# @canisiushs on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-03-13T21:48:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Canisius High School (@canisiushs) — https://gondola.cc/canisiushs

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One of the biggest annual events in Buffalo will have a CHS graduate leading the way this year.

Liam Knott '03 is the grand marshal for Sunday's St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Buffalo.

Thousands will attend the parade, which starts at 2 p.m. Sunday at Niagara Square, running north on Delaware Avenue until North Street, just a mile south of CHS.

Knott, a general and bariatric surgeon with UBMD, was elected grand marshal by the United Irish American Association, taking on an honored role that is has a tradition in his family: Liam's grandfather (Thomas V. Courtney) was the grand marshal in 1962, his mother (Brigid) in 1981 and an uncle (John P. Courtney) in 2002.

“I knew that I was always going to be a part of the parade because it had been such a huge part of my life, my grandparents' life and my mom's life,” Knott told WGRZ-TV. “It's been just a yearly tradition that I'm able to experience with my family and all of our friends on the committee.”

Knott, a Town of Tonawanda native, lettered in three seasons in golf, track and hockey at CHS, winning the Coach’s Award in golf as a senior. He was team captain in track in 2002 and 2003, and in hockey in 2003. He played golf at Canisius University before attending the UB School of Medicine.

Brother Michael Knott and sister Breda Knott will be deputy marshals. Family and friends will be marching, led by Liam’s dad, Timothy Knott, and his sister-in-law, Carleen (McCarthy) Knott.

Parade day begins with 10:30 a.m. Mass at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral, which will be celebrated by another CHS graduate, UIAA chaplain Fr. David Richards ’90, and Bishop Michael Fisher. 

📸: Buffalo Irish Center.

Families interested in the excellence only found in a Jesuit education at Canisius can learn more at canisiushigh.org or our Spring Open House on April 28. This place is special. Let us show you why.

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