Saint Patricks Day Ireland

“The town was alive on Saint Patrick's Day. Irish Flags, green wigs, kids all covered in face painting lined the streets eagerly awaiting the big parade. Kells Town Parade consisted of all the local clubs and some novelty floats. Our Swimming club, tennis club & handball club walked with pride and all the local football teams had a place too. There were lots of tractors and big trucks all giving the big beeps to the kids watching with excitement and if you were lucky you would get sweets thrown at you from some of them.”

“So I thought I would share a little of my own experience of growing up in rural Ireland on St Patrick’s Day, in my home town of Kells Co Meath. First and foremost St Patrick's Day was a holy day which meant it was a day off school. My mother would get everyone up and into their Sunday clothes (even though it wasn't always necessarily a Sunday) .We had to put our St Patrick’s Day badges on and our Dad insisted on pinning clumps of fresh shamrock on the lapels of our clothes.”