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Especially this one: Thousands came out to cheer on the 180 groups, bands, dancers, and floats in Sunday’s Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We have hundreds of photos and a list of all the parade winners.

Friends remember Paul J. Phillips, Jr., longtime member of the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day parade board, and 1995 grand marshal.

The Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Observance Association sashed its grand marshal, Harry Marnie, and St. Patrick’s Ring of Honor, including blind singer Timmy Kelly and a host of others whose work fits the parade’s theme, which commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Irish Memorial.

It’s been a long time coming, but welcome to Irish Philadelphia’s first genealogy column. “Who’s Your Granny?” makes its debut with a subject close to the hearts of the Irish—family stories.

Oh, come on, really? Hope you love a parade. And music. And dancing. And beer. Because there’s a lot of that going around. It’s a great week–or two–for the Irish.

The Duffy’s Cut victim was laid to rest in a cemetery in Ardara on March 2 at a service attended by the men who found his body and the family left behind. Story and photo reprinted with permission, The Donegal News.

Burlington County’s celebration, always the first out of the gate, drew crowds along High Street. Big surprise: Some of them wore silly hats. Don’t believe us? Photos and video inside.

The locally produced MacDougall’s Irish Victory Cakes are popular items at fairs and in little shops, but a March 13 debut on the famous cable shopping network is about to put the icing on the cake.