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Tullamore enjoyed a huge attendance for their St. Patrick's Day parade on Tuesday morning.
The parade travelled through High St., Bridge St., Colmcille St. and over the Kilbeggan Bridge onto Arden Road before finishing at Tullamore GAA Centre.
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Gráinne Walsh, a native of Tullamore and Irish boxer was on hand to cut the ribbon to officially open the Parade as part of her duties as Grand Marshall.
She won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Boxing Championships and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
READ MORE: PICTURES: Kilcormac pulls out all the stops for memorable St. Patrick's Day parade
Dancing with the Stars finalist, singer Tolu Makay was also in attendance as a special guest of honour for the proceedings.
The theme of the 2026 parade was BEANNACHTAÍ LÁ FHÉILE PHÁDRAIG meaning ‘Blessings of the Festival of St. Patrick on all’.
Photos courtesy of Ger Rogers Photography.
The winning entries in the Tullamore parade were as follows:
☘️Best OVERALL Entry - National Ambulance Service
☘️Best NEW Entry - Tullamore Lithuanian Community
☘️Best COMMUNITY Entry - Tullamore Tidy Towns Association
☘️Best SCHOOL Entry - Gael Scoil an Eiscir Riada
☘️Best BAND - Mullingar Town Band
☘️Best SPORTS Entry - Tullamore Basketball Club
☘️Best YOUTH Entry - St Mary's Youth and Community Centre
☘️Joint Best ENTERTAINING Entry - Golden Ravens & Concepta, the "Record Breaking" Goose
☘️Best BUSINESS Entry - Patrick Mitchell & Co.Ltd
☘️Best Dressed DOG - OSPCA
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