Irish Radio Says Half Million For St. Patrick's Parade

An estimated half a million people have lined the streets of Dublin for the annual St Patrick's Day parade.

The parade is being led by four Grand Marshalls representing the four winning teams in the GAA Senior Cup Championships.

St. Patrick's day parades will take places not only in Dublin, but also in other cities of Ireland.

St. Patrick's day parades are taking place in U.S. cities as well. One of the most popular is the New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade. It has started on the streets of New York since 1762, "the oldest, biggest & best in the world," claim the organizers.

The St. Patrick's Day Parade is one of New York City's greatest traditions. On this day, everyone is Irish in the Big Apple!

The Parade marched for the first time on March 17, 1762 - fourteen Years before the Declaration of Independence was adopted and today it is the largest Parade in the World.

This annual parade has been held for the past 247 years in honor of the Patron Saint of Ireland and the Archdiocese of New York. The Parade is reviewed from the steps of Saint Patrick's Cathedral by His Eminence Cardinal Edward Eagan, Archbishop of New York in the same manner as the Archbishop of New York did in the early days of the Parade at the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in Lower Manhattan when the Parade was held in Lower Manhattan before the new St Patrick’s was built on Fifth Avenue.