catherine Cullagh	Bonnie McNulty
1969	Pam White	Catherine Thompson
1968	Elizabeth Smyth	Elizabeth Dalton
1967	Ruby Ashenhurst	Mary Flynn
1966	Maureen Canning	Rita Manning
1965	Grace Tighe	Patricia Collins
1964	Marglin Reardon	Margaret Farrell
1963	Patricia Foley	Kathleen Hanrahan
1962	Mary McArdle	Eileen Sullivan
1961	Mary Foley	Nancy Griswold
1960	Mary Sheehan	Patricia Griffiths
1959	Mary Theresa Corry	Patricia O’Connor
1958	Susan Smith	Mary Manning
1957	Mary McArdle	Maureen Hanrahan
1956	Mary McCarty	Maureen Earl