St. Patrick’s Day during lockdown just doesn’t have the same feel. Pubs are closed in Dublin and Belfast on Wednesday. The bar owners have had a tough year bookended in a cruel way by two St. Patrick’s Days during the pandemic. Still, some people have come up with clever ways to celebrate on the Emerald Isle. How about socially distanced dancers from the folk dance ensemble Shamrock Bhangra, shaking their stuff in front of the famous manor Castletown House in County Kildare?
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