Culture – Floats

St Patricks Day Parade 2014 | London
Vaughn Barzey

Staying warm on the parade
St Patrick's Day
Pat Connolly

St. Patrick’s Day parade floats in London


Dancing on the floats

aDevineJohn
John Devine

Performing on the St. Patrick’s Day floats

Earl Stan
Stan Earl

“…dancing on the backs of the lorry”


Costumes, dances and lorries in the parade

St Patricks Day Parade 2014 | London
John Howard

Police reaction to St. Patrick’s Day floats


Building a Float for St. Patrick’s Day


Decoration and construction of a St. Patrick’s Day float


Floats, featuring bog and bog barrows from Ireland

St Patricks Day Parade 2014 | London
Shelagh O’Connor

“…going off from here in the morning with tricolours all over the place.”

Sills Michael
Michael Sills

Irish community collective efforts to build floats


Themed floats for St. Patrick’s Day

St Patricks Day Parade 2014 | London
Annie Whyte

Re-creating characters and themes for St. Patrick’s Day floats


“There’s a wee cottage on the back of the float…”

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