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Fun for all the family starting at 3pm

Slane St. Patrick's Day Parade 17th March

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The Slane St Patrick's Day Parade will start at St Patrick's National School at 3pm and will be led off by St Patrick and the Kenstown Accordian Band, who have participated in the parade for many years.

The parade will continue down through the village, finishing up at Marian Terrace on the Navan Road.

Some 20 to 25 floats will take part, and there will be plenty of cartoon charachters around, including Minnie and Mickey Mouse, Shrek, Sccooby Doo and The King himself, Elvis Presley, will take part in the parade.

The Malahide Pipe Band will join this year's event and there will be entertainment on the street, including jesters, clowns and stilt-walkers.

There will be music on the square and the parade committee is asking businesspeople and private houses in the village to decorate their windows and shopfronts for the occassion and there will be a prize for the best.

The best float and the best walking group will also be eligible for prizes.

The organisers are asking everyone to be in place by 2.30pm.