THE BRIAN BORU Club, the oldest Irish club in the UK, celebrated their 39th annual St Patrick's Day Mass and parade. The Mass, in English and Irish, took place in the Club. The celebrant was Canon MacNally, who recently celebrated his diamond jubilee.
Even the dogs in the street appreciated the Irish wolfhounds accompanying the Brian Boru St Patrick's Parade through the city (Picture by Nick Fairhurst)Guests at the parade included the Mayoress of St Helens Jeanette Banks, two MPs and a representative from the Irish embassy.
Also features in the parade were the Liverpool Pipe Band, ten Irish wolfhounds, Brian Boru on stilts, Paddy the Leprechaun, two 120-year-old banners (on loan from Wigan St Patrick's church), bands, tractors, floats and lots of community groups.
Mass celebrated at the Brian Boru ClubComhaltas musicians were to the fore providing music for step dancing, céilí dancing and singing.
The Lady Mayoress gets the parade underwayThe Brian Boru Club, the oldest Irish club in the UK, celebrated their 39th annual St Patrick's Day Mass and parade. The Mass, in English and Irish, took place in the Club. The celebrant was Canon MacNally, who recently celebrated his diamond jubilee.
At the Mass in the Brian Boru ClubGuests at the parade included the Mayoress of St Helens, two government MPs and a representative from the Irish embassy.
Also features in the parade were the Liverpool pipe band, 10 Irish Wolfhounds, Brian Boru on stilts, St Patrick, Paddy the Leprechaun, two 120-year-old banners (on loan from Wigan St Patrick's church), bands, tractors, floats and lots of community groups.
Comhaltas musicians were to the fore providing music for step dancing, céilí dancing and singing.
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