Southie Selfie sums up Irish pride of Boston politicians

It was the “Southie Selfie” that showed just how important the day of Irish celebration is to the most powerful in Boston politics.

The venue was the Boston Convention Centre and the traditional St Patrick’s Day breakfast for more than 1,000 members of its Irish community — who largely inhabit the city’s South Side.

The host, and selfie-taker, was state senator Linda Dorcena Forry, the daughter of Haitian immigrants who was making history — not just by being the first non-Irish-American to host the event, which dates back to 1901, but also the first woman to do so.