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07 Mar 2026

Watch: New York St Patrick's Day Parade dream come true for St Catherine's band

The Key Killybegs band are preparing to march in the New York St Patrick's Day parade - four years after Covid-19 shattered their original plans

In 2020, members of St Catherine's Band in Killybegs were all set for the trip of a lifetime - to take part in the world famous St Patrick's Day parade. 

Like so much else at that time, their plans were shattered by the global pandemic.

But now, the band are finally getting their chance to march on the streets of New York. Photographer Siobhan McGowan stopped by to catch up with the members of St Catherine's Band as they rehearsed for their trip to the Big Apple.

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