St Patrick’s Day: Actor in role of a lifetime at head of cast of thousands in Limerick

Limerick City’s St Patrick’s Day parade grand marshal, Myles Breen, summed it up well: “What an audience.”

St Patrick’s Day: Actor in role of a lifetime at head of cast of thousands in Limerick

And among the 80,000-strong crowd was his proud mother, Bridie Breen, aged 95.

Myles said: “My earliest recollection of St Patrick’s Day was working with my mum and dad in the family pub in Shannon St which still bears the family name. It’s great that she is here today to see me being honoured by leading the parade.”

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