Annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York
The New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade, dating back to 1762, is the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Nation New York City, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day parade
The New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade, dating back to 1762, is the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
Steve Earley 0 Comment Nation, World baseball, Dublin, England, Florida, Ireland, New York, New York City, Northern Ireland, Spring Training, St. Patrick's Day, United Kingdom
Across the globe, St. Patrick’s Day 2016 was a pageant of revelry, faith and activism. In Dublin, crowds filled the streets for a glimpse of large, colorful floats. In Northern Ireland, pilgrims walked to St. Patrick’s resting place. In New York, former protesters became marchers with an end to a ban on openly gay parade participants.
Christina Tkacik 0 Comment From the Vault, Retrospective, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun, From the Vault, heritage, history, Irish, memorabilia, St. Patrick's Day
The photos are in black and white, but be sure that everyone was in green. Take a peek into The Baltimore Sun’s archives, with a selection of photos from St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Baltimore through the decades.
Kalani Gordon 1 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun, World Baltimore, Ireland, Irish, Maryland, St. Patrick's Day
1982: It was Sunday in downtown Baltimore, Ireland, and a couple of visitors from Baltimore, Md., the city that got its name from family in the tiny Irish town, couldn’t help making comparisons.
There were some distinct similarities. The habits of the townfolk, for instance. In the harbor, sailboat captains were fussing over their craft. On shore, the locals were paging through the Sunday papers. And in the street, tourists were taking all the legal parking spaces.
Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Baghdad, Dublin, Egypt, India, Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Maslenitsa, Ohio, Pancake Week, Singapore, Somalia, St. Patrick's Day, Steubenville, Sweden, Tel Aviv
St. Patrick’s Day, Pancake Week in Kazakhstan, Somali journalist freed, 25th anniversary of the chemical attack on northern Iraqi city of Halabja and more in today’s daily brief.