Colleen Application

Applications are now closed for the 2024 Holyoke Grand Colleen Pageant. Stay tuned for an announcement on the 2025 season.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Female

  • Single (never been married or never had a child)

  • No less than 17 years old by Parade Day March 2025, and a senior in high school; nor more than 23 years old by Parade Day March 2025.

  • Resident of Holyoke or South Hadley, MA

  • Must claim Irish ancestry

  • Completion of application

All applicants are to attend an orientation in January (time and location TBD).

The pageant rehearsal will be held in early January 2025 and the formal pageant will be held later in the month, where five finalists will be selected.

These five finalists will be honored at The Coronation Ball in February 2025 where one will be selected as Grand Colleen. The Grand Colleen will receive numerous gifts from local donors, a scholarship, or a trip for two to Ireland presented by the St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke. All of the Colleens are expected to attend and will have their tickets comped for the 2025 events held by the St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke.

Note: Immediate family members of the Grand Colleen Pageant Subcommittee of The St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke are ineligible to apply.