Our 2012 Grand Marshal is Thomas J. McEnery. Tom has been the President of Nutley Irish for the past 7 years and is largely responsible for the club's tremendous growth in membership, especially those with young families. Under his guidance, Nutley Irish sponsors a town recreation soccer and basketball team and is a Flagship team in Relay for Life. Active in the Nutley community, Tom is employed by the Township of Nutley for the Dept. of Parks and Recreation for the past 10 years. Our Deputy Grand Marshal is Karen O'Connor.  Karen is a graduate of Queen of Peace High School and Rutgers University. She is a Trustee and Membership Chair for Nutley Irish. Karen is a volunteer for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of NJ and is also involved in many Irish organizations. Active in St. Mary's Church here in Nutley, Karen has been a chairperson of their annual St. Patrick's Dinner Dance and Social. The NIAA Member of the Year is Thomas Donohoe. Thom has served as the Parade Co-Chair for the past 5 years. Active in the Autistic community, Thom also runs many events for Nutley Irish throughout the year including the Parade Pub Tour and the annual bus trip to Yankee Stadium. Thom is a member of IBEW 827 in the telecommunications industry. Our Parade Queen is Elizabeth Dunigan. Elizabeth is a graduate of Bloomfield High School. She has a Bachelors Degree from Iona College and is currently attending Essex County College to become a Registered Nurse. An active member of Nutley Irish, Elizabeth comes from a long line of dignified Irish women. Both her grandmother, Margaret O'Boyle and her mother, Peggy O'Boyle Dunigan, have been past Deputy Grand Marshals of the Nutley Parade.

As you may know, the parade takes a lot of planning and requires a significant amount of finances and resources to put a successful parade on the street. This ad journal is one of our major fundraisers for the parade.  We hope that you will consider taking an advertisement. Please click HERE to view contract. The deadline for submitting ads is January 13, 2012.

Ad copy can be sent to: NIAA Ads, 209 Walnut St., Nutley, NJ  07110 or e-mailed to ads@nutleyirish.com. If you have any questions about the ad journal, please contact Karen O'Connor at 973-667-0776.

The Ad Journal will be distributed at our Grand Marshal Dinner on February 3rd, the Irish Mass at St. Mary's Church and the St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 3, 2012.