Green Stripe Laying

2008 GREEN STRIPE LAYING
7 - 8 PM, FRIDAY, MARCH 14

The Green Stripe is a mini-Parade to put a green stripe down the center of 4th Ave, to mark the route of the St. Patrick's Day Parade, and always takes place the night before the St. Patrick's Day Parade which in 2008 was on Saturday, March 15. The 2008 Green Stripe was painted on Friday, March 14, starting at 7 PM.

Participants gathered at F X McRory's at 6:30 PM to ride the Flat-bed Truck up to Prefontaine Park. There's no admission fee and children were very welcome!

The stripe runs from 4th Ave and Jefferson to Westlake Park, a distance of about one mile. Each year, anyone and everyone is invited to come along for the 'craic' – an Irish (Gaelic) word meaning “a lot of fun”.

For more information, call
206-548-9859, or
email GreenStripe@irishclub.org.

Here are some photos from the 2008 and other
JOHN DOYLE BISHOP MEMORIAL GREEN STRIPES

Loading up the flat-bed truck outside McRory's

Grand Marsal John Bruton and Galway Mayor Tom Costello couldn't resist taking a photo of one of the participants

We're just about ready to start!

The TV crews want information on what's going on

Drawing the official Shamrock in Westlake Park

Mick McHugh and other participants riding the flatbed truck with the cans
of spray paint that were used to mark the St. Patrick's Day Parade route.

Mud McHugh with a bunch of Californians!

Piper Jim McGilivray.

Dignataries marching the clearly marked, although somewhat wobbly,
Parade route the following day in the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

For information on the Green Stripe, call Heather Murphy at 206-548-9859, or email Heather at GreenStripe@irishclub.org.