Today is Saint Patrick`s Day. Unfortunately St Patrick’s Day parades across the country have been cancelled. St. Patrick’s Day parades around world was not be taking place for 2020 amid public health concerns over coronavirus Covid-19. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Carlow has been cancelled on 9th March. Every year I participated in the parade in Carlow Town. So, […]
Read MoreThe Parade commenced 17th of March at 4 o’clock, as planned, from the same starting point as in previous years, the Old Perry’s Cash & Carry premises near Carlow Post Office. Some of those took part are arriving from earlier parades around the county. The Parade traveled up Kennedy Avenue, turning left onto Potato Market, […]
Read MoreThis year’s Carlow Arts Festival was another celebration of the many extraordinary riches the arts had to offer from national and international artists. One of them was an amazing performance on the streets of Carlow. Spraoi, the award-winning Irish performance company, created a vibrant street performance as part of the Carlow Arts Festival 2018. The Spraoi Parade is now a landmark cultural event, one […]
Read MoreGreat Parade this year in Carlow Town, also it was “the frostiest parade”. It was really cold, the temperature around 3 degrees Celsius, which is very low for March and Ireland. That same evening, it was snowing all over County Carlow. The parade began as planned, at 15.30 at Old Perry’s Cash and Carry on […]
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