All kinds of tribes to gather in city for the St Patrick’s Day parade
Queen Maeve of Connaught will once more lead the people of the west of Ireland - native and newcomer, settled, Traveller, Celt, and African - at tomorrow's St Patrick's Day parade in Galway city which promises to be the biggest parade yet and a celebration of both Irishness and cultural diversity.......
This year's St Patrick's Day parade will feature Queen Maeve of Connaught. The theme for this year is Queen Maeve and the Táin Bo Cúailnge and will be directed by Morgan Cooke and Kelly McMahon. As a result there will be lots of noise and colour, pompous pigs, angry crows, duelling stilters, and a giant sized bed with a bull's head....
The Association of Nigerians in Galway will be celebrating St Patrick's Day in style by taking part in the city's parade in the daytime and holding a fund-raising party for GOAL that evening. The Nigerian group will be carrying this group's flag which depicts the Irish and Nigerian flags merging. They will also be waving Irish and Nigerian national flags and wearing T-shirts specially made for the day. "A greater number of Nigerians will be taking part in the parade this year," Chris Okeke, PRO with the Association of Nigerians in Galway said. "They have received their resident status in Ireland and want to celebrate that and join in with the rest of the nation on its national day.".....
A cross-community band from Northern Ireland - The Ulster Youth Ensemble - will be also take part in tomorrow's parade as well as the Eve of St Patrick's parade. The Ulster Youth Ensemble consists of 50 young pipers, drummers, and dancers from both the Catholic and Protestant communities. The director of the St Patrick's Day parade, Breandán Ó hEaghra, has welcomed the addition of the UYE as an important new link between Galway and Northern Ireland.
"We are delighted to welcome the Ulster Youth Ensemble to Galway," he said. "Not only are they a spectacular band but the significance of a cross-community band marching in the city for St Patrick's Day is important and I hope we can build on our links with the North over the coming years." http://galwayadvertiser.ie/dws/story.tpl?inc=2002/03/16/news/30359.htmlNo mention at all of Green Beer. And no fighting of Old Wars, either.
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