Most colourful parade in Ireland marks 40th anniversary
The atmosphere is one of acceptance, with a few young girls who were attending the parade for the first time saying that that’s exactly what the event meant to them. They could be themselves and didn’t have to worry about what others thought.
The shouts of “hats, scarves and headbands” were replaced by “bags, whistles, and neckchains”, with even the usual punters found outside Croke Park getting involved in the festivities, selling rainbow-themed attire streetside. However, Mirrin met people in the toilet of Dragon, and ended up having a rainbow drawn across his face with their eyeshadow, of course, and “the sense of belonging, community, everyone came together,” paired with the fact that his friend decided to go with him so he could go to his first Pride parade, makes it a standout memory for him.Lanna Danger, a drag queen originally from Brazil, said that pride for her was “the wisdom, because it’s a place we can be free and we can be ourselves”.
Seáneen Sullivan recalled her standout pride memory while watching the parade go by: “I think the first pride after the marriage equality referendum, because I think it was the first time where it felt like the whole country was celebrating with us,” she said, becoming emotional thinking about it, “because marriage equality was such a hard-won thing.”
Ruadh went on to tell The Irish Times of the wide array of feathers he collected during the parade and the colours he found of each.
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