Saint Patrick's Day in the United States County Division's St. Patrick's Day Parade has more than 130 entries and lasts more than 90 minutes as it snakes through downtown and the Old Market. Pearl River attracts a crowd of 100,000 people, making it the second largest parade in New York state behind the New York City Parade. The parade started in 1963. The St. Patrick Society sponsors a St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Party on March 17 of each year. The Parade participants march along the designated parade route through downtown Peoria. Awards are presented in the following parade categories: Business Entries, Family Entries, and Organizational Entries.
TrSS St Patrick (1906) TrSS St Patrick (1906) TrSS "St Patrick" was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1906. She was built by John Brown and Company for the Great Western Railway as one of a trio of new ships which included TrSS "St George" and TrSS "St David". From 1914 to 1919 she was requisitioned by the British Government as a hospital ship for the duration of the First World War. On 20 August 1927 she was in collision with her sister ship TrSS "St David" in Fishguard harbour. She was re-engined in 1926 and caught fire on 7