Photo gallery: St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to Salt Lake City
After two-year hiatus, event brings Irish charm to Gateway
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cici the basset hound walks in the Saint Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sophie Chase dances as she watches the St. Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students from Judge Memorial Catholic High School dance in the Saint Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kevin Flynn plays the penny whistle, in the St. Patrick's Parade, in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A boy named Ryder, is fitted with some green eyebrows, as he prepares for the St. Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Faye Roberts, 4, dances with the Taylor Nicole Academy of Irish Dance, in the St. Patrick's Parade, in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students from Judge Memorial Catholic High School dance in the Saint Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Iris Vargas, 3 watch the St. Patrick's parade on the shoulders of her dad, Max Vargas, in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bridget fuller waves the Irish flag as she walks with the Flynn Clan, in St. Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Potato Girls dance on a float in the St. Patricks Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ryder does a dance as he waits for the St. Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The St. Patrick's Parade at the Gateway in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the Taylor Nicole of Irish Academy Dance perform in the St. Patrick's Parade, in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hundreds gather at the Gateway for the St. Patrick's Parade, in Salt Lake City, on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
For the first time since 2019, Salt Lake City had an in-person St. Patrick’s Day parade — celebrating “new beginnings,” the parade’s theme, after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting at 200 South and 600 West, the parade went through The Gateway shopping center along Rio Grande Street — ending at 50 North and 400 West.
That route took the parade through The Gateway’s Olympic Legacy Plaza, where the annual siamsa (pronounced “sham-suh”) took place — a celebration of Irish food, performance and vendors. The daylong party was set to close at 5 p.m., with a crowd singalong of “The Parting Glass,” a traditional Scottish song also sung widely in Ireland, particularly at wakes.
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