Manchester UK, 16th March 2014. SCAMP in an Irish dog coat at the St Patrick's Day religious procession in Manchester. Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick") is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated annually on 17 March, the death date of the most commonly-recognised patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. Credit: Cernan Elias/Alamy Live News
The parade began at the Irish World Heritage Centre at snaking its way down Cheetham Hill Road, through the city centre to Albert Square and the festival hub at the town hall, where there were a selection of traditional Irish food stalls, art, crafts, and music. THE IRISH Government offerred further financial support to Manchester’s Irish World Heritage Centre as it entered its second phase of development, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told The Irish Post. He officially opened the first phase of the £10million complex on the 10th March. TheTaoiseach pledged that the Irish Government would “continue to support [the centre] as it looks towards its second phase.“As our economy continues to improve at home it allows us to support more developments like this,” he Irish Government have already contributed upwards of £1m in funding for the Centre, which has been in operation for just over a year.
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Location: Manchester, UK
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