We hope you have seen our very own W. Bro David Beggs and W. Bro Willie Cardwell playing with Major Sinclair Memorial Pipe Band through Belfast City

Another great event and fantastic day enjoyed by everyone. Please see pictures below. 

HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY

Pictures below

The Great Wall of China and Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland® Paris

The Treasury in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, Egypt

Chicago’s Wacker and Willis Towers Christ the Redeemer statue, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa; Whistler ski resort in British Columbia; the Tower of Hope, atop the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg; Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in St John’s; City Hall, Toronto; and City Hall, Montreal.

|In Austria, ‘greenings’ included the Skiwelt Söll (ski resort); Kaprun Castle, in the Zell-am-See region; the Burgtheater (City Hall), and the Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel in Vienna.

TV tower in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz; the Town Hall, in Hannover; the Town Hall and Neumünster Church (built over the tomb of St Kilian) in Würzburg; as well as (below) in Munich, the Allianz Arena, the Amerikahaus, the Olympic Tower and the BMW Welt. While in Theilheim, the Baroc church went green.

Ljubljana’s Castle and the city’s Triple Bridge went green in Slovenia; while in Switzerland, the Rhine Falls, in Neuhausen (one of Europe’s highest waterfalls)

In the Czech Republic, Petřín Lookout Tower, Prague, and the City Hall Viewing Tower, Ostrava, went green. In Brussels, the Grand Place was lit up in green, and the Manneken Pis statue was “dressed” in Irish costume for the day!

In Shanghai, China, the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower and  the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel (old and new towers)

Guangzhou, in southern China, the Canton Tower, Guangzhou while in Qingdao, the Derry~Londonderry~Doire Clipper Race yacht

The Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, Bratislava, went green, along with the ICEconcert Hall in Luleå, Swedish Lapland.

The Holmenkollen ski jump, Oslo, Norway and The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Denmark,

In the Netherlands, Evoluon Eindhoven and Splendor music centre in Amsterdam went green.

Italy: Città Alta – Porta San Giacomo, Bergamo, along with the Leaning Tower of Pisa; the Fountain of Piazza dei Martiri in Reggio Emilia and even the Virgin Active fitness centres in Milan greened their spinning classes!

Malta’s Porte des Bombes, Floriana went ‘green’. And, the Prince’s Palace in Monaco, was also ‘greened’ again.

Going green in Spain were the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Tower of Hercules, in La Coruña; Salamanca town square; and the Cibeles Palace and fountain in Madrid.

Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães, Caiscais, Portugal, and the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) in Luxembourg city.

Burj Al Arab in Dubai and Kingdom Tower, Saudi Arabia, went green.

In France, the famous Moulin Rouge became the “Moulin Vert”; while the Embassy of Ireland in Paris, the Euronext Paris (the historical stock exchange) and the Hôtel de Ville in Lorient, all went green.

Pictures (above) show the State Bank of Countryside; the Chicago River; Chicago Board of Trade and Navy Pier; the Jay Pritzker Pavilion; Trump International Hotel & Tower; the Cadillac Palace Theatre; and the Soldier Field stadium – home to the famous Chicago Bears team – which all went green as part of the celebrations in Chicago.

Also in Chicago, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, the Wrigley Building, the United Center and Old St Patrick’s Church all went ‘green’.

Also ‘greened’ in Chicago were the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, the Wrigley Building and the United Center.

Iconic skyscrapers go green in Philadelphia – the Cira Center, One and Two Liberty Place and BNY Mellon Center went green, along with the famous Boathouse Row.

And, elsewhere across the United States, the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas;   the Empire State Building, New York; City Hall, San Francisco and the Massachusetts State House, Boston, all joined the Global Greening.

Once again, the iconic Niagara Falls was lit up for the St Patrick’s celebrations; while Savannah’s City Hall went green City Hall in Houston also lit up in green again this year.

And, at Downtown Disney®, Orlando –  including the DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park, a ‘Mighty St Patrick’s Festival at Downtown Disney®’, took place with a special ‘Glow with the Show’ where visitors lit up with their ‘greened’ Disney ears!

Meanwhile, down under –  the Old Parliament House in Canberra; Hyde Street Barracks in Sydney; the Council House in Perth; and The State Library of New South Wales in Sydney – all went green.

And, the Sydney Opera House and the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand, were among the very first icons to go green again this year, in honour of the island of Ireland and St Patrick’s Day.

Table Mountain, South Africa, and Scott Base, Antartica both went green as part of the global greening celebrations.

Congratulations to W. Bro Gary Connolly on completing his 100th Marathon at Clonakilty on Saturday 6th December.

Gary was presented with his 100th Marathon Medal by Valerie Fogarty Chairperson of Marathon Club of Ireland

Gary ran his first marathon in Belfast in 2000. He continued to run several marathons a year between 2000 – 2012, before increasing his mileage in 2013 when he ran 27 marathons. This year he has completed staggering 45, including multi-day and ultra marathon events.

Gary completed the his 100th Marathon in 3:45:09.