St Paddy's Day in Cork

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!

a shamrock for you to bring you luck!


Was in town to join in the celebration and watch the parade. We arrived a tad too late and the entire town was packed!

Efforts to squeeze through the crowd to get in front were in vain :(
And my height was no plus point in that situation. wait, it has never been a plus point in any situation. shucks! :((
My feet hurt from all the tip-toeing.. :(((


The parade began.

This pic looks like the people are sending the soldiers off to war =.=

Little kids. Big spirit.

Kids atop telephone booths.

Leprechaun top hats

Finally. Found a gap to squeeze in.

Limited window. Was peeking between 2 really huge heads.

Huge heads with big hair.

Cute children in weird looking costumes

Scarlet Fairy!

Anybody can guess what this is? ^^

Then the aliens came and the sky turned dark!
(ok ok, it's just my camera)

Grasshopper alien?

Nice looking people from somewhere i don't remember.

Bubble machine

Green faced men building a robot

Cork Indians

Lone Pirate

Basketball association

Little boys with football. Representing MU! Mayfield United. lol

This band was quite good. it's a pity they walked by so quickly.

Dragon with his splash!

Bangla?

No idea what this is.... T_T

Old men singing acapella. They are incredibly cute i tell ya! the 2 men in the middle are the sopranos and everytime they open their mouths to sing, i can't refrain from laughing!

Watch the videos of them singing Hello Mary Lou.

The 2 people in front of me are a nuisance!

They went on to sing Under the Boardwalk which sent me into fits of laughter especially during the chorus..

(Under the boardwalk) out of the sun
(Under the boardwalk) we'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) people walking above
(Under the boardwalk) we'll be faling in love
Under the board-walk (board-walk!)

I've always thought it was Under the Wardrobe..i used to wonder why someone would write a song about that :)

That's all folks!

Séanmhar Lá Fhéile Pádraig!

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