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It’s finally here: your big chance to prove you know more about Irish things and Irish people than almost any other reader of The Irish Times by competing in this year’s big St Patrick’s Day Quiz. Do ...

Reese O’Connell, 17, a student at Hampshire Regional High School, is Westfield’s Colleen for the 2026 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. She will be joined in the March 22 parade by her court: Angelica ...

Ava Levesque, 20, a graduate of Agawam High School and a student at Quinnipiac University, is Agawam’s Colleen for the 2026 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. She is studying nursing at Quinnipiac. She ...