St Patrick's Day: Thousands expected to attend celebrations across Northern Ireland
Thousands of people are expected to attend St Patrick's Day celebrations across Northern Ireland on Friday.
From 1:30pm, Belfast city centre will be a carnival of colour as the annual St Patrick's Day parade gets underway.
This year the theme is 'Voices of Belfast' and will celebrate Belfast's vibrant musical heritage including folk, disco, punk and electronic.
Meanwhile, in Downpatrick there will be walkabout characters, arts, crafts and face painting taking place at St Patrick's Square.
Marcus Square and Margaret Square in Newry will be packed from 12:00pm with activities for families.
Armagh's parade leaves at 2:30pm and in Londonderry the Spring Carnival Parade will start at 3pm from Bishop Street Car park and weave its way around the city centre.
If you're attending any of today's events, you can send photos to UTV by email to: news@u.tv.
You can watch UTV's special programme on St Patrick's Day 2023 on Friday at 10.45pm.
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