There's the Southie parade in Boston and there is, or at least was, the South Side St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago.
The latter was put on ice a couple of years ago after it attracted huge crowds and resulted in their being dozens of arrests for disorderly behavior and in one case aggravated battery of a police officer.
Now locals are considering reviving an event that was worthy of inclusion in the widely sold "Images of America" book series.
About 50 people from the area recently met to discuss how to resurrect a more sober and orderly version of the parade which marched along Chicago's Western Avenue.
"After the last parade, the South Side Irish Parade Committee decided in a 12-9 split vote to pull the plug on the Mardi Gras-like event," the Chicago Sun Times reported.
According to the daily, James "Skinny" Sheahan, presided over what was described as a "public airing of feelings" aimed at brainstorming ideas for the parade's successful "one-year trial" return in 2012.
