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St Patrick (Jimmy Diggins) with a little leprechaun (Coleman O’Donoghue) at the Scoil Eoin St Patrick’s Parade on Wednesday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean
WHILE the town prepares for the St Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow afternoon, the pupils at one school jumped the gun for a colourful morning in Balloonagh.
Scoil Eoin has been holding their own parade for years now and it has become a real tradition at the school. At around 9.15am this morning, the pupils – numbering almost 700 – gathered in the yard with uniforms discarded in place of colourful green outfits.
St Patrick and musicians from the school led the merry bunch on a loop of the school while Manus Leane also played some Irish tunes for the many parents watching.
The morning finished off with a short ceilí before they all headed back to the classrooms.
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Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
St Patrick leads the parade. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Erin O’Sullivan enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
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A pupil enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
A pupil enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils dancing the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
Pupils enjoying the St Patrick’s Parade at Scoil Eoin. Photo by Dermot Crean
