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The parade will start at Parnell Square at noon on the 17th.
Sports stars Kellie Harrington and Ellen Keane are the Grand Marshalls of this year's St. Patricks Day parade in Dublin.
The theme of this year's festival, which runs from the 16th to the 20th of March, is "connections".
The parade will start at Parnell Square at noon on the 17th.
Kellie says she's honoured to take part: