Past Parade Dignitaries

Throughout our 41 year history, we have been fortunate to have had many important local and Irish individuals as honored guests of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. The title following each individual's name was current in the year in which they were honored.

Irish Guests of Honor
Honorary Parade Marshals
Military Guests of Honor

Irish Guests of Honor
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009	Patrick Walsh - Irish Consul General, Chicago Jack Lynch TD - Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Erskine Childers TD - Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Michael O'Higgins - Mayor of Galway Martin Keaveney - Mayor of Sligo Richard Burke TD - Minister of Education Eddie Collins - Mayor of Waterford Jerry Colgan - Mayor of Galway Joseph Malone - Director of Irish Tourist Board Thomas Hussey TD - Minister of Agriculture Maire Geoghegan-Quinn TD - Minister of Gaeltacht Colm O'heocha - President of University College, Galway Peter Sutherland, SC- Attorney General of Ireland Paddy O'Toole TD - Minister of Fisheries, Forest, Gaeltacht John F. Donnellan TD - Minister of Post and Telegraph Paudie O'Conner - Mayor of Killarney Michael Noonan TD - Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce David Kennedy - Chairman of Aer Lingus Maire Geoghegan-Quinn TD - Minister of Dept of Taoiseach Ben Briscoe TD - Lord Mayor of Dublin Howard E. Kilroy - President & COD of Jefferson Smurfit Group John Bruton TD - Leader of Finn Gael Party Michael J. Woods TD - Minister of the Marine Seamus Brennan TD - Minister of State for Commerce & Technology John Hume MP, MEP - Leader of Social Democratic and Labour Party Paddy Harte TD - Member of Dial Eireann Dermot Gleeson SC - Attorney General of Ireland John Mulholland - Mayor of Galway Dr. James McDaid TD - Minister of Tourism, Sports and Recreation Ned O'Keeffe TD - Minister of State for Food and Horticulture Ned O'Keeffe TD - Minister of State for Food and Horticulture Sean McEnife - Chairman of Northwest Tourism Mark Durkan MLA, MP - Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Batt O'Keeffe TD - M.C.C. Cork County Council Dr. Iognaid G O'Muircheartaigh - President, National University of Ireland, Galway Dr. Rory O'Hanlon TD - Chairman of Dail Eireann (Speaker of Parliament) Tom Parlon TD - Minister of State for Public Works Billy Cameron - Deputy Mayor of Galway Mary Bennett - Chair of Galway/St. Louis Sister Cities Committee Michael Gibbons - Principal of Coláiste Ailigh School, Letterkenny, Ireland Noel Ahern TD - Minister of State for Public Works Bertie Ahern TD - Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister)
Honorary Parade Marshals
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009	Dennis P. Long - President of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Most Reverend Edward J. O'Donnell - Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis James B. Malloy - President & COO of Jefferson Smurfit Corporation Patrick Donelan - President of Investment Counselors Michael Shanahan, Sr. - President of Engineered Air Systems, Inc. Patrick J. Gilligan - President of Valley Industries, Inc. Michael J. Roarty - Executive Vice President of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. John G. Walsh - President of St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission Jack Buck - Sports Director of KMOX/CBS Radio Martin L. Duggan - Host and Producer of Donnybrook television program Blanche M. Touhill - Chancellor of University of Missouri - St. Louis Joseph B. McGlynn, Jr - Honorary Consul for the Republic of Ireland Helen and Dr. Patrick Gannon - St. Louis Irish Arts Most Reverend Justin Rigali - Archbishop of St. Louis Rev. Mr. Robert A. Brooks - Chairman of Brooks Fiber Properties Rev. William Barnaby Faherty, SJ - Jesuit Priest, Professor, and Author Dick Ford - KTVI-TV Fox 2 News Anchor Honorable James J. Eagan - Mayor of the City of Florissant Jim Hanifan - Offensive Line Coach of St. Louis Rams Dennis C. Golden - President of Fontbonne College Stephen J. Burrows - President and COO of Anheuser-Busch International, Inc Patrick J. Finneran, Jr. - VP & General Mgr, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke - Archbishop of St. Louis Charles L. Drury - Chairman of Drury Development Corporation Dan Buck - CEO of St. Patrick Center Joseph F. Shaughnessy, Jr - Chairman of BSI Constructors Billy Devaney - Executive Vice President/General Manager of St. Louis Rams
Military Guests of Honor
1990 1991 1992 2005	Brig. Gen. Patrick P. Caruana - Cmdr, 42nd Air Division, Strategic Air Command Vice Admiral Paul D. Butcher - Deputy Cmdr, US Transportation Command Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Kilmartin - Commander, Army Reserve Personnel Center Major Christopher R. Benoit - Joint Transportation Staff Officer, US Army