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Mon 03 Mar 2009500,000 expected to see Dublin parade
ST PATRICK’S WEEKEND FESTIVITIES:MORE THAN half a million people are expected to turn out in Dublin for the St Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow .
Festivities in the capital began last Thursday and will continue until tomorrow night. In a change to the normal schedule, the Céilí Mór was held yesterday instead of after the parade, and up to 30,000 attended Merrion Square to hear the Brian Boru Céilí Band and jig along to the best of their ability.
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