Sixmilebridge native Gerry as selected as Grand Marshal for New York parade

A SIXMILEBRIDGE native will act as a Grand Marshal during the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in New York City.

Gerry Grady from the Minister’s Cross in Sixmilebridge was chosen by the Emerald Guild Society to serve as a Grand Marshal in New York City for St Patrick’s Day.

He will be leading the parade up Fifth Avenue next month and said getting selected was “nothing short of an honour”.

At a society event last week it was announced that the Sixmilebridge man was the Grand Marshal. “Any time I shook his hand you’d look at his face and see a smile on his face, he is so willing to help people, I see him on committees and doing this that and the other,” the crowd were told about Gerry”.

Grady moved to New York in 1993 after completing his Leaving Certificate. He worked in a moving company and various construction jobs before becoming involved in the building industry and now manages luxury high-rise buildings. He is Vice President, Insurance & Social CO. Chairman with Hibernia Provident Society.