St.Patricks Day 2011- European City of Sport

Limerick celebrated its largest ever St Patrick's Day Parade with over 4600 participants taking part in the colourful event as the city celebrated being crowned 2011 EU City of Sport.
With over 4600 participants, it is believed Limerick city hosted the largest regional parade in the country. The Northside Learning Hub once again took the honours for Best Float while the Filipino community won the Most Entertaining Group award.
We filmed before the parade and chatted with some of our favourite Limerick charities and organizations like the Learning Hub, Friends of the Elderly, Doras Luimni and St. Munchin's Community Centre about the importance of sports to Limerick.