Thousands of people attended parades and festivities right across the county today to mark St Patrick’s Day.
Young and old alike of all nationalities lined streets across Donegal dressed in varying shades of green to celebrate the national day.
Parades from Buncrana to Ballyshannon and Ballybofey to Dungloe were celebrated in style.
RTE filmed live from Donegal Town as businesses and community groups were showcased before their annual parade got underway at 3pm.
In Letterkenny, the theme for the day was ‘Celebrating Letterkenny Together’ as traditional music and Irish dancing took place to the sizeable crowd.
YouTube: Donegal Online
Sunshine appeared following some damp weather before the town’s small celebration made its way through Main Street.
Speaking at the annual St Patrick’s Day reception at Áras an Uachtaráin this evening, President Michael D Higgins said the day was a time when the global Irish family could “join together to celebrate our Irish culture and heritage”.
“On this St Patrick’s Day, when we celebrate the life of St Patrick… we also celebrate and offer to the world those aspects of our values that make us uniquely Irish,” he said.
“In doing so, let us resolve to build together a fairer Ireland, an Ireland that treasures all of its people equally, and understands that a nation that has truly progressed, is one that encompasses all of its people, regarding the full participation of all citizens as a fundamental right.”
View some of the best moments of the day from across the county below…
