Galway Bay fm newsroom - More than 30 thousand people turned out in the city this afternoon to see this year's St. Patricks's Day parade.
The theme of this years event was 'diversity' - and the guest of honour was paralympic medalist Shane Curran.
While this year's parade had a shorter route than normal, there was no loss of enthusiasm as a wide range of colorful performances, floats and musical numbers made their way through the streets.
Event have also been taking place all across the county throughout the afternoon - with many celebrations continuing into the early evening.
Meanwhile, Gort will tomorrow hold it's parade from Church Street at 12.30pm - while in Aughrim, the parade will take place tomorrow at 4pm.
Here's a sample from some of the offerings at today's parade in the city.
Photo - Hildegarde Naughton TD.
