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2027Grand Marshal – Jeff Sullivan
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2026Grand Marshal – Sean Kennedy
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2025Grand Marshal – Randy King
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2024Grand Marshal – Patrick J. Power
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2023Grand Marshal – Jeff Hand
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2022Grand Marshal – Sean Burke, Kelly Burke, Brad Burke
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2021Grand Marshal – Frank Denny
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2020Grand Marshal – Frank Denny
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2019Grand Marshal – Norman Ryan
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2018Grand Marshal – Bryan Haggerty, Dan Haggerty, Eddie Haggerty, Mike Haggerty, Pat Haggerty, Timmy Haggerty
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2017Grand Marshal – Tommy O’Brien
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2016Grand Marshal – Blaine Gahagan
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2015Grand Marshal – Harold Burke, Ray Burke
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2014Grand Marshal – Terry Rafferty
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2013Grand Marshal – Bobby O’Neal
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2012Grand Marshal – Glennon “Silky” Powell, Tommy Powell
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2011Grand Marshal – Jerry Foley
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2010Grand Marshal – Mike Fanning
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2009Grand Marshal – James Nugent
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2008Grand Marshal – Alan Guthrie
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2007Grand Marshal – Dennis Quinn
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2006Grand Marshal – Ira Austin, Eddie Austin, Fred Austin
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2005Grand Marshal – Judge Henry Sullivan
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2004Grand Marshal – Jerry Lowe
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2003Grand Marshal – Ronnie Lampard
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2002Grand Marshal – Paul Connick, Jr.
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2001Grand Marshal – Tommy McCrossen
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2000Grand Marshal – Gary McCarthy, Milo McCarthy
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1999Grand Marshal – Pat Dorion
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1998Grand Marshal – Rev. Harry Tompson. S.J.
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1997Grand Marshal – Dick Burke, Gary Burke, Ronnie Burke, Tim Burke
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1996Grand Marshal – John Kilburn
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1995Grand Marshal – Robert Jennings, Sr.
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1994Grand Marshal – Edward Sens, Sr.
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1993Grand Marshal – James Martin
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1992Grand Marshal – Paul Buckley
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1991Grand Marshal – Harry Connick
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1990Grand Marshal – Pat Power
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1989Grand Marshal – John Shea
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1988Grand Marshal – Mickey Daly
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1987Grand Marshal – Jimmy Rafferty
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1986Grand Marshal – Robert McCarthy
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1985Grand Marshal – Peter A. Hand
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1984Grand Marshal – Moon Mullen
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1983Grand Marshal – Abby West
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1982Grand Marshal – John McIntyre
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1981Grand Marshal – John McGuiness
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1980Grand Marshal – John “Fump” Flynn
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1979Grand Marshal – Charles Kelley
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1978Grand Marshal – Ronnie Burke
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1977Grand Marshal – Robert E. Lampard, Sr.
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1976Grand Marshal – John Rafferty
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1975Grand Marshal – Timmy Riggney
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1974Grand Marshal – John T. Callahan
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1973Grand Marshal – George Donegan
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1972Grand Marshal – Norman T. Gallagher
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1971Grand Marshal – Judge Dennis J. Waldron
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1970Grand Marshal – Sam Moran, Jr.
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1969Grand Marshal – Sam Moran, Jr.
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1968Grand Marshal – John J. West
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1967Grand Marshal – Fredrick L. “Fritz” Egan
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1966Grand Marshal – Richard F. Burke, Sr.
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1965Grand Marshal – Hugh Francis Rigney
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1964Grand Marshal – John “Red Jack” Burns
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1963Grand Marshal – Paul V. Burke
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1962Grand Marshal – John “Bubby” Gallagher
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1961Grand Marshal – John “Bubby” Gallagher
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1960Grand Marshal – Leo Donegan
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1959Grand Marshal – Sam Moran
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1958Grand Marshal – Sam Moran
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1957Grand Marshal – John Morse
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1956Grand Marshal – Malcolm “Mack” Bolden
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1955Grand Marshal – Frank Baggot
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1950Grand Marshal – Marty Coloton
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1949Grand Marshal – Owen Brennan
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1947Grand Marshal – Jack Dempsey
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County Down (historically “Downe”), Northern Ireland
County Down (Irish: Contae an Dúin, meaning “fort”), nicknamed the Mourne County, is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland in the province of Ulster. It covers roughly 2,489 km² (961 sq mi) and had a population of about 553,000 in the 2021 census, making it one of the more populous counties on the island.
Geography and climate Located in southeastern Northern Ireland, Down borders County Antrim to the north, County Armagh to the west, the Irish Sea to the east, and Carlingford Lough (and County Louth) to the southwest. It features the dramatic granite Mourne Mountains—where “the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea”—with Slieve Donard (850 m / 2,790 ft) the highest peak in Northern Ireland. Other highlights include Strangford Lough (the largest sea inlet in the British Isles), the Ards Peninsula, and the easternmost point of Ireland at Burr Point. The climate is temperate oceanic: mild winters, cool summers, and regular rainfall moderated by the sea.
History The area was central to the ancient kingdom of Ulaid. Downpatrick (the county town) has deep links to St Patrick, who is traditionally said to be buried at Down Cathedral. Normans under John de Courcy invaded in 1177; later Scottish and English settlement during the Plantation of Ulster shaped its mixed Protestant and Catholic heritage. It remained part of the United Kingdom after partition in 1921.
