{"id":349,"date":"2012-03-17T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/st-paddys-day-in-ireland"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:28","slug":"st-paddys-day-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/17\/st-paddys-day-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"St Paddys Day in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A national holiday of monumental proportions here in Ireland, St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is like our Fourth of July&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"p_embed p_image_embed\">\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/17\/st-paddys-day-in-ireland\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-349 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/17\/st-paddys-day-in-ireland\/39186614-img_2356-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39186614-img_2356.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39186614-img_2356.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39186614-img_2356.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"7402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/17\/st-paddys-day-in-ireland\/39186614-img_2356-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39186614-img_2356.jpg?fit=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,209\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"39186614-img_2356\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39186614-img_2356.jpg?fit=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>Eagled in the late morning.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-circle tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/17\\\/st-paddys-day-in-ireland\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; 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Next up was an international St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade in Dublin&#8217;s city center attended by 500,000 people. 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Then came back and watched a great Ireland team get clobbered by England in rugby. 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