Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Today I have visited the St Patricks Day parade in Limerick. This day celebrates Saint Patrick the patron saint of Ireland (373-493). He played a great role in converting the Irish to Christianity.

I was quite surprised, that at first the parade was of quite military nature.

There were a lot of armed soldieres, even tanks and WW2 airplanes.

After a while and lots of heavy machinery the parade began to turn more into what I expected. There were a lot of organizations, clubs and entertainers.

The main attraction for the kids were these guys. The kid in front of me was so frightened that she did not want to stay, after one of them came too close.

In case somebody is wondering if I am also working on something - Yes I am but there is not so much I can write about it so far. More to follow.