PHOTOS: Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world
March 17, 2014
A bagpiper marches in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. Political controversy surrounded this year's parade, as New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio decided not to march due to the parade organizer's policy to ban participants that identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Heineken and Guinness announced earlier that they would drop their sponsorship of the parade for along the same reasons. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278695 )
Spectators dressed as leprechauns attend St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on March 17, 2014. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144760 )
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge presents a 'Shamrock' to Regimental Mascot Domhnall during the St Patrick's Day parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2014 in Aldershot, England. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visited the 1st Battalion Irish Guards to present the traditional sprigs of Shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. (Photo by Bradley Page - WPA Pool/Getty Images) ( 479263315 )
Spectators attend St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on March 17, 2014. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144690 )
Revelers watch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. Political controversy surrounded this year's parade, as New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio decided not to march due to the parade organizer's policy to ban participants that identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Heineken and Guinness announced earlier that they would drop their sponsorship of the parade for along the same reasons. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278703 )
Bartenders Ciara Wadding, 24, left, and Victoria Roehm, 21, pose for a photograph at Molly Branigans, an Irish-themed restaurant in Erie, Pa., on Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Greg Wohlford) ( St Patricks Day Pennsylvania )
The fountain dyed green for St Patrick's Day is seen on the south lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 528149206 )
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, greets National Guardsmen at the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. The city's St. Patrick's Day parade stepped off Monday without Mayor Bill de Blasio marching along with the crowds of kilted Irish-Americans and bagpipers amid a dispute over whether participants can carry pro-gay signs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Day )
Members of the New York City Police Department march in the St. Patrick's Day parade past protesters, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. The banner reads "Boycott Homophobia." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Day )
The County Tyrone Pipe Band marches in the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. St. Patrick's Cathedral, center, is wrapped in scaffolding for renovations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Day )
Craig Hyatt, left, and his wife Shannon Hyatt, both from Toronto, look toward the Jefferson Memorial after a St. Patrick's Day winter storm, Monday, March 17, 2014 in Washington. Snow has been falling in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast as winter-weary motorists faced another potentially treacherous commute Monday morning, just days before the start of spring. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ( Winter Weather Washington )
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge smiles as she visits the 1st Battalion Irish Guards during the St Patrick's Day parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2014 in Aldershot, England. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visited the 1st Battalion Irish Guards to present the traditional sprigs of Shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. (Photo by Bradley Page - WPA Pool/Getty Images) ( 479263607 )
Members of the military do push-ups in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral while marching in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. Political controversy surrounded this year's parade, as New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio decided not to march due to the parade organizer's policy to ban participants that identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Heineken and Guinness announced earlier that they would drop their sponsorship of the parade for along the same reasons. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278677 )
Artist Gilbert Baker, designer of the Rainbow Flag, is draped with the flag while protesting at the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Day )
Revelers watch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. Political controversy surrounded this year's parade, as New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio decided not to march due to the parade organizer's policy to ban participants that identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278683 )
A reveler watches the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278685 )
Members of the military and a pair of Irish Wolfhounds march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278687 )
Revelers watch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278697 )
Revelers watch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278701 )
Bagpipers march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278709 )
A group of nuns watch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278819 )
Revelers march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278823 )
Participants march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Ave in Manhattan on March 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 479278935 )
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, center,marches in the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. The city's parade stepped off Monday without Mayor Bill de Blasio marching along with the crowds of kilted Irish-Americans and bagpipers amid a dispute over whether participants can carry pro-gay signs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Day )
Decked out in St. Patrick's Day clothing, Ed Silva of Clearwater, Fla., wipes down seats before the gates opened for a spring exhibition baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Baltimore Orioles in Clearwater, Fla., Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( Orioles Phillies Spring Baseball )
In this March 13, 2014 photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, shows the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign that went green for the St. Patrickís Day holiday. The move is part of the 'Global Greening' initiative led by Tourism Ireland. Other landmarks that are going green for the holiday include the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Niagara Falls, the Sydney Opera House, the London Eye and the Pyramids of Giza. (Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones) ( Vegas Sign Green )
