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Collingswood firefighters are going to lose their locks to help raise money for pediatric cancer at a St. Baldrick’s event this weekend. The Theresa Flanagan Band will be raising money for St. Lucy School for the Blind. And Archbishop Charles Chaput will celebrate a cultural heritage Mass on Saturday.

A standing-room-only crowd welcomed celebrated traditional musician Mick Moloney (and an all-star band) to The Irish Center recently.

The beloved Lafayette Hill eatery got a facelift last year. Here’s how it looked on St. Patrick’s Day in the morning. The story in pictures … and a video of Oliver McElhone holding forth.

The first of several Rose of Tralee events–including a chance for you to win a $100 gift certificate–happen this week in anticipation of the upcoming Rose selection. And the McDade-Cara Irish dancers didn’t get enough last week–they have a special show on March 23. And there’s more.

Homemade floats, Irish step dancers, even the Shriners on motorcycles brought out the crowds on this warm, springlike day.

We’ve never seen so many people on the sidelines of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade–people were even having parties on the Parkway’s traffic islands. Winter-weary Philadelphians must have really needed this one–and it was a good one.

The local Irish music duo played Capitol Hill. In the audience: the President of the United States and the Taoiseach of Ireland. No pressure. Gerry Timlin talks about the experience.

This little Delaware County town had the proverbial luck of the Irish–it was sunny and warm for Springfield’s charming St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 15.