My Dad Was The Grand Marshal of the St Patrick's Day Parade! ☘️

[@Quahogger]

☘️☘️☘️💚💚💚 what a grand day

[@asanalysh2024]

Wie schön, dass sie für ihre Arbeit zur Erhaltung des Erbes der Stadt anerkannt werden! Ich bin so froh, dass sie die Parade und die Ehre genossen haben!

[@janetlykins295]

Ohhhhhh you’re dad is just the cutest ever!!!!!!!! That looked like a lovely parade….just goes to show that you don’t have to live in a big city to do a parade. Watching this brought a tear to my eye.

[@IronmanV5]

I love that grin on your Dad's face at the end😂

[@LittleJenniren]

Loved seeing your da in the parade 🥰 He’s so sweet and I always hope he’s keeping well. And it’s so endearing hearing the parade MC say “Please god, we’ll all be back next year.” Reminds me of my granddad - whenever I’d hug him goodnight and say “See ya in the morning”, he’d always respond “Please god.” I don’t know why that made me tear up 🥹 From what I’ve seen, the local parades are the one to go to! Dublin seems like a big US marching band parade. I love the local bit of humour these smaller parades add. Def would be on my bucket list to attend some day 😄

[@debbieroll704]

How great ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sp1108]

So nice that your dad was honoured like this.

[@BazTheStoryteller]

Well done, Clare's dad, brother and nephew. 👍☘️

[@carolmurphy7572]

How lovely for them to be recognized for their work in maintaining the heritage of the town! So glad they enjoyed the parade and the honour!

[@davidskidmore6768]

That's so cool 😃, it's amazing the whole family is famous... Way to go 👏👏👏... CHEERS

[@gijoejarhead428]

Congrats to Dad & his friends on their long careers and I wish them all fun & adventures in their well deserved retirement!

[@cindykurneck]

This is amazing!!!! Thank you for sharing these moments with us! Your Dad is as amazing as you are!

[@jasonniles9270]

Congratulations to your dad on being a Grand Marshal very good parade to watch good video you have a great day now

[@heatherchambers1609]

Great honour for your dad and colleagues to have been honoured for all their work. It is big news here in Montréal when the Grand Marshall is announced for our St Patrick’s Day parade and we all hope it won’t snow that day! Craved salt and vinegar potato chips when I was pregnant so I share your concern for the lack of vinegar 😊

[@ardleighstreet]

How awesome for your family! Your dad looked to be having the time of his life! Thanks for sharing!

[@APaganPerspective]

Congrats on the fun Claire.. another great video

[@daxconnell7661]

that is cool to see your dad and his group get a nod from the town for the job they've done over the years. small towns, or village as you call it, are amazing. when my grandparents passed away in their small village of 100 people, everything shut down for the service of each of them, and it shows the community spirit that larger places often lack. i hope everything is going well for you and Alex, take care.

[@Blondie42]

Congratulations to your dad, and a very belated Lá Fhēile Pádraig sona daoibh. 🍀

[@RebelwheelsNYCShow]

That is immensely enjoyable that your father was a Grand Marshal. That said I was legitimately concerned that the dance group at the end was going to go up in flames

[@Clisare]

Me too 😆

[@aliwantizu]

Aww, that's so great.

[@terireid651]

Your Dad is the cutest man ever. Show us your bump soon. God bless.

[@freeplace5243]

Looks like you and your dad had an amazing day! All the best Clare! ☘

[@timpaszkiewicz7169]

That was so neat. I see why your proud of him.

[@traceymacyogavlogs]

Oh my god, that last fire limbo was unbelievable 😮!! Enjoyed this vlog so much 💚

[@lostonwallace1396]

My grandmother used to make those potato cakes! I haven't had one of those in 40 years!! Clare, I so envy you getting one! lol! I loved them as a child! No one that I know now makes them. :(

[@erickmorin2660]

Your father is so class.

[@donnalyttle7475]

Loved it, and your Dad is so sweet, are you sure hes your Dad? just kiddin ya. thanks for the smiles. donna from North Carolina

[@ellenfarrell908]

I have family members who live in the same village as your dad😊. Xxx

[@corbywestbrook1348]

Loved all of it and your father looked great

[@ChubbaWubba169]

That is very cool, your Pops got to be a Grand Marshal. Good times!

[@meandu2-fh8jr]

The MC is a legend, you can’t teach that Irish wit.

[@GaryG1974]

I loved watching this. Thanks Clare. ♥

[@pennieburnette8212]

Your father is adorable ❤

[@stace0712]

I hope you're doing well, Clare! Much love!

[@Pogue4]

Loved this Video small village parade like that just seems wonderful. Hope you're feeling well Clare and Thank you for the Vid.

