New York City voted the top spot to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Having read some of these posts, especially the one that's all in CAPITALS, I'm left with the impression that I, because of my English birth, strong links to All-Ireland, and fierce loyalty to the U.S. (in whose Marine Corps I honorably and proudly served while still an Irish citizen) would NOT be welcome in the Dublin St. Patrick's Day parade.

@Seanmor, save your breath on SteveAllCAPS. You are a sane, rational, intelligent, objective, man and Steve is a 100% anti-American small-minded man who posts lots of insults and misinformation about the U.S. and Americans. He's off in la-la land. He's so delusional he thinks he can dictate to Americans about how we think about and celebrate our Irish heritage through his ALL CAP rants and tantrum posts. All this from a guy who couldn't even find the healthful/organic foods in the grocery aisles of U.S. supermarkets or locate a farmer's market during the summer. Even my 3 yr. olds can do that. He hasn't provided us with the names of all the U.S. bars that he claims have leprechauns in them, either. It's very sad that he has nothing going on in his own life except to insult and ridicule Americans. Pathetic. SteveAllCAPS - You can't stop us from calling ourselves "Irish-American" or keep us from celebrating our Irish heritage. Some of us even have Irish passports. You don't own Irish ancestry and culture, Steve. They don't belong just to you. So get over it, move on, and MYOB. Btw: do us all a favor and stop posting about things you know nothing about and quit worrying about the weather in NY because it shouldn't concern you. I'm not fat, but I'd rather be fat than be so petty that I had to make fun of other people's weight to make myself feel good.

Seanmor | Mar 16, 2013, 11:42 PM EDT !! WE IRISH PUT ON THE BEST PARADE HERE IN DUBLIN OUR IRISH CAPITAL WHERE REAL IRISH PEOPLE LIKE, ONES WHO WERE BORN HERE AND HAVE IRISH PASSPORTS :) AND JUST A PITY ABOUT ALL THAT SNOW IN NEY YORK IT LOOKED FREEEEZING COLD !!!

Steven S. When it come toreal U.S. culture, no one has a better claim on it that the Native Americans whose ancestors had been here 10,000 years ago. But the culture of the Anglo-Saxons has been the dominent one for about the past 3½ centuries. High on the list of cultures established here in that of the Irish, especially our NYC St. Patrick's Day parade, which had for long been the largest parade in the world. The credit for this great cultural achievement belongs almost entireld to emigrants from the whole Irish nation and their U.S.-born descendants, without any significant help from the Irish state, whose government boycotted our great NYC parade in 1983 and 1985.This parade is ours and it has representation from all parts of our homeland, unlike the Dáil gov't, which excludes representatives from the North.

@@@ciaradexy | Mar 16, 2013, 02:55 PM EDT PLEASE DONT TELL ME THEY WERE ALSO GOING AROUNG WITH THOSE 'FAKE' AMERICAN IRISH ACCENTS SAYING BE GORRA WHERE'S THE LEPRAUCHAUN SHOP? WEARING THOSE WHITE WOOLY JUMPERS FROM THE SOUVENIR SHOPS ALONG WITH THE WHITE RUNNER AND VERY LARGE PAIRS OF 38'-43' INCH WAIST JEANS ALL LOOKING FOR TO GET BACK ON THE COACH !!!....I KNOW I KNOW... BUT AT LEAST THEY GIVE US A GOOD LAUGH haha!!!! :)

SUCH ARROGANCE..!! THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE TO CELEBRATE ST PATRICKS DAY AND THATS IN THE COUNTRY ITS INTENDED FOR (ie)IRELAND AND REAL IRISH PEOPLE...PLEASE STOP TRYING TO STEAL OUR CULTURE AND GET YOUR OWN ....YOUR AMERICAN FOR GODS SAKE NOT IRISH!!!

On 17 March, 1964, NYC was certainly my favorite place to view a parade. That was because I had joined the marines a few days after the 1960 parade and spent 3 St. Patrick's Days far away from the Big Apple. Having returned after 4 years absence, it felt wonderful to be back in NYC in time for the '64 parade, when Fr. Seán Reid was Grand Marshal.

Funny that Wounded/George/Kev. I found NY pretty much exactly the same! I was in town today and even though its only the 16th, Temple Bar was full of drunk Americans being @ssholes at 11am this morning!

I notice they don't vote to spend 3/17 in Dublin. Can't say I blame them, Dublin on St Patrick's Day is a disgusting drug and drinkfest, of zero cultural interest to anyone who values Irish ethnicity.