We viewed the parade from O'Connell Street between the River Liffey and the GPO (General Post Office). Crowds already 2-3 deep when we arrived so no up-front location available, but seemed to maneuver around cell phones and viewers with green hair to get some decent photos. By the time the parade started passing our location about 12:30, crowds were 10 deep.

The best way to go through the photos is with your right-arrow key or with the slideshow feature. The gallery for this section starts here:
http://tom911.smugmug.com/Travel-Ire...Day-Parade-Du/

From before the parade even started:


We saw one person climb up above where you can see the persons in this photo. On the treacherous descent, he had the common sense to pass his whiskey bottle down first.



Police were happy to take a photo:



St. Patrick himself was up at the start of the parade:



No idea who was in this coach up front:



Chicago PD Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society: