AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Irish beauty leads festive rites for Saint Patrick's Day.
(From Agence France Presse)
Bright sunshine lured up to half a million people onto the streets as Ireland celebrated its national festival, Saint Patrick's Day, this year with a strongly European flavour.
Colourful parades were the high point of what has evolved from a one-day public holiday into a week of Mardi Gras-style festivities which provide an early kick-start to the Irish tourist season.
In the capital Dublin, a crowd estimated at up to 500,000 watched a two-hour parade involving 3,500 participants led by Ireland's Miss World winner Rosanna Davison.
Maria Moynihan, chief executive of Dublin's festival, said a study had found the celebrations were worth about 80 million euros (98 million dollars) to the city's economy.
The Dublin parade's theme, "Glorious", had a strong European input this year with a bagpipe band from Madrid, Lume de Biqueira, receiving a special welcome after last week's deadly bombings in the Spanish capital.
Other participants included marching bands from the United States and performers from as far afield as Poland and Slovenia.
- Ahern and Blair for March 23 Northern Ireland peace talks.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 14, 2004 700+ words
...at re-launching Northern Ireland's executive and...after Ireland's Saint Patrick's Day holiday on...track progress in Northern Ireland within the review...want, after the Saint Patrick's Day celebrations...
- 'Saint Patrick' faces sex charges.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 11, 2006 700+ words
...THE man who has led one of Northern Ireland's biggest St Patrick Day...Ulster. Dressed in full Saint Patrick costume, Corry was due...famous cross-community Saint Patrick's Day Parade, followed...has now been replaced as Saint Patrick by Down District Council...
- Prime ministers seek to revive Northern Ireland process.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 4, 2003 700+ words
...struggled to revive Northern Ireland's stalled peace...London suspended Northern Ireland's power-sharing...elections for a new Northern Ireland Assembly. But a...likely "this side of Saint Patrick's Day", March...
- Future of Northern Ireland at stake as Blair and Ahern meet.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 23, 2003 700+ words
...peace process in Northern Ireland and the restoration...Martin McGuinness. Northern Ireland was hurled into its...to be finalised by Saint Patrick's Day," which...the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic...
- Congress Prepares for Hearings on Steroid Use in Baseball; Luck of Irish May...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 17, 2005 700+ words
...today. But the luck of the Irish may have run out for one Northern Ireland leader. Ooh, that's hard to say. Plus... (BEGIN...her gray, 4-year-old school bus. She's riding it, Saint Patrick's Day. It's Thursday, March 17. This is DAYBREAK...
- Pilgrims' progress.(Saint Patrick's Purgatory, Donegal)
- Magazine article from: World of Hibernia Winn, Jasper June 22, 2001 700+ words
...grey mist, to the island site of Saint Patrick's Purgatory. The high walls of the...Tradition Monsignor Mohan, the Prior of Saint Patrick's Purgatory, summed up the island...identifying marks save for the labeling of Saint Patrick's Purgatory. Even if Saint Patrick...
- Saint Patrick's Festival makes month of March merry.
- News wire article from: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA) March 17, 2006 700+ words
...gets just one day. In Dublin, Saint Patrick has an entire month's worth of fun in the 41st annual Saint Patrick's Festival. For Kim Simmons...lots of handmade flavor, and the Saint Patrick's Parade on Saturday in downtown...
- Discovering Saint Patrick.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch Taylor, John August 1, 2005 700+ words
Discovering Saint Patrick Thomas O'Loughlin Paulist Press 997 MacArthur...University of Wales, Lampeter, Discovering Saint Patrick is a religious and biographical study of Saint Patrick, that strives to understand as much as possible...
- The Sweeping Saga of One of History's Most Celebrated Religious Icons, 'Saint...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 11, 2000 700+ words
...Fox Family Channel original film "Saint Patrick, The Irish Legend" brings the powerful...Jones") as Patrick's parents. "Saint Patrick, The Irish Legend" will make its...March 12 at 7:00 PM (ET/PT). "'Saint Patrick, The Irish Legend' is an inspirational...
- Enduring Faith: a history of Saint Patrick's Parish, Ottawa 1855-2005.(Book...
- Magazine article from: Catholic Insight Tardif, Joan June 1, 2007 700+ words
Enduring Faith A History of Saint Patrick's Parish, Ottawa 1855-2005 WRITTEN...no longer be known as "St." but "Saint" Patrick's Basilica. In honour of its 150th...good enough for "St. Pat's," Saint Patrick's Basilica, instead, has produced...