[@Wil_Liam1]

My small podunk town/village in deepest darkest south Alabama just north of the Florida/Alabama border only has 7500ish residents these days... Many of which are of Irish, Scottish,German descent ... Yahhh,we know how to drank and party 😉

[@NotMePlease1]

What a nice town you have. Father is a charming gentleman.

[@island_Dave_KeyWest]

This was great! Your dad being honored as Grand Marshall for the Parade was fantastic! He looked so happy!!! Your nephew was a perfect traffic cone! He’ll need to hold on to the costume and take is soon arriving little cousin out nice and safe each Halloween for trick-or-treating. 😉

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for sharing this with us 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 CONGRATULATIONS to your dad for being the Grand Marshal also your brother & nephew for being in the parade as well 🥃 Sláinte 🇮🇪

[@aqacefan]

Next time you're down the takeaway chippy, snag a handful of vinegar sachets for the car. Some people carry tiny bottles of Tabasco, so why not have a ready supply of vinegar when you're out and about?

[@LindaC616]

But do they have sachets or do they just have a bottle and you put it on yourself or they put it on for you?

[@summerwood619]

Love it, parade was great❤

[@lorrainethomas241]

The core strength of the limbo guy...jaysus. Also, comhghairdeas to your da.

[@Rain-Peters]

You have your dads eyes ♥️

[@firedoc5]

Would absolutely love to sit with your dad and his friends in a pub to talk history. It is so great that the town honored your him and the other gentlemen. That potato scallop looks like what we call potato hash browns but would definitely like try it with the vinegar. Hope you and the baby are doing great.

[@Clisare]

We have hash browns here so if your hash browns are a breakfast food, then that’s not that same as scallops!

[@firedoc5]

@@Clisare Gotcha. We have some hash browns and was thinking of trying them with malt vinegar.

[@Peg79]

That looks like so much fun! Your dad looks so proud! What an awesome video! ❤😊

[@Bowkind]

not sure how often you're in the city centre but Enzo's Take Away on Parnell street does potato scallops, but fair warning they can be hit or miss.

[@ifxequalswhy]

Greetings from Upper Left USA. The vinegar... YES!!! 🙌 Why is it such a precious thing now? I recently had to go to FOUR different stores before I could find a bottle of malt vinegar. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Congrats to your dad. Looked like a fun day.

[@cathirodrigo2933]

You look AMAZING!! Glad you had a great (& sober) Patty’s Day!!! ❤❤❤

[@Baeomran]

I love your dad 👨 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jennthelen4721]

That last limbo was genuinely insane! So cool for your Pops 💚

[@RHCole]

Very cool, Clisare! Your Dad sounds like a legend! 👍🏻😁 Edit: Agreed, good parade 😀

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

5:39 Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb ;)

[@kevincaulfield9736]

I loved it. He was having the time of his life.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks!

[@edrodriguez9431]

A true hero of the people Claire, whats it like in Mayo?

[@Clisare]

I don’t know I don’t live there anymore 😂 but I miss it!

[@edrodriguez9431]

@@Clisare christ be with you always

[@LaMortesAbyss]

They never put enough vinegar on the chips.

[@grahamross6397]

They called them "smacks" where I grew up but basically the same slice of potato, deep fried and COVERED in malt vinegar. YUM. Grand Marshal is obviously loving the day. Best Grand Marshal.

[@allfasten]

Looks like some good old tine all around!

[@Wil_Liam1]

Over here in the States, we call them Hash Rounds, which are deep-fried minced up potatoes,usually served at breakfast time,but never with vinegar... If at a restaurant they can be served up with diced onions,chopped ham,grated cheese,and even jalapenos if one likes... Which I do. 😁..Congrats pops on being the GM,and soon to be grandpa !! Love ya Clare ya bonny Irish lass you 😉

[@Clisare]

We have Hash Browns, which are what I think you’re describing (breakfast item etc) and they are completely different. Not the same thing! You’ll have to try it to understand it 😄

[@gotobassmsn]

What a great honor for your Dad to be grand marshal tis year at te parade. And what a smaching parade tat was. Looked lime loads of crack.

[@terenzo50]

Looks a bit like a large hash brown, your potato cake dealie-boo. Never thought of vinegar with a hash brown. Hmmm. Must try it one of these days. All the best to you, Alex and Millie!

[@Bowkind]

Similar but there is some key differences, hash brown is usual grated potato mixed with onions, moulded into triangular shape and pan fried. a potato scallop is a slice of potato coated in a batter (sample batter used for battered sausages) and deep fried.

