Photography: County Cork Pipes & Drums at McGuinness’s Saloon 3/1/26

Photography: County Cork Pipes & Drums at McGuinness’s Saloon 3/1/26

 It took me a while to go through these photos and with New Colossus Festival this past week, I’m finally — and I mean finally — posting these today. Being busy is a good thing after all. 

I love parades. And what better way to celebrate and champion diversity and inclusion, right? I went to Sunnyside for the 26th annual St. Pat’s For All Parade. What a fun way to spend a gorgeous, although chilly early March afternoon? 

County Cork Pipes & Drums, who marched in the parade, spent their post-parade marching and playing at the local bars. Their neighborhood circuit, included a stop at a packed McGuinness’s Saloon, where I had stopped for Guinness and basketball.

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