A Wild West parade few will forget

WATERFORD celebrated its hurling victory in style last night, with the annual Spraoi parade in the city becoming something of a victory celebration.

The event had been staged a little later than usual this year, to allow Waterford fans time to travel home from Croke Park, for what has become one of the annual highlights of Waterford’s cultural calendar.

While the prospect of rain might have scared off some spectators, there were still crowds lining the banks of the River Suir to watch the stagecoaches, wagons, puritans, cowboys and indians in this Wild West-themed jamboree staged by Spraoi.