Ireland's smallest St Patrick's Day parade to take place in Wexford
Ireland's smallest St. Patrick's Day parade will take place in Wexford on Monday, where local event is returning for its eigth year.
Ireland's smallest St. Patrick's Day parade will take place in Wexford on Monday.
Curraghgraigue's local parade is returning for its eighth year at 11am - and lasts just 20 minutes.
Mick Fortune co-founded the parade to get the local and neighbours together.
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"The townsland just overlooking the mountains, overlooking our side, would be Kilkenny and Carlow," he said.
"It's northwest Wexford, so there's no village as such, a lot of rural areas would be similar, you'd have a maybe little small commonage or a crosroads.
"We were always kind of packing into the car to go to town to look at the parades or traffic or whatever it is and we said, 'God wouldn't we just do our own little one here for the craic'.
"Then the next year we said, 'Oh we'll do it again, the next year,' and then next year, and next year, and next year - and then this year."
He said there's no onlookers - and everyone who attends joins in.
Main image: MARCH 17-2018 St. Patrick's Parade. people and musicians enjoying the traditional Irish holiday. Image: JORGE CORCUERA / Alamy. NEW ROSS - WEXFORD