Revelers from New York City to Dublin mark St. Patrick’s Day

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press Members of the Petri School of Irish Dance perform at the Ireland Chamber of Commerce 17th annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast Saturday in New York. The Irish, their descendants and the Irish for the day prepared to don green and pay tribute to Hibernian heritage as a weekend ...

NEW YORK—Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed during New York City’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade Saturday, and people with a fondness for anything Irish began a weekend of festivities from the Louisiana bayou to Dublin.

With the holiday itself falling on a Sunday...

Published: 03/17/2013