For the 30th time, the Bucks County St. Patrick’s Day Parade will march this weekend.
The Bucks County tradition will kick off Saturday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. at Conwell-Egan Catholic High School in Bristol Township. From there, the parade will march on New Falls Road to the Levittown American Baseball Fields (across from the Thornridge Shopping Center) in Falls Township.
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The parade will be led by grand marshals Rev. Fidelis Weber and “Brother Larry” Hilferty. The two men have been icons in the Conwell-Egan Catholic High School community for 50 years.
More than 2,000 marchers will be taking part in the parade. Among them will be Irish dance groups, Mummers and string bands, emergency responders, veterans, pipe bands, community groups and Philadelphia Eagles play-by-play announcer Merrill Reese.
Prior to the parade, a Catholic mass for the grand marshals will take place at 8 a.m. at Conwell-Egan Catholic High School.
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After the parade, the annual Hoolie will be held at the Ancient Order of Hibernians on Corson Street in Bristol Borough. Due to tight parking at the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a shuttle bus will run between overflow parking lots at Snyder-Girotti Elementary School and the Bristol Train Station.
This is the second year the parade will be taking its reversed route since the closure of the St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church.
