Mayor for a Day
The “Mayor for a Day” is celebrated every year in March during the Ireland St. Patrick’s Celebration. The annual event originated in 2010 and began as a contest between selected candidates who vied for the “key-holder to the town” by means of fund-raising. Since then, the event has transpired into an event in where an honorary mayor is selected. The mayor selection is based upon an individual/s who has “given back” to the town of Ireland. The selected individual must currently reside in the Ireland area or have been a past resident of Ireland. The mayor is recognized at the annual “Mayor for a Day Kick-Off Party” at the Chicken Place in Ireland. The event takes place the first weekend of March and is celebrated by the reigning mayor “lighting up the town of Ireland” in green by flipping a giant-sized light switch.
For additional information on the “Mayor for a Day” or to submit an individual/s for the title, you may notify
Kay Hall @ 812-630-4259 or Kim Moeller @ 812-309-1686.
You may also email your suggestion to Kay Hall @ kay_hall_rn@yahoo.com with a brief message of why you feel your suggested individual/s is deserving of the title.
Kay Hall @ 812-630-4259 or Kim Moeller @ 812-309-1686.
You may also email your suggestion to Kay Hall @ kay_hall_rn@yahoo.com with a brief message of why you feel your suggested individual/s is deserving of the title.
2018 Mayor for a Day
Richard & Betty Edwards
Mayor History
2010- Tommy Hohler
2011- Sam Schwenk
2012- Kevin “Hootie” Eisenhut
2013- 1963 Ireland Spuds Basketball team
2014- Kay Hall
2015- Allen Brescher
2016- Junie Wigand
2017- Clara Mae Braunecker
2010- Tommy Hohler
2011- Sam Schwenk
2012- Kevin “Hootie” Eisenhut
2013- 1963 Ireland Spuds Basketball team
2014- Kay Hall
2015- Allen Brescher
2016- Junie Wigand
2017- Clara Mae Braunecker