The Nutley Irish American Alliance keeps the Irish heritage alive in Nutley, NJ. We sponsor the Saint Patrick's Day Parade and support scholarships for High School and Vocational School Graduates.

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The mission of the Nutley Irish American Charitable Foundation is to: provide scholarships and educational endowments to local secondary school programs, make charitable donations through local community social service organizations, and support charitable organizations whose purposes are similar to the Foundation.

•  NIAA General Meeting

The next general membership meeting will be 10/20/2022 8:00PM.

Location: Nutley VFW Post 493

271 Washington St, Nutley NJ 07110

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•  Shamrock Fest

Shamrock is on October 15th, 7:00PM -11:00PM at the Nutley Parks and Recreation, 44 Park Avenue, Nutley. Come out and meet the dignitaries in

person as we introduce them to the community.  Donation is $35 per person. Buffet dinner catered by The Brownstone. Feel free to bring your own

refreshments. For more information or to reserve your tickets email nutleyirish@gmail.com• 

 

Nutley VFW Donation

The Nutley VFW Post 493 will be installing in a new memorial on their property.  We can all leave a legacy by purchasing a personalized brick that

will be laid in the memorial for eternity.  You can even have the NIAA logo included on your brick!  For more information and an order form, please

go to https://4everbricks.com/VFW493  This is such a creative way to show future generations that you are a supporter of our veterans.

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•  2023 Parade Dignitaries

We present to you the 2023 Nutley St. Patrick's Day Parade Dignitaries!

 

Grand Marshal – Francis J. Costenbader

Deputy Grand Marshal – Joseph McNish, Jr.

Member of the Year – Jo Ann Dunleavy

Police Officer of the Year – Steven Plumer

Parade Queen – Allison Connor

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•  Parade Day 2023

Our St. Patrick’s Day parade will be March 4, 2023  The Investiture Mass will be held at St. Mary’s Church @ 10:00AM.  We will follow up with more

information on the mass.  We encourage everyone to make the time in the morning to attend.  This is one of the most beautiful masses you will go to

Step off for the parade will be 1:00pm.  If you are marching with the organization, we ask that you meet at noon at the parking lot of Holy Family

Church. We invite you all to pass along our parade invitation letter to any organization or group that you think might be interested in marching.  

We have attached the parade invite to this email for your convenience.

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•  Donations

The Nutley Family Service Bureau is in desperate need.  If you are able to, please consider donating food to their food pantry.  They are flooded with

people in need that are going through a tough time.  Please also keep in mind that the St. Mary's food pantry is currently and referring all of their

consumers to the Nutley Family Service Bureau.  The Nutley Irish will be making a donation of $500 to NFSB.

 

https://www.nutleyfamily.org/

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•  Nutley Irish Bench

The Nutley Irish has new addition to our park system in town. A bench was installed at at the Mudhole dedicated to our present and past members.

It located in the new beautiful ribbon section of the park, off of Chestnut St.

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• Our Parade Sponsors

Please keep our sponsors in mind when planning your night out or purchases. Not only do they support this event, but they also support

our other events through out the year.  Without their support events like this would not be possible. 

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• Clifton Commons Wine & Spirits: Clifton Wine & Spirits 

• Nutley Wine Shop: facebook.com/NutleyWineShop/

• John V Kelly Foundation: John V Kelly Foundation

• Jim Dandy's Mud hole: Mud Hole

• J.K. Boathouse: JK's Boathouse 

• Luna Wood Fire Tavern: Luna Wood Fire Tavern 

• Michaels Roscommon: Michaels Roscommon House 

• Michaels Roscommon Cancer Foundation 

• Shannon Rose: Shannon Rose

• Yesterdays: Yesterdays 

• Nutley VFW: Nutley VFW Post 493​

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•  Nutley Irish Charitable Foundation

The Nutley Irish is thrilled to announce that we have started a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization called the Nutley Irish American Charitable

Foundation.  Donations made to this foundation are fully tax deductible and will be used for our philanthropic endeavors, such as or scholarship

fund and any donations that we make in the community.  The tax ID # of the foundation is 82-2683062.  Please keep our foundation in mind if

you are planning on your charitable giving's before 2021 is over.  Also if you donate to the foundation and your company matches gifts, please

keep that in mind as well.  If needed, we can provide the tax exempt letter.  Many companies look to their employee for suggestions for charitable

donations, and we now have the 501(c) 3 status to accept these!

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•  Food Pantry

The Nutley Irish will be running a food drive for the St. Mary's Food Pantry at the March meeting.  The food pantry is accepting any donations

that are given to them, but we asked for suggestions on what was needed.  Below is the list of items that they consider to be staples and are

always in need:

Pancake Mix

Instant Mashed Potatoes (16oz or smaller)

Soup

Saltines (16oz)

Cereal (11-16oz)

Pasta

Marinara Sauce

Peanut Butter & Jelly (smaller jars)

Beef or chicken stew

If you would rather donate money to this instead of food, please feel free to donate to the Nutley Irish American Charitable Foundation. 

We will be making a donation from the organization through the Foundation.

                                                                                                                       

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2022-2023 Officers:

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President - Deidre Hollywood

Vice President - Shane McClafferty

Treasurer - Brenda Sherman

Corresponding Secretary - Colleen Nielson

Recording Secretary - Ellen Bennett

Legal Counsel - Frank Costenbader
 

Trustees:

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Ellen Bennett

Deidre Hollywood

Dan Kane

John Kruse

Shane McClafferty​

Judy McIntyre

Colleen Nielsen

Karen O'Connor

Brenda Sherman

Steve Tucholski

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Nutley St. Patrick's Day Parade

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Save the Date: 

Saturday March 4 ,2023 at 1pm

Franklin Avenue - Nutley, NJ

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The 43rd St.Patrick’s Day Parade will be on March 4, 2023. Preparations have officially begun!  Parade day will begin with an Investiture Mass at St. Mary’s Church at 10am.  Parade lineup will begin at 12pm at the Holy Family Parking Lot and Parade Step Off will begin promptly at 1pm.  If you would like to march in the parade but have a physical restriction that keeps you from marching, please contact us and we can arrange to have a car for you.

 

If you know a group or an organization that would like to march in the parade, please email:
 parade@nutleyirish.com