Crowds pack Dublin’s streets for national St. Patrick’s Day parade
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DUBLIN (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of Dublin on Monday to watch Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Day parade, as crowds in green flooded cities and towns across the country to honor the country’s patron saint.
Officials said half a million spectators were expected to line the parade route in the capital to watch the colorful floats, performers and dancers. Many waved the Irish tricolor flag or had it painted on their faces, while others sported leprechaun hats and all shades of green.
Some 4,000 people and 12 marching bands from across Ireland, North America and Austria took part in the parade this year.
While the tradition of St. Patrick’s Day parades first began among Irish immigrant communities in the United States in the 1700s, and the biggest parade these days takes place in New York City, officials say the holiday draws some 100,000 tourists to Ireland each year.
Smaller parades also took place in cities from Limerick to Cork and Belfast in Northern Ireland.
In London, Kate, the Princess of Wales, sported a forest green long coat with matching hat as she marked the occasion with a solo visit to the Irish Guards at Wellington Barracks.
The royal, who is the ceremonial colonel of the regiment, presented fresh shamrock sprigs and awarded medals to soldiers before the regiment’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. She enjoyed a half pint of Guinness afterward as she chatted and joked with the soldiers.
Kate, who missed the Guards’ celebrations last year after she was diagnosed with cancer, has gradually returned to public duties.
