St Patrick’s Day: Visitors and locals alike line parade route to celebrate and enjoy ‘le craic’

Some of them were unaware that St Patrick is Ireland’s patron saint but it did not put them off joining in the fun and frolics.
Parisienne Valentine Turpaud and his friends looked more Irish than the Irish themselves, sporting everything from Leprechaun hats to viking helmets and, perhaps optimistically, oversized green sunglasses.