The 2004 St Patrick's Parade in Leeds was on the theme of Care in
the Community. All the work on the parade is voluntary and allows
a celebration in style for the Irish community.
St Patrick's Day is Wednesday 17 March.
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Saint
Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He was a Christian
missionary given credited with converting Ireland to Christianity
in the AD 400s.
Legend
has it that St Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland.
It
is said that after giving a sermon from Croagh Patrick mountain,
Co Mayo, the saint rang his bell and all the snakes in Ireland
fled into the sea and drowned.
The
5th Leeds St Patrick's Day Parade took place in the city centre
on Sunday 14 March. The enthusiasm of the crowd was not dampened
by the rainy weather.
The
parade started out at 11.30am, from St Peter's Place and went across
the city centre finishing in Millennium Square in front of Leeds
Civic Hall.
Will
you be celebrating with a pint of the black stuff?
Music
was provided by the Artane Boys Band from Dublin.
A mass
also took place in St Anne's Cathedral on Sunday.
Celebrations will continue around Leeds on Wednesday, St Patrick's
Day proper.
