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

Drummers from Batala Mundo bring infectious rhythm and colour to the streets during the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork. Picture: Chani Anderson

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.