The weather may have stopped some people from attending the South Side Irish Parade. Organizers estimated the crowd at 75,000, lower than in pre-pandemic times.
Children on 105th Street and Western Avenue try to get close to the action Sunday at the South Side Irish Parade.
“Nothing stops us,” Smith said. “We’re here to celebrate the Irish. I’ve been coming to this since I was a kid. I grew up in Mount Greenwood.”Ed Smith and his grandchildren plus Megan Shaw and her children were early arrivals for the South Side Irish Parade. “This is better,” she said. “People are a little more tough and excited about this parade. You only get one chance. We take it seriously. We loved it so much last year that we had to come back again.”“We don’t mind because we are strong Chicagoans,” she said. “We love this parade, and we have to honor our Irish heritage. The kids are half Indian and half Irish and this is my time to get my culture in.
“I’ve seen the queens at the parades in the past and thought it would be great to be like them,” Doyle said. “But I never thought it would happen to me.”The Rev. Daniel Brandt, representing the police chaplains, said he was honored his ministry was chosen.
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