St Paddy’s Day revelers draped in green attire and wacky fancy dress kick off the weekend early
St Patrick’s Day celebrations erupted across the country on Friday as hundreds and thousands of revelers started the weekend early.
Partygoers were seen lining the streets clad in green outfits in the early afternoon for the boozy celebrations.
And spring breakers got into the St Patrick’s Day spirit as they flocked to beaches and bars to get the party started early.
Some wore green bikinis and painted their fingernails as they gathered at Fort Lauderdale Beach for a rowdy afternoon of drinking.
St Patrick’s Day celebrations erupted across the country on Friday as hundreds and thousands of revelers started the weekend early
Spring breakers clad in green bikinis took to bars and beaches in Miami to celebrate St Patrick’s day
Other revelers around the country chose to go to Irish pubs in fancy dress to get the party started
A group of partygoers getting into the spirit in downtown Boston
People came draped in boas and various other Irish themed accessories
This woman went to an Irish pub dressed in a shamrock patterned suit
Other St Patrick’s Day revelers around the country chose to go to Irish pubs in fancy dress to get the party started.
People came draped in boas in the colors of the Irish flag, shamrock patterned clothing and various other Irish themed accessories.
Elaborate and extravagant parades to mark the occasion also took place in New York and Savannah with thousands of people coming to watch the floats and the performances.
Two friends head out to drink on St Patrick’s Day in New York
Elaborate and extravagant parades to mark the occasion also took place in New York and Savannah
Thousands of people came to watch the floats and the performances at the events
A group clad in green attending the Savannah St Patrick’s Day parade
A family enjoying the St Patrick’s Day parade in Savannah
Streets were shut in New York for one of the city’s grandest and oldest traditions as performers, bands and bagpipes marched along 5th Avenue.
Former UFC star Conor McGregor, from Dublin, Ireland, took to the streets of Savannah, Georgia to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
Savannah’s celebration of the day is the biggest in the American southeast – with the average parade lasting almost four hours.
Conor McGregor was spotted in Savannah, Georgia to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
McGregor was joined by fiancée Dee Devlin and their children (L to R) Conor Jr, Rian, and Croia
McGregor was seen walking with his fiancée Dee Devlin and their three children- Conor Jr, Rian, and Croia- accompanied by police.
It’s the second parade to be held in Savannah since the COVID pandemic led to the cancellation of festivities in both 2020 and 2021.
The Parade in Savannah began in 1824 by Irish immigrants who came to the state’s oldest city.
Streets were shut in New York for one of the city’s grandest and oldest traditions as performers, bands and bagpipes marched along 5th Avenue
The Parade in Savannah began in 1824 by Irish immigrants who came to the state’s oldest city
President Joe Biden, who has Irish ancestry, wished those celebrating a happy St Patrick’s Day and said: ‘Today, on St Patrick’s Day, we celebrate the fact that the fabric of modern America is woven through with the green of the Emerald Isle.
‘As the great-great-grandson of the Blewitts of County Mayo and the Finnegans of County Louth who boarded a coffin ship to cross the Atlantic more than 165 years ago – As the proud son of Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden – I wish you all a very happy St. Patrick’s Day.’
And he welcomed Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar for a longstanding meetup between the two heads of state that had been delayed two years by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Savannah’s celebration of the day is the biggest in the American southeast – with the average parade lasting almost four hours
St Patrick’s Day celebrates the life of the patron saint of Ireland who is credited for bringing Christianity to the country
St Patrick’s Day celebrates the life of the patron saint of Ireland who is credited for bringing Christianity to the country.
It marks the anniversary of his death in the fifth century and the Irish have observed the holiday for over 1,000 years.
St Patrick is also the designated patron saint of Puerto Rico, Boston Australia, Nigeria and Montserrat.
The annual celebration has become a huge tradition across America because of the number of people who have Iris roots.
More than 32 million Americans have ancestors as up to two million Irish people moved to the us during the great potato famine- a period of starvation and disease which from 1845 to 1852 and killed more than 1.9 million people.
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