Ireland paints the world green as landmarks lit up
Tourism Ireland wangled a deal for major world landmarks – including the Sydney Opera House, London Eye, Toronto’s CN Tower and New York’s Empire State Building – to be bathed in green floodlights as part of a marketing push on four continents.
New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade stepped off on Fifth Avenue with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly as the grand marshal. The parade also featured New York’s famous “Fighting 69th” regiment, whose history stretches to the US Civil War. It was part of the Union Army’s so-called “Irish Brigade”, made up largely of Irish immigrants from New York City.
