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In jubilation and beer, Ireland and the United States celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day
In Dublin, the large crowd celebrated the patron saint of Ireland on Friday. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was received by Joe Biden in Washington.
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American comedian Patrick Duffy (right), whose grandfather emigrated to the US, attended the parade in Dublin, alongside Irish President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina.
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The St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin this year has 4200 participants, in front of the large crowd.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dressed in green, celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day in Dublin.
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In the south of England, Prince William and his wife Kate visited the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British army. They did not fail to toast with a Guinness.
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In Washington, the water in a pond was dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (left) was received by US President Joe Biden in an Oval Office adorned with shamrocks, the symbol of Ireland.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dressed in green, celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day in Dublin on Friday by attending the traditional grand parade celebrating the patron saint of Ireland. The parade, the second to be held since the Covid-19 pandemic, has 4,200 participants this year, with many musicians and acrobats.
The organizers expect more than 450,000 visitors this year, local and foreign, during this event where beer, in particular the famous Guinness, flows freely. Among the personalities present during these festivities, the American comedian Patrick Duffy, famous for having played Bobby Ewing in the emblematic series of the 1980s “Dallas”. International guest of honor, the actor, whose grandfather emigrated to the United States in the 1920s, blew out the candles on his 74th birthday on a large green cake. “Return is the key word people feel when they come to Ireland, the feeling of going back somewhere,” he said.
In the south of England, Prince William, heir to the British crown, and his wife Kate visited the Irish Guards, a British army regiment, of which the Princess of Wales became an honorary colonel.
Oval desk adorned with clovers
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is in Washington. Clovers and green ties in the foreground, Northern Ireland in the background: the American president, Joe Biden, received it on Friday, on the occasion of Saint Patrick’s Day. In an Oval Office adorned with clovers, the symbol of Ireland, in honor of the patron saint of the European country, the American president praised the “friendship” between the two countries, on this day which is also a holiday for number of Irish Americans.
Joe Biden, who also claims his Irish roots on every occasion, assured that he would go “soon” to Ireland, as a symbolic date approaches: April 10, which will mark the 25th anniversary of the peace agreement. in Northern Ireland.
The “Taoiseach”, the title of Leo Varadkar in Gaelic, also said he was “impatient” to “roll out the red carpet” for the visit of the American president, the dates of which the White House has not yet given. This Friday evening, the two men, after a lunch with American parliamentarians, are to meet for a festive reception.
(AFP)