A look at St. Patrick's Day

March 17, 1998
Web posted at: 2:30 p.m. EST (1930 GMT)

(CNN) -- Millions of people in Ireland and around the world celebrated St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday. While the Irish Republic celebrated the day as a national day with a distinctly religious flavor, St. Patrick's Day for many outside the Irish isle was mainly a parade-and-party event, particularly in the United States.

Here are pictures of St. Patrick's Day celebrations from the United States and around the world.

Click here for our St. Patrick's Day image gallery
Quicktime Video Festivities in Fiji ... 3.3M/30 sec./240x180 1.8M/30 sec./160x120		... and in Sydney, Australia 3.1M/25 sec./240x180 1.7M/25 sec./160x120

Special section:

• St. Patrick's Day

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Related sites:

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• Ireland's National St. Patrick's Day Festival - Dublin, Ireland
• Biography of St. Patrick
• St. Patrick's Day web site
• St. Patrick's Festival '98 - sponsored by the Irish Times
• Customs and Traditions of St. Patrick's Day
• All Things Irish

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