All across Laois there was large attendances at St Patrick’s Day parades.
Having been under various lockdowns over the past two years and there being no parades at all since 2019, the public were only mad keen to get back out and about again.
And in Mountrath there was a bumper St Patrick’s Day parade, with a wide range of community groups taking part and a huge attendance showing up.
Photographer Alf Harvey was there for us to capture a selection of great images.
You can check them out in full below.