Limerick

Over 40,000 people watched the Limerick St Patrick's Day parade, whose participants included 20 members of the Massachusetts …

Over 40,000 people watched the Limerick St Patrick's Day parade, whose participants included 20 members of the Massachusetts State Police and members of the US Military Academy at West Point. The winner of the community entry competition in the parade was a space-age pageant by the Multi-denominational Limerick School Project, featuring a space ark with friendly aliens arriving to save animals from extinction.

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