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Laura Coates reports from Newbridge Grey skies and steady drizzle couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the well-wrapped-up young marchers in this year’s Newbridge parade, whose enthusiasm kept them warm even as showers thinned out the crowds. The event, which prides itself on being one of the biggest parades outside the capital, set off shortly before midday. It was lead down main street by a motorcade which included military vehicles from the nearby Defence Forces Training Centre on the Curragh.
‘Legends of Kildare’ was this year’s theme, and the town’s own Brenda Donohue of RTE radio took up her traditional annual role on the emcee’s mic, energetically shepherding performers, sports clubs, lorries and trucks past the viewing stand. A delegation from Newbridge’s twin town of Bad Lippspringe in Germany took part, along with spectacular floats and dance numbers from Kildare’s many multicultural organisations, including the Newbridge Malayali Association and the Kildare Filipino Community.
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