Saint Patrick's Day have been cross-community St Patrick's Day parades in towns throughout Northern Ireland, which have attracted thousands of spectators. In the mid-1990s the government of the Republic of Ireland began a campaign to use St Patrick's Day to showcase Ireland and its culture. The government set up a group called St Patrick's Festival, with the aims: The first St Patrick's Festival was held on 17 March 1996. In 1997, it became a three-day event, and by 2000 it was a four-day event. By 2006, the festival was five days long; more than 675,000 people attended the 2009 parade. Overall 2009's five-day
St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School of a particular class each month in combination with the Catechism teacher(s) concerned. The chapel affixed to the convent is open to the sisters, the staff, and the students during school hours. Retreats are orchestrated over a period of two or three months for both students and teachers. Notable events/feasts that take place in/are celebrated within the school include: St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School is an all-girls day school at Perambur in the city of Chennai that was founded in 1883 by Fr. J. Allen, initially as an attachment to Our Lady of