Easton Student Emily Larkin is 2021 Miss Shamrock

The Greater Bridgeport St. Patrick's Day Celebration Committee announced the winners of the 2021 Mr. Shamrock Scholarship Program. They were selected among over one dozen applicants. Miss Shamrock 2021 is Emily Larkin a senior at Joel Barlow High School, son of Noreen and Charles Larkin.

Emily Larkin is an Easton CT resident and senior at Joel Barlow High School, where is National Honor Society secretary, on the Sikorsky STEM Challenge Team, tutors in math, mentors freshmen and helps organize blood drives. While Emily celebrates St. Patrick for bringing Christianity to Ireland, she celebrates St. Brigid's Day too as she lived near her shrine, Brigid of Faughart, when she lived in County Louth for four years.

Miss Shamrock Runner-Up is Catherine White of Trumbull, a senior at Lauralton Hall and daughter of Elizabeth and Richard White.

Mr. & Miss Shamrock will participate in the Greater Bridgeport St. Patrick's Day Parade festivities including the Virtual Parade and Battle of Pipe Bands competition on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at Noon on the Bridgeport Parade's YouTube Channel and Facebook page.

The Mr. & Miss Shamrock Scholarship Contest is held annually. All high school seniors of Irish descent in the greater Bridgeport area are encouraged to submit an application to the Parade Committee. All candidates are interviewed by an independent panel of judges and winners are chosen based upon their knowledge of their Irish heritage, traditions, history, the meaning of St. Patrick's Day, their involvement in their community, their interests and activities.

The winners receive a monetary scholarship award of $4,000 for future educational endeavors. Runners-up also are awarded a monetary scholarship of $2,000. The awards will be presented by the 2021 Grand Marshal Mary Ann Doonan of Stratford on March 17, 2021 at the Gaelic American Club.

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