IN PHOTOS | Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Canada and overseas

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St. Patrick's Day is marked yearly on March 17, the normal loss of life date of Eire's patron saint, and has turn into a celebration of Irish tradition and heritage worldwide.

Try the parades and celebrations in Canada and overseas.

A performer dressed as St. Patrick greets spectators throughout the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on Tuesday.

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A girl gestures as folks collect on the day of the Dublin parade.

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Members of Ohio State College Marching Band put together earlier than the parade begins in Dublin.

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In Canada Over the weekend, grand marshal Rev. Rodney Clark led the St. Patrick's Day parade in Rawdon, Que., the city's forty eighth annual parade. It is the crown jewel of three days of festivities that celebrates the deep Irish roots in the neighborhood and elsewhere within the Laurentians.

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Chantal Larose and Veronique Porlier say they have been attending the Rawdon parade, among the many largest St. Patrick's Day celebrations within the province, for 25 years.

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Spectators watch a float with elementary college youngsters from Rawdon, a city with over 11,000 folks, which is about 77 kilometres north of Montreal.

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In Northern Eire Performers take part within the St. Patrick's Day parade in Belfast on Tuesday.

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An individual reacts throughout the St. Patrick's Day parade in Belfast.

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Within the U.S. Individuals march within the 265th St. Patrick's Day parade in New York Metropolis on Tuesday.

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A girl shows an indication as she and others attend the parade on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

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North Babylon highschool members march throughout the parade in New York Metropolis.

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The Wee Irish Pub, a totally functioning cellular Irish pub constructed by two Massachusetts brothers, is towed down Dorchester Avenue throughout the annual St. Patrick's Day parade by the South Boston neighbourhood, on Sunday.

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A spectator takes a drink throughout the parade in South Boston.

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Girls carrying South Boston hats and beards smile as confetti cannons blast throughout the parade in South Boston on Sunday.

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