People have thronged the streets of cities throughout Ireland and the UK to have fun St Patrick's Day.

In Dublin, tens of hundreds of individuals, many decked out in shamrock glasses, Irish flags and leprechaun hats, lined the streets for the capital's parade.

More than 4,200 individuals took half within the procession, that includes 18 performances and pageants together with conventional dancers from Bolivia, Ukraine, Georgia and Brazil.

In Belfast, hundreds of individuals gathered to look at as a vibrant and noisy parade made its method by way of town centre.

Dancers, drummers, big characters in costume and brightly colored props delighted the crowds alongside the route.

The Irish Guards gave three cheers for his or her absent colonel, the Princess of Wales, at a St Patrick's Day parade at Mons Barracks in Hampshire.

Kate, who has been colonel of the regiment for a yr after formally taking up from her husband, has not but returned to public duties as she recovers from stomach surgical procedure, however the couple have attended a number of previous parades collectively.

250 Irish Guardsmen eliminated their bearskin headdresses earlier than giving three cheers of "hip hip hooray".

They had been accompanied by their mascot, a three-year-old Irish wolfhound named Turlough Mor, often known as Seamus.

In Birmingham, giant crowds gathered for the primary St Patrick's Day parade in 5 years - the fiftieth time town has hosted the celebration.

In London, greater than 50,000 individuals had been anticipated to affix the annual procession of Irish marching bands, dance troupes and pageantry by way of the capital, ending with stay performances at Trafalgar Square.