2010 • St. Patrick's Day event, Delray Beach Atlantic Avenue 42nd Annual event, March 13, 2010 2pm

Delray Beach - Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day if you were in downtown Delray Beach Saturday. The 42nd St. Patrick's Day Parade was infusion, with the American Firemen. "Both cultures like to party and have fun and both have cool accents," said Nancy Stewart, of Festival Management Group, which took over organizing the parade 2 years ago. "We had a lot of calls from people who thought it was blasphemous and others who felt it was a fun idea." The event, which drew thousands, shut down East Atlantic Avenue from Swinton Avenue to the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway for nearly three hours of revelry. Crowds were especially heavy in front and near the many bars that line the street. Related links Delray Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade Photos There was also the Jamaican Me Irish festival on the grounds of Old School Square. But most of all there were green beads, green beards and green beer. There was full body green, too, like Dylan Siska. The 31-year-old was painted green from head to toe in honor of Ireland's patron saint: St. Patrick, who spread Christianity through the Emerald Isle in the fifth century. "We're a little bit Irish," said Siska, who rode in a tandem bike with Danielle DiRosa before the floats flooded the avenue. "But today is just about having a good time." The parade itself featured more than 100 local firefighters from cities like Plantation, Coral Springs and Delray Beach. There were also plenty of bagpipes, fire trucks, Ford Model T's, monster trucks and a pack of skateboarders performing tricks as the parade moved west to Swinton Avenue. And there was Petunia, a 15-year-old potbellied pig who's been the mascot of the parade since she was born.

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