Irish celebrate St Patrick’s Day with help from friends
Irish and Irish Americans marked St Patrick’s Day with parades and festivities from Dublin to New York, Atlanta to Memphis. Thousands joined Dublin’s biggest parade as Americans watched, while Chicago honored Mayor Daley in its float line. Belfast staged a solemn march amid sectarian tension, and Memphis planned a pub crawl ending Friday. Activities ranged from green-lit skylines to charity bands and playful local traditions across multiple cities.
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St. Patrick's Day
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Iowa
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Irish Republic
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Tion
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Moscow
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Arty
Falls Road
Ulster
Zinnie’s
White Mouse
Carter
Hyatt Regency
Million turn out for N Y parade biggest of all
One million people lined New York streets for the St Patrick’s Day parade along Fifth Avenue from 59th to Beth, the largest yet. Mayor Beame and Cardinal Cooke led reviewing stands as banners urged England out of Ireland and groups from Irish organizations, schools, and veterans paraded.
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New York
Abraham Beame
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Gierald Coban
Galway
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Themiphis
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Ireland
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Es Cathedral
Cooke
England
Ancient
Order of Fikemians
Irish Republican Army Veterans
United Irsh Counties Association
York
Moscow
Emerald Isle
Steppo
Irish-Americans push name change for Orange County
Jerry O Keefe of Anaheim and the Ith of March Commune launched a St Patrick Day effort to rename Orange County What else Green County. Irish activists argue renaming would reclaim roots while noting no insult to the present county. Bing Crosby enjoyed traditional Irish fare during observances at Hunting Memorial Hospital in Pasadena.
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Nebraska
Rose Marie Bauer
Fitzpatrick
Sam Cullen
Harold Moylan
Glenn Goodrich
Omaha
Fahey’s
Paddy Sullivan
Salem
Tappan
A.Y
Qui Tree
Sullivan
Maes
Keefe
Theinamey
Orange
Jerry O'Keefe
Anaheim
Stapling
Bing Crosby
Hunting Memorial Hospital
Pasadena
Lidsby
O'Keefe
Ireland
County Cork
Orange County
Daley Dominates Chicago Parade After Death
Richard J. Daley's name and likeness topped the 26th annual St. Patrick's Day parade as Chicago mourned in numbers near 500000 along State Street. Acting Mayor Michael J. Bilandic led the event with Daley honored posthumously, his image prominent on floats and banners.
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Chicago
St. Patrick
Richard J. Daley
Michael J. Bilandic
Daley
State Street
Bilandic
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