St. Patricks Day in Dublin

On Saint Patrick's Day this year all the senior couples in Ireland met in Dublin for a fun day together. We traveled to Dublin with the McBrides and Sister Nolan and Sister Joins.

We met at the Finglas Chapel. Then we rode the bus to downtown Dublin.

Sister Hancock and Clarissa were ready for the day! Clarissa is a Dublin YSA and she was a great tour guide since she knows her way around Dublin.

Downtown Dublin, the spire.....

Fun face painting!

Sister McBride putting a tattoo on Elder McBride, getting ready for the big parade!

These cute wee girls were standing next to me while we were waiting for the parade. They were excited they were going to be on a American blog!

There was a good crowd, all wearing green!

Saint Patrick led the parade.

Cool band....

Bagpipes!

Colorful costumes!

All the floats were moving manually, no cars!

Lovely ladies!

It certainly was an interesting parade!

Definitely not your traditional Irish parade!

Sister Neely......

The Geilmans.......

Sister Nolan and Sister Joins........

After the parade.

Riding the bus back to the church.

Some of the doors of Dublin!

The Meriva convention.....

Elder and Sister Richins were celebratinng their 50th wedding anniversary so we had a little party.

Lots of good food.

Wee lepracauns.......

Better than kissing the Blarney stone!

We had a really fun day and enjoy being with the other senior missionaries. After we ate, the Finglas ward put on a wonderful cultural event with Irish music and dancing. We stayed for that, and then headed back to Belfast.