Atlanta’s longest-running event flooded the Midtown streets on Mar. 14 — the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade drew thousands along the mile-long route for a green old time.
Marching bands, Irish step dancers, bagpipe crews and dozens of walking groups made their way through the festivities, organized by local nonprofit Irish Network Atlanta. It was founded by the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta in 1858.
“I’m a third-generation Irish American and moved to Atlanta from Boston after college. I never imagined finding an Irish community that felt as strong as what I experienced back home,” Irish Network Atlanta board member Annie Greenwood said. “The parade represents all that makes Atlanta and Atlanta’s Irish community so special.”
About 60,000 people in Fulton County claim Scots-Irish heritage, but at the Saturday festivities everybody got a chance to feel Irish. See a full gallery of the parade from Delaney Tarr below.
