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Marchers and flags frame the landmark St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
Try a green bagel with cream cheese, a New York City St. Patrick's Day specialty. Add some smoked salmon for the full tri-color!
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at One World Trade Center glows green for St. Patrick's Day.
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New York's only preserved 19th-century home once teemed with Irish immigrant staff. A guided tour of the building reveals the highlights and hardships they experienced.
For St. Patrick's Day, the bar concocts a special green whiskey for partygoers.
The Fáilte Irish Whiskey Bar (fáilte is Gaelic for "welcome") on Second Avenue has 25 different Irish whiskies available.
The Perfect Pint pub, located near the parade route, has 30 beers on tap—including plenty of Irish options. Sláinte!
The Tír na nÓg Irish Pub & Restaurant serves traditional Gaelic fare such as Irish sausage, shepherd's pie, and chicken pot pie.
Hell's Kitchen was once a bastion of poor and working class Irish Americans, and a hotbed of organized crime. Now gentrified, this is still a fascinating neighborhood to explore, which is best achieved by joining a guided tour.
The iconic drink to celebrate St. Patrick's Day is Guinness. But other Gaelic thirst-quenchers, including Smithwicks red ale and Kilkenny cream ale, are also popular.
The annual parade honors the patron saint of Ireland. It was held for the first time on March 17, 1762, this 14 years before the Declaration of Independence.
A lively brass band marches down Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
A young New Yorker displays his affection for the Emerald Isle on St. Patrick's Day.
The specially-adorned bandleader marches ahead of his troop on a St. Patrick's Day afternoon.
The parade is reviewed from the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral by the Archbishop of New York. The cathedral is a noted visitor attraction in its own right.
A young woman daubed with green shamrocks is feeling lucky on St. Patrick's Day. The parade is one of the city's greatest traditions.
This parade-goer sports an impressive green beard to go with his leprechaun-themed attire, and it looks real!
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on March 17, and in New York City they throw the wildest party of all, with the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in full swing. It's the world‘s oldest civilian parade, and the largest in the United States. The jaunty procession is an excuse to go Gaelic, shamrock up, and pay your respects to Ireland's most celebrated patron saint, NYC style.
Browse this gallery for ideas of where to go and what to see during this fun-fueled Irish-American party.
Sláinte! Let's celebrate St. Patrick's Day like a New Yorker
New York City goes green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day
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St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on March 17, and in New York City they throw the wildest party of all with the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. It's the world‘s oldest civilian parade, and the largest in the United States. The jaunty procession is an excuse to go Gaelic, shamrock up, and pay your respects to Ireland's most celebrated patron saint, NYC style.
Browse this gallery for ideas of where to go and what to see during this fun-fueled Irish-American party.