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Shauna O’Keeffe will be the Grand Marshal for the St Patrick’s Day Parade in her home town Clonmel
Champion boxer Shauna O’Keeffe will be the Grand Marshal for the St Patrick’s Day Parade in her home town Clonmel.
It promises to be a busy couple of days for Shauna, who will take part in her second professional fight, and her first in Ireland, in Salthill, Galway on Saturday, March 16.
Shauna is the proud winner of five national boxing titles.
Last year she won three gold medals at Senior Elite level. These included the national championship; the top honour when representing Ireland at the prestigious Felix Stamm Multi Nations senior elite tournament in Pułtusk, Poland; and she also won the Haringey Box Cup gold medal at the Alexandra Palace in London.
After turning professional, she got her pro career up and running by beating Lithuania’s Vaida Masiokaite at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London in December.
An Annerville award, a Tipp FM monthly sports award and winning the Pro Debut of the Year category in the online Irish Boxing Awards crowned a magnificent year for Shauna.
St Patrick’s Day in Clonmel will commence with the traditional flag-raising ceremony at St Patrick’s Well at 8.30am.
Above: Owen "Leggs" Lanigan as St Patrick will lead the procession during the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade in Clonmel. Picture: John D Kelly
The morning parade leaves Mitchel Street at 11.30am for Mass, which will be celebrated as Gaeilge in St Mary’s Church, Irishtown at 12 noon.
The morning parade will be led to St Mary’s Church by Banna Chluain Meala and will include the Grand Marshal, councillors and dignitaries.
The main St Patrick’s Day Parade will commence at Irishtown at 3pm.
The parade will progress down O’Connell Street, Gladstone Street, Market Street, Emmet Street and will finish in Parnell Street outside the Town Hall.
Any groups wishing to participate in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade can do so by registering online at https://www.county
tipperarychamber.com/Events section. Registrations will close on Wednesday March 6.
For further details, contact Liz McGrath, Clonmel Borough District at 081-8065878.
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