[@terenzo50]

@@Bowkind Never had onion in my 60+ years of hash browns. Anyway, I said it "looked" like hash browns, not that it was.

[@Clisare]

I don’t think so as we have hash browns here and they’re very different. It’s a battered deep fried potato

[@BazTheStoryteller]

0:36, "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." - Bill and Ted

[@chrisgreen9937]

Hoping for a Father Ted, Bill & Ted crossover

[@jeremysmith9383]

Hello Clisare! 🤗 Love your videos. I always giggle at your parts on the Try channel and was delighted to see you do your own videos. Subscribed of course. Hey have you tried balsamic vinegar on your chippies? We have many different flavours here in Canada. Blackberry balsamic is my fav. Anyways my fam and i will be visiting your island this coming August. Ill watch for you! LOL Cheerios!

[@Clisare]

Not a fan of balsamic vinegar on chips but I do like it on salad sometimes!

[@LindaC616]

In the States, we used to have glorious potato cakes at Arby's (a fast food place). Your hair looks amazing btw,l.

[@Clisare]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@LindaC616]

@@Clisare I'm jelly, bc it's April. I usually like my hair in April and October (less fuzzy for some reason). Not so this year.

Everyone thinks it's hilarious that I have a ziploc bag with salt, vinegar, ketchup (heinz), tissues and another ziploc with some baby wipes but omg they are delighted when they're looking for them. 😄 Adding that potato scallop onto the list of things to try, it looks fab 🙂

[@LindaC616]

Watched twice, once for the limbo, another for Papa Cullen's face when the limbo was completed!

[@Clisare]

Unfortunately I had the camera pointed at the limbo so didn’t get a good shot of Dads reaction faces but I was watching his face IRL and loving it 😂

[@LindaC616]

@@Clisare you can see him leaning forward, watching intently. That works! 👍

[@jamesmurray435]

I am enjoying this video in April of 2024, just wondering how you are doing? I am supposed to go to Ireland on May 1st. You Be Safe and Stay Well.

[@Clisare]

I am good thank you. 🙏🏻

[@sarah.93.31]

Just a super quick message, might just be an issue my end, but the majority of that video was in my left year and not my right. If anyone else is the same let me know. Great video regardless, glad to see you had a great paddy's day Claire 😊☘

[@Clisare]

Shit. Nothing I can do to fix it now unfortunately. Will try make sure it doesn’t happen again for the next one 😭

[@sarah.93.31]

@@Clisare no worries at all, sound was crystal clear otherwise. Cheers Claire 👍😁

[@WestTXRedneck1972]

This was really cool to see. So did you and your grab a pint after the parade?

[@Clisare]

I’m pregnant and my Dad doesn’t drink, so no.

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

i sold bottles of water from a wagon in our town parade

[@Jiddy12345]

Neat!

[@BrianJColby15YT]

That potato scallop would be the equivalent of a McDonald's hash brown here in the US - shredded potatoes cooked in oil until golden brown and crisp. ETA: After further review (thanks, Clisare!) they are definitely NOT the same. If I ever come to Ireland, I need to try one myself (or find the recipe to make them).

[@Clisare]

I’ve commented this a few times already - no, it’s not the same thing. It’s battered and deep fried. It’s not a lightly fried breakfast food. We also have hash browns here, they’re not the same

[@BrianJColby15YT]

@@Clisare I watched the video again and you are correct - this is why I shouldn't be commenting while hungry.

[@ritamgilsenan629]

How are keeping, good i hope.

[@nhenriksen777]

🍀🥰💜

[@Zenithxblack]

Clare, you're so beautiful!

[@msrainbowbrite]

We call them Potato Fritters

[@asanalysh2024]

Gut gemacht, Klairas Vater, Bruder und Neffe.

[@asanalysh2024]

Ich liebe das Grinsen auf dem Gesicht deines Vaters am Ende

[@danikasilva9906]

Happy St Patty's day 🫶🫣

[@ritaakalele4801]

Paddy day ffs 😪😭😭😭😭

[@ritaakalele4801]

Patrick or paddy's please 😢

[@edrodriguez9431]

Happy St. Patricias Day!

[@edrodriguez9431]

The patron saint of cauliflower, getting your keys locked in your car, and derelict farm houses

[@SarahRenz59]

@@ritaakalele4801 I know, right?!? Clare even said it's "Paddy, not Patty" at the end of the video! Would it help people to know that Patrick in Gaelic is PaDraic? (Emphasis mine.)

[@jsturaveragedad]

8000 in your dad's village? my village doesn't even have 1k 🤣

[@Clisare]

That has to be the whole surrounding diocese too 😂

[@remman9]

Was this your first sober St. Patrick's day in over 20 years?

[@Clisare]

No.