St Patrick’s Day parties erupt across the states as revelers start weekend early
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations erupted across the country on Friday as hundreds and thousands of revelers kicked off the weekend early.
Revelers were seen lining the streets in the early afternoon, dressed in green outfits for the drunken parties.
And springbreakers 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 on 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 kicked off the weekend early
Springbreakers dressed in green bikinis took to bars and beaches in Miami to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Other revelers across the country chose to go to Irish pubs in costume to get the party started
People came draped in boas in various other Irish-themed accessories
This woman went to an Irish pub dressed in a clover-patterned suit
Other St. Patrick’s Day revelers across the country chose to go to Irish pubs in costume 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.
Elaborate and extravagant parades to mark the occasion also took place in New York and Savannah
Thousands of people came to see the floats and the performances at the events
A family enjoys the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Savannah
Streets were closed in New York for one of the city’s greatest and oldest traditions as performers, bands and bagpipers marched down 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 largest in the American Southeast – with the average parade lasting nearly four hours.
Conor McGregor was spotted in Savannah, Georgia celebrating 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 is the second parade to be held in Savannah since the COVID pandemic led to the cancellation of festivities in both 2020 and 2021.
The Savannah parade began in 1824 by Irish immigrants who came to the state’s oldest city.
Streets were closed in New York for one of the city’s greatest and oldest traditions as performers, bands and bagpipers marched down 5th Avenue
The Savannah parade began in 1824 by Irish immigrants who came to the state’s oldest city
President Joe Biden, who is of Irish descent, wished those celebrating a happy St. Patrick’s Day, saying: “Today, on St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate the fact that the fabric of modern America is interwoven 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 to a lengthy meeting between the two heads of state delayed by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Savannah’s celebration of the day is the largest in the American Southeast – with the average parade lasting nearly four hours
St. Patrick’s Day celebrates the life of Ireland’s patron saint, who is credited with bringing Christianity to the country
St. Patrick’s Day celebrates the life of Ireland’s patron saint, who is credited with bringing Christianity to the country.
It marks the anniversary of his death in the fifth century and the Irish have celebrated 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 due to the number of people with Iris roots.
More than 32 million Americans have ancestry, as up to two million Irish people migrated to the US during the Great Potato Famine – a period of famine and disease that killed more than 1.9 million people from 1845 to 1852.
.