View 2012 Parade Photos

Somerville Parade - Now Airing on TV

If you missed your favorite band or your little marcher while you were in getting a refreshment; now you can make up for it.
Piscataway Community TV will air the parade as follows:
Friday, March 23 at 9pm
Tuesday, March 27 at 9pm
or view it online click here. Scroll down and select ´Specials´.

PISCATAWAY COMMUNITY TELEVISION can be found on CHANNEL 15 (Cablevision) CHANNEL 40 & 42 (Verizon)
Channel 15 (Cablevision) serves Bound Brook, Bridgewater, Dunellen, Green Brook, Manville, Middlesex, Piscataway, Raritan, South Bound Brook Channel 40 & 42(Verizon) serves Berkeley Heights, Bound Brook, Branchburg, Fanwood, Franklin, Manville, Mountainside, New Providence, North Brunswick, North Plainfield, Piscataway, Somerville, South Bound Brook, South Brunswick, South Plainfield, Summit & Warren

Thank you

The parade committee thanks all of the participants and especially everyone who came out to view the parade. The official estimate is 23,000 spectators for this year's parade; making it our biggest ever. The Irish eyes were smiling up and down main street eight deep and that makes all the work that the committee puts in worth it.

We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our sponsors big and small for their contribution towards making this parade day happen. Besides all the work the committee does; it takes a lot of money to put on a successful event. I know I speak for all of our key sponsors shown to the right here and all of the advertisers in the parade guide; that the reason they like their organizations like being affiliated with the parade is because of the great people and families that make it a success. We thank you all again for respecting our family friendly environment and having a happy and safe time.

A special thank you goes out to the Somerville, Hillsborough & Manville CERT teams. Without their manpower at the registration, during line-up and along the parade route; the parade would be a disaster. Their professionalism and organization make running the parade a pleasurable experience for all.

• Saker ShopRite of Somerville
• Willie McBride's of Branchburg
• Houlihan's Restaurant of Bridgewater

The 2012 Parade Grand Marshal is announced.

The Parade committee announced that Kevin Donovan will be its 2012 Grand Marshal at the annual Fundraising event on Friday February 3rd. Click here to see all the details of the grand marshal announcement.

View a brief bit of the video from our 2011 parade (mummers).

Click here to see photos of the 2011 parade

 

St. Patrick wristbands for sale - benefiting the parade - $2 each. Contact committee person Kris Williams if you would like to purchase.

 

PARADE March 11th @ 1:30pm

Come on out this holiday season - Celebrate by visiting one of our Sponsors

Mannions Pub and Restaurant - 150 W. Main St., Somerville
Verve Bar and Bistro - 18 E. Main St., Somerville
Scampi's Seafood Restaurant and Raw Bar - 198 W. Main St., Somerville
Wilie McBrides Irish Pub & Restaurant - 1270 Easton Turnpike, Branchburg, NJ 08876
McCarthy's Bar and Grill - 600 East Main St., Bridgewater
Houlihan's Bridgewater Rt. 22 East
Spain 92 - 1116 Rt. 202 South, Raritan
Tim Kerwins - 353 Bound Brook Rd., Middlesex
McCormick's Pub - Grove and Main Sts., Somerville

Squad 5 @ 54 Main Bar & Grill, Madison NJ

March 10th @ 9:00pm

Sorry - it is too late to place ads for this year's parade guide, but please consider us next year.

AOH regular Monthly meeting - March 20th

Knights of Columbus - East Main St., Somerville

AOH Memorial Mass - April 29th.

Tour of Somerville bike races - Memorial Day.

There is plenty of parking near the parade route. Including the 'Desapio Parking Deck', however please refrain from parking in the ShopRite Parking Lot. Thank you for observing our sponsor's request.

View Somerville St. Patrick's Parade Parking in a larger map

2012 Parade line up

All groups need to check in at the Vanderveer school on Union Ave. to receive their line-up location.

Click Here for the parade line-up.

Bar Service starts @ 12:00pm - There will be specials offered at
Verve - 18 E. Main St.
McCormick's Pub - 65 E. Main St.
Mannion's Pub - 150 W. Main St.
One 98 Lounge @ Scampi's - 198 W. Main St.
Discover Wine - 66 W. Main St.

Official T-Shirts Available as well as shamrock pins and bracelets at the information tent.

The information tent will be located at the corner of Division St. and West Main St.
Breakfast type food
Krauszer's - 157 E. Main & Park Ave.
Dunkin Donuts - 35 W. Main St.
PLEASE PATRONIZE LOCAL BUSINESSES WHILE IN TOWN.
Stay for drinks and dinner after the parade.

The Somerville Saint Patricks Parade
is now in it's lucky 21st year of continuous existence.

The First St. Patrick's Day Parade through Somerville was held in 1984. It went from Duke Island Park through to downtown Somerville. The parade went on like this for several years until the organization could not continue. That first parade had co-grand marshals: Tom Lavin, the founder of the local division of the AOH and Msgr. John Torney the pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Bernardsville.
In 1991 a new committee formed and held its first parade in 1992. It's new route started and ended on Main Street in Somerville – making it much more appealing to both bands and spectators. The committee's current chairman Brendan Nally took over in 2008 and is focused on bringing new members onto the committee to keep it strong going forward. The committee tries each year to improve the parade for our spectators, participants and sponsors.
In the last couple years leading up to the parade's 20th anniversary in it's current format it has seen a surge in popularity and attendance due to it's focus on remaining a family event with high quality and variety of participants. We look forward to another 20 years of parade excellence here in Central Jersey.

Our past Grand Marshals

'92 Pat Shovlin	'02 Tom O'Leary
'93 Barney Sloan	'03 Mike Berry
'94 P. Joe Mulrooney	'04 Pat Kelly
'95 Dennis Smith	'05 Rev. Dan Herlihy
'96 Bill Cooper Sr.	'06 Brian Gallagher
'97 Joe Simmons	'07 Jim Butler
'98 Jack O'Connor	'08 Frank Toolan
'99 Neil Mahoney	'09 Larry Doyle
'00 Jim Dowden	'10 Mary Kelly
'01 Bob Canavan	'11 Patrick Mannion