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UP DUBLIN. St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Grafton Street. In front of the Cartoon Cinema, Grafton St (opened on the 11th of April 1911). Dublin 1963. - Photo by Edward Quinn

UP DUBLIN. St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Grafton Street. In front of the Cartoon Cinema, Grafton St (opened on the 11th of April 1911). Dublin 1963.

On Dublin's Grafton Street, a group of exuberant young men celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in 1963. Packed onto a horse-drawn flatbed cart, they shout and wave paper hats in high spirits. A handmade sign on their cart proclaims “UP DUBLIN” as the procession passes the Cartoon Cinema, whose vertical sign advertising "Cartoons NEWS COMEDIES" is visible in the background. The dynamic scene captures a moment of lively, public jubilation.

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Dublin, Dubliners

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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