Happy St. Patrick’s Day every­one! If Google has a spe­cial logo for today, I should also make a spe­cial entry. For that reason, the rest of this post will be in green!

Hav­ing been to the Dub­lin St. Patrick’s parade twice (2007, 2008) I wasn’t too keen on going into town again this year. The prob­lem is that the city is just too full, and you have to be at the parade track 9am at the latest to get a spot (the parade itself starts at 12…). Just catch­ing the train is a pain. So I con­vinced Steffi that we should give the small parade here in Maynooth a go.

I was told that it would be “pathetic”, but to the con­trary, it was pretty cool! This oth­er­wise sleepy town does go bey­ond the uni­ver­sity stu­dent pop­u­la­tion! The parade itself obvi­ously was no com­par­ison to the big one in Dub­lin, but it was a nice effort none the less by local clubs and busi­nesses to put a few floats together.

How­ever, the best part really was the people /​fam­il­ies /​kids, all dressed up in green and orange, faces painted, cheer­ing and smil­ing from ear to year :-) What a great oppor­tun­ity to take some great shots. Of course, always check back with the par­ents first if it is ok to take some pho­tos of their little ones.

Any­ways, I’m off to the pub — Happy St. Paddy’s every­one!

PS: Here are the pho­tos from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Maynooth.