Patrick Duffy

The former Dallas star is the International Guest of Honour for the St Patrick's Day parade and joined President Michael D Higgins and Dublin's Lord Mayor ...

However, he said he would raise a pint in solidarity with all the performers over St Patrick's weekend. Larry Hagman was my best friend and I got to work with him again for five more years. He also said it was a huge honour to get to meet President Michael D Higgins through the celebrations. Patrick added: "The benefit and great honour was that they wanted me back after I left. Larry played Patrick's onscreen brother J.R in the hit It's a truly great celebration of my birthday."

Thousands of people including "Dallas" star Patrick Duffy turned Dublin into a sea of green Friday for the annual St Patrick's Day parade, as Irish Prime ...

As well as locals, the event is a major draw for international visitors, many of whom have Irish ancestry. In Washington, Varadkar was due to meet US President Joe Biden for lunch later as part of his annual Washington visit to mark the Irish patron saint's day. Dublin (AFP) – Thousands of people including "Dallas" star Patrick Duffy turned Dublin into a sea of green Friday for the annual St Patrick's Day parade, as Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar visited Washington.

Many more watched Dublin's 2023 parade, featuring 4,200 performers including marching bands, aerial acrobats and vibrant costumes, live on television. St ...

The theme for this year’s event was voices of Belfast and it was billed as a celebration of the city’s music heritage from pop to punk and traditional to disco. “The beauty of my feeling of being in this parade is the coming together of the heritage that I have, that I’m discovering on a daily basis by being here,” he said. “I think this year’s parade is definitely going to be the biggest and the best,” he said. “The thought that I, as a foreigner, could lead the team out and represent the team is a highlight of my life”, she said. The parade centred around the theme of “ONE” to “shine a light on all the goodness that surrounds us” by protecting and embracing global traditions, culture and heritage. A sea of green made up of half a million people descended on Dublin City centre for a St Patrick’s Day parade that organisers predicted would be “the biggest and best”.

'Mar a cheile sinn - we are one' is the theme of this year's St Patrick's Festival in Dublin.

He will be just one of thousands of international visitors expected to visit Ireland for the celebrations. There will be seven pageants in all, ten 'show piece performances' as well as the traditional marching bands from across Ireland, the US and Canada With 4,000 participants in total, the parade will open with a specially commissioned pageant featuring Macnas, Junk Kouture, the Discovery Gospel Choir and community groups.

The American actor – famed for his role as Bobby Ewing - was the international guest of honour at the parade.

I don’t know why – it wasn’t like I was saying ‘Oh, I’m back on the homeland’. “I just got off the plane and thought 'holy crap, this feels different' and years later, my youngest son Conor was here doing an internship at the Gate Theatre and he stepped off the plane and the first thing he told me when he got back home was ‘dad, I had the same feeling, there is something special’.” He said: I think this is my sixth or seventh time here but I must say the very first time I came here in 1985, when I stepped off the plane – my son had the same experience 25 years later – and literally from my feet up, I felt this was a different feeling than I ever had ever.

Celebrations took place across the island of Ireland with massive crowds turning out to mark March 17 in towns and cities. Today's top videos. STORY CONTINUES ...

Here is your ultimate guide to all of the parades in the country and what is ‘The beauty of my feeling of being in this parade is the coming together of the heritage that I have, that I’m discovering on a daily basis by being here,’ he said. ‘This year’s parade is definitely going to be the biggest and the best,’ he said. ‘The thought that I, as a foreigner, could lead the team out and represent the team – is a highlight of my life’, she said. The parade centred around the theme of 'ONE' to 'shine a light on all the goodness that surrounds us' by protecting and embracing global traditions, culture and heritage. Celebrations took place across the island of Ireland with massive crowds turning out to mark March 17 in towns and cities.

Thousands of tricolour flags were waved in Cork city today as colourful floats rolled through the streets and dancers swirled by in the St Patrick's Day ...

“The brass band from the US were outstanding. I’ve never seen a parade this big before. “They love the attention,” Carol said. “I wanted to celebrate everything Irish today,” she said. The parade centred around the theme of “ONE” to “shine a light on all the goodness that surrounds us” by protecting and embracing global traditions, culture and heritage. “This year’s parade definitely feels bigger than last year," she said.