costumed participants mingle with the crowd watching the 2005 st. patrick's day parade, dublin.

the 2005 st. patrick's day parade was attended by about 700,000 people, all of them lined up along the streets of the city. costumes ranged from the surreal to wacky, there were marching bands from the united states and europe, as well ireland.

when the posts with multiple photographs are taken into account, this is the 300th photograph published! hopefully you're enjoying viewing them as much as I am enjoying photographing them.