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The Ballincollig Business Association pulled out all the stops for Ballincollig’s St Patricks Day Parade to an estimated audience of over 10,000. The parade had almost 1500 people participating with a total of 49 entrants.

From Wednesday the town began preparing for the Parade with the erection of street bunting, shops decorating their windows and of course the turning on of the town’s festive lighting to green and white for the weekend. On Friday night parking was restricted and very early on St Patrick’s Day there was an air of anticipation in the whole community. At 9.30am a team of volunteers began putting out over 500 crowd control barriers while others put up diversion signs, decorating the town with balloons, setting up the reviewing stand and a host of other jobs that have to be done to make the day a success. Ballincollig Farmers & Craft Market set up in front of Ballincollig Shopping Centre to add to the day.

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