A route map - title in the top left corner is St. Patrick's Day Festival 2010 Route Map. Beneath this in the bottom left of the map, a heading which reads Recognised Watering Holes. Rows of pint glasses with the names of public houses. Centre of the plan dominated by a series of parallel lines indicating streets and roads. A dark line running through the course of the map highlighting the route of the parade. In the top right of the plan, a key highlighting different stages of the route.

A Happy #StPatricksDay to all. We’re sorry to hear the 2026 parade had been postponed, but events have been taking place in the city - www.stpatsparade.co.uk/come-along-t... Here’s the route of the 2010 parade as a reminder of days gone by. Ref: LF 21.7 #LibraryofBham #brumirish

A mural of John F. Kennedy in the foreground of the photograph - a crowd of faces look up to the figure of JFK. A pool of water is directly in front of the mural. The mural is in a subway setting. Above it, a 1960s style office block on the left and a gothic type of church in the centre. A workman’s’ hut in front of the church. An extension of streetlights in the far right of the photograph.

#PhotoFriday The Kennedy Mural in its original location at St. Chads Queensway. The mosaic was commissioned by Birmingham’s Irish community and unveiled in 1968. It now stands in Floodgate Street in the Irish Quarter. Ref – WK/B11/5106 #LibraryofBham @Brumpic #brumirish

A route map - title in the top left corner is St. Patrick's Day Festival 2010 Route Map. Beneath this in the bottom left of the map, a heading which reads Recognised Watering Holes. Rows of pint glasses with the names of public houses. Centre of the plan dominated by a series of parallel lines indicating streets and roads. A dark line running through the course of the map highlighting the route of the parade. In the top right of the plan, a key highlighting different stages of the route.

A Happy #StPatricksDay to all! We’re sorry to hear the 2025 parade had been cancelled, but here’s to better times and a chance to look back to previous parades. Here’s the route of the 2010 parade. Ref - LF 21.7 #LibraryofBham #brumirish