Pictures: Sun comes out in time for Cork's St Patrick's Day parade

“This year’s parade definitely feels bigger than last year," Eilen Segatz said. "It feels like pre-covid times again, it’s back in full swing. It’s really exciting to see.”

George O’Shea from Grange at today's St Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork city. Picture: Darragh Kane

Some 56,000 people, many wearing green and waving tricolour flags, turned up to watch colourful floats and dancers swirl through the streets for the St Patrick's Day parade.

Currachs pulled up by Patrick's Bridge for a waterside view of festivities while little girls in green tulle skirts and sparkly shamrock hair bands clambered onto adult's shoulders to get a better view of the magic.