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, left, talks with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at New York's St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Day )
Kate Hullihan, 6, watches the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Parade )
A woman watches the parade during St Patrick's Day festivities in Dublin on March 17, 2014. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144571 )
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge laugh as they present 'Shamrocks' during the St Patrick's Day parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2014 in Aldershot, England. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visited the 1st Battalion Irish Guards to present the traditional sprigs of Shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) ( 479264473 )
A spectator with the flag of Ireland painted on her face watches the parade during St Patrick's Day festivities in Dublin on March 17, 2014. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144591 )
Spectators waving the Irish flag attend St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on March 17, 2014. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144700 )
A spectator wearing festive socks attends St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on March 17, 2014. More than 100 parades are being held across Ireland to mark St Patrick's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, with up to 650,000 spectators expected to attend the parade in Dublin. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144802 )
Tom Parr, 62, walks south along State Street during St. Patrick's Day in Erie, Pa. on March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Greg Wohlford) ( St Patricks Day Pennsylvania )
Irish Guards cheer after Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, presented shamrocks to the regiment while visiting the Irish Guards during a St Patrick's Day parade in Mons Barracks in Aldershot on March 17, 2014. William, the Duke of Cambridge attended the parade as Colonel of the Regiment and Catherine presented the traditional sprigs of shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 528146559 )
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speak with soldiers while visiting the Irish Guards during a St Patrick's Day parade in Mons Barracks in Aldershot on March 17, 2014. Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge attended the parade as Colonel of the Regiment and Catherine presented the traditional sprigs of shamrocks to the Officers and Guardsmen of the Regiment. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St. Patricks Day Parade at Mons Barracks Aldershot. AFP PHOTO/POOL/BRADLEY PAGE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528146593 )
The leader of the Irish Air Corps Pipe Band gets a kiss on the cheek during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/The Morning News, Richard Burkhart) ( St Patricks Savannah )
Revelers watch the St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014 in New York. The city's parade stepped off Monday without Mayor Bill de Blasio marching along with the crowds of kilted Irish-Americans and bagpipers amid a dispute over whether participants can carry pro-gay signs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( St Patricks Day )
A member of Junkanoo dances with parade goers during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/The Morning News, Richard Burkhart) ( St Patricks Savannah )
Duane Bohmier celebrates on St. Patrick's Day at Nemo's in Detroit before the crowds arrive on Monday, March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jessica J. Trevino) ( Michigan St Patricks Day )
Thea Simmons adds lipstick as she scouts a Benedictine Cadet kiss during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/The Morning News, Richard Burkhart) ( St Patricks Savannah )
A cadet from the Benedictine Military School gets kissed by a young lady during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Kissing men in uniform is a tradition during the celebration in Georgia's first city. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( St Patricks Day Savannah )
Young students from the Wick School of Irish Dance perform in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, inside the state Capitol, in Denver, Monday March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ( St Patricks Day Colorado )
Brenda Meyers kisses a member of the Yonkers New York Fire Department Pipe and Drum during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Kissing men in uniform is a tradition during the celebration.. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( St Patricks Savannah )
Los Angeles Police Department's Jim Mcsorley dips Tina Shamlian in the middle of East Broad Street as he marches with fellow police officers during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/The Morning News, Richard Burkhart) ( St Patricks Savannah )
A woman wearing an orange cone costume makes her way down the street during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/The Morning News, Richard Burkhart) ( St Patricks Savannah )
Carolyn Geis, right, kisses Irish Air Corps Pipe and Drum member Terry Healy on the cheek during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Kissing men in uniform is a tradition during the celebration in Georgia's first city. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( St Patricks Day Parade Savannah )
Bubbles fly during Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/The Morning News, Richard Burkhart) ( St Patricks Savannah )
Andrea Sicignano of Long Island, NY high-fives a participant marching in Savannah's 190-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Sicignano and a group of friends came to Savannah for their first southern style St. Patrick's Day celebration. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( St Patricks Day Parade Savannah )
Adelaide Lynch takes part in her second St. Patrick's Day parade with her parents, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( St Patricks Savannah )
Megan Weatherly holds a beer during St. Patrick's Day at The Gooses Acre Bistro and Irish Pub, March 17, 2014, in The Woodlands, Texas. Employees handed out festive hats, beads, and fake beards while patrons were treated to live music and performances by Irish dancers. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Jason Fochtman) ( St Patricks Day )
Bartender Fez Galindo pours a drink for a patron on St. Patrick's Day at The Gooses Acre Bistro and Irish Pub, Monday, March 17, 2014, in The Woodlands, Texas. Employees handed out festive hats, beads, and fake beards while patrons were treated to live music and performances by Irish dancers. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Jason Fochtman) ( St Patricks Day )
Students from the Wick School of Irish Dance perform in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, inside the state Capitol, in Denver, Monday March 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ( St Patricks Day Colorado )
Celebrating her birthday, Diane Digiandomenico, of Toronto, watches Savannah's St. Patrickís Day parade, Monday, March 17, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) ( St Patricks Savannah )