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The moment of silence on Fifth Avenue in 2002 after 9/11. Chilling. Could hear a pin drop. Have you ever marched in the New York City St. Patrick's...

I have very special childhood memories of St. Patricks Day. My Mammy (Rita) ironing my beautiful shiny green ribbon to put in my hair, her pinning ...

In 1948, a group of young pipers, including myself, took part in the Dublin St. Patrick's Day parade. We were on an open lorry and it was freezing ...

Most of them involve dancing and playing music in Woodlawn in the Bronx. Every St. Patrick's Day, my sister Julie and a few other young musicians f...

I was 12 years old. My mother performed an impromptu duet with her friend Betty Kash and sang "Danny Boy" at the Three Jolly Pigeons bar in Brookly...

St. Patrick's Day 1998, NYPD post-Parade gathering: Raising a glass along with those of several hundred of New York's Finest as the pipes and drums...

The first time I danced five shows on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin: I was totally exhausted! Have you ever marched in the New York City St. Patrick'...

My mother asking former New York City Mayor Ed Koch (dressed in his Aran sweater) what part of Ireland he was from. Have you ever marched in the Ne...

When I was a girl, every year my mother would come to school on St. Patrick's Day and host a party for all the children in my grammar school class....

A cold, wet afternoon in the early 1950s. My brother and I were on the reviewing stand with our father. We stood in the fold of his overcoat, prote...

Spending St. Patrick's Day in Dublin a couple of years ago. It snowed during the parade, and snow in Dublin is a rare occurrence, which made the da...

Marching on Fifth Avenue with my children, Rory and Kathleen. Have you ever marched in the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade? If so, what grou...