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Hilary Beirne, New York St Patrick's Day parade chief administrator, 2025 grand marshal Mike Benn, Sean Lane, parade chairman
A LIMERICK man has formally been 'introduced' as the grand marshal of the massive St Patrick's Day Parade in New York City next year.
Attracting more than two million spectators, the parade in the Big Apple is the largest in the world.
Leading the way in next year's St Patrick's Day Parade will be Michael Benn, pictured below with his family and friends.
A proud Treaty native, Michael was born in Limerick city in 1948.
At the age of 14, he emigrated to the United States, where he completed his second level education at Cardinal Hayes High School at the Bronx in New York City.
He served as a sargeant in the US Army between 1969 and 1972.
Michael is married to Christina, another Limerick native.
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Happily married for 53 years after meeting in the Bronx, they have six children: Michael, Richard, William, Brendan, Patrick and Tara.
The businessman, who heads up Clenn Construction, which pioneered the building of modular housing locally and internationally, was formally appointed as grand marshal at a meeting in the American Irish Historical Society's headquarters in Fifth Avenue.
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