St. Patrick's Day is the celebration of Ireland's patron saint and all things Irish. Around 80 million people identify as Irish, particularly in the U.S. and Australia. Also Spain….
Ken Browne is in Madrid to soak it all up and meets some VIPs including Bono and a parrot.
#stpatricks #madrid #spain
Ken Browne is in Madrid to soak it all up and meets some VIPs including Bono and a parrot.
#stpatricks #madrid #spain
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00:00I've never seen so many leprechauns in all my life.
00:23Centre Madrid is green today, the centre of Madrid is Irish, it's St. Patrick's weekend.
00:28This is the third of St. Patrick's Day parades in Madrid and the last two years have been fantastic.
00:34So we're going to have 900 pipers going through here,
00:37this is going to be the biggest St. Patrick's Day parade in Madrid.
00:47You find your Gaelic family here, it's just Madrid Harps has been here for 21 years
00:53and it's just a sense of community.
00:54St. Patrick's Day parade, it's a green bird, it's asylum luck, can I keep him?
01:02Very happy, all the Irish community over here is just amazing.
01:05What was your favourite bit?
01:06The favourite bit, the pipes, the leprechauns.
01:10Leprechauns?
01:11The leprechauns?
01:11Yeah.
01:12Feliz Dia de San Patricio!