Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway native and Galway Bay fm CEO Keith Finnegan is to be this year’s Irish Guest of Honour at a St Patrick’s Day parade in the United States.
Keith will join a distinguished list of Irish people who have been accorded the honour of being the guest of the parade in St Louis, Missouri.
They include former Taoisigh Bertie Ahern and the late Jack Lynch and former SDLP leader John Hume .
Galway names on the roll of honour include former president of NUIG Dr Iognaid O’Muircheartaigh, former Chamber of Commerce President Mary Bennett and city councillor Billy Cameron.
The parade takes place on Saturday March 12th and it will be followed by a V.I.P. dinner for some of the Irish leaders in St.Louis.
As well as attending all the associated functions Keith’s main job will be to lead the parade down a major street in St.Louis.
Keith Finnegan told NewsBreak the invitation came as a great surprise and is a major honour.