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Belfast City Hall is simply a focal constituent of the St Patrick's Day Parade successful the city
Thousands of radical person been taking portion successful St Patrick's Day festivities successful Northern Ireland.
Among the large events taking spot was the parade successful Belfast metropolis centre, staged by arts organisation Beat Carnival.
It utilized the spectacle to people the 25th day of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Celebrations kicked disconnected successful County Fermanagh connected Thursday nighttime with the inaugural St Patrick's Eve flotilla.
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Image caption,Colourful characters made their mode up Slemish Mountain connected Friday
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Image caption,People of each backgrounds joined the parade successful Newry, County Down
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Image caption,Hundreds lined the streets of Belfast for this year's parade
A music-themed parade successful Belfast started astatine 13:30 with hundreds gathered astir City Hall to bask musicians and Irish dancers.
David Boyd, manager of Beat Carnival - who produced the Belfast parade - said 800 radical from crossed the assemblage were participating this year.
"We decided to person a euphony theme, Belfast being a Unesco metropolis of music," helium said.
The procession included past horns of Ireland, accepted folk, disco, punk and a creation rave.
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Image caption,Pipers joined the Belfast parade, which had a euphony taxable this year
The inaugural St Patrick's Eve flotilla connected the River Erne on, with Enniskillen Castle lit up successful greenish successful the background
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Image caption,The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Sinn Féin's Tina Black, was among those enjoying the festvities
Celebrations started aboriginal successful County Fermanagh with respective twelve vessels lit up for the juncture connected Thursday evening.
The boats sailed done Enniskillen, past the illuminated castle, and radical gathered on the banks of the River Erne to ticker them.
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Image caption,The Prince and Princess of Wales sojourn the 1st Battalion Irish Guards astatine Mons Barracks successful Aldershot, England
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Image caption,Actor Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing successful the deed 1980s TV bid Dallas, attended the parade successful Dublin
Seamus O'Hara returned from a week successful Los Angeles for the Oscars to instrumentality portion successful the parade successful Newry
Seamus O'Hara, prima of Oscar-winning Northern Ireland movie An Irish Goodbye, took portion successful the Newry St Patrick's Day parade with his GAA club.
Originally from Glens of Antrim, helium present lives successful Killeavy successful County Armagh.
After past week's Oscar occurrence helium was hoping to sing blessed day to his lad who turned 7 connected Friday.
Throughout Friday greeting radical visited what is believed to beryllium St Patrick's sedate successful Downpatrick, County Down.
Among them were Sophie and Lucy, who said: "We're going to the parade later, our friend's mum is coating our faces and daddy is going to bargain america treats."
Sophie and Lucy were among the archetypal visitors to what is believed to beryllium St Patrick's sedate this morning
An early-morning work was held astatine St Patrick's archetypal religion successful Saul, County Down, and immoderate of those who attended went connected to ascent adjacent Slieve Patrick.
Stephen Moore and his lad Phillip Moore travelled to the religion successful Saul from Banbridge successful County Down.
"We've travel a fewer times due to the fact that we bask the fellowship and to observe St Patrick," said Stephen.
The leaders of Ireland's main Churches, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh John McDowell (centre), and Catholic Archbishop Eamon Martin (right), were among those celebrating successful Armagh
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Image caption,Crowds gathered aboriginal successful Dublin for the Parade done the metropolis centre
In the Republic of Ireland, astir fractional a cardinal radical were expected successful Dublin for a parade led by the women's nationalist shot team.
It began astatine Parnell Square astatine 12:00 section time, with marchers making their mode done the Irish capital.
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Image caption,About fractional a cardinal radical are celebrating successful Dublin this year
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