Cork's 'largest parade ever' celebrates community and friendship

In the end there was only a light drizzle to rain on Cork’s 124th St Patrick’s Day parade and by the time it fell, the two-hour show was almost over.

Garda estimates said as many as 60,000 people gathered in the city centre to see a record 3,600 participants in the parade.

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