Bennachtai na Feile Padraig, 2002!

• The Fighting 69th's Regimental Piper, Pipe and Drum Major Joe Brady, Jr.
• American Celtic Pipe Band, Inc., Babylon, Long Island, NY
• The NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
• New York State Fraternal Order of Police Irish Warpipe Band
• The Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh Pipes & Drums, Passaic, NJ
• St. Nauls Pipes and Drums, County Donegal, Ireland
• Joseph Duelk, Jr. AOH Division 1 Pipes & Drums
• The Leathernecks (USMC) Pipes & Drums, Paramus, NJ
• Xaverian High School Pipes & Drums, Brooklyn
• The Pipes & Drums of Knights of Columbus Council #126, Brooklyn
• The New York State Courts Pipes & Drums
• La Real Banda Escola Provincial de Gaitas do Ourense, Spain
• The FDNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
• Westchester County Firefighters' Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
• The Dunlap Highlanders Pipe Band, Oakland, Maine
• NYC Corrections Department Emerald Pipe Band
• The Northport, Long Island Bagpipe Band
• Suffolk County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
• Manhattan College Gaelic Society Pipe Band
• Port Authority Police Department Emerald Society Irish Warpipe Band
• Westchester County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
• Nassau County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
• Iona College Gaelic Society Pipe Band, New Rochelle, NY
• Broome County Celtic Pipes & Drums, Binghamton, NY
• Eastern Long Island Police Pipes & Drums, Hampton Bays, NY
• Richmond County Pipe Band of Staten Island
• The Police Pipes & Drums of Bergen County, NJ
• NYC Sanitation Department Emerald Society Pipe Band
• NYC MABSTOA Emerald Society Transit Pride Pipes & Drums
• Amerscot Highland Pipe Band, Red Hook, NY
• Sioil na hEireann Pipe Band of Suffolk County AOH Division 8
• IBEW Local 25 Pipe Band
• Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums, AOH Division 1, Swedesburg, PA
• Tara Pipes & Drums, AOH Division 15, Massapequa Park, Long Island, NY
• Wantagh, Long Island American Legion Pipe Band
• The Saffron Kilts Pipes & Drums, AOH Division 2, Babylon, Long Island, NY
• Roisin Dubh Irish Pipe Band of Our Lady of Knock, AOH Division 7, East Islip, Long Island, NY
• Staten Island Pipers' Association Pipe Band
• Clann na Vale Pipe Band
• Rockland County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
• The Blackthorn Bagpipe Band
• Rockland County AOH Pipe Band
• Joseph Duelk, Jr. AOH Division #1 Pipe Band of Orange County ("The Old Brigade"), Monroe, NY
• Fairfield County, CT Celtic Pipes and Drums
• The Sword of Light Pipe Band of IBEW Local 3
• The County Tyrone Society Pipes & Drums
• St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, Hunterdon County, NJ
• Amityville American Legion Post 1015 Highlanders' Pipe Band
• The County Cork Pipers' Band
• The Kerry Pipers
• County Armagh Association of New York Pipes & Drums
• The County Monaghan Pipe Band
• Clann Eireann War Pipe Band of Brooklyn
• NY State Courts' Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
• Northport, Long Island Pipes and Drums
• The Bishop Molloy Memorial High School Pipe Band
• The Dublin, Ireland Fire Brigade Pipe Band
• Firefighters' Pipes and Drums of Bergen County, NJ
• NYC FBI Emerald Society Pipe Band, Hicksville, Long Island, NY
• Innis Fada Gaelic Pipe Band, Mineola, Long Island, NY
• The Pipes & Drums, Irish-American Social Club of Northern Westchester & Putnam Counties
• The Tri-County Pipe Band
• NY State Department of Corrections Pipe Band
• The Pipes & Drums of Local 608, International Brotherhood of Carpenters, Architects & Joiners of America

Now, keep in mind that some of these Bands are presently on the web, and you can find those specific links in Uncle Fergus' Highland Links segment. The complete St. Patrick's Day Parade 2002 line of march was printed in the New York Post --- on March 15th, 2002! Now, here be some links to St. Patrick's Day events we believe might be well worth your attendance during the rest of 2002 --- and perhaps, 2003 as well:

• Baltimore, MD St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Atlanta, GA St. Patrick's Day Parade
• San Diego St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival
• Elmhurst, IL St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Savannah, GA's "Irish for a Weekend"
• Ireland, WV's Irish Spring Festival
• St. Patrick's Day Celebrations at the University of Missouri at Rolla
• New Orleans' St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Chicago's South Side St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Hollywood, FL St. Patrick's Day Parade and Concert
• Washington, D.C. St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Manchester, NH St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Toronto, ON, Canada's St. Patrick's Day Parade
• South Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival, Hermosa Beach, CA
• Minnesota Irish Heritage Faire
• Spilligan's Island 2002: Spillin' o' the Green, Pocahontas, IA
• Emmetsburg, IA St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
• Dallas, TX St. Patrick's Day Parade
• North Texas Irish Festival @ Dallas

And if pubs be yer desire, check these sites out:

• The NYC Irish Pub Guide
• Rocky Sullivan's
• Rory Dolan's
• Paddy Reilly's Music Bar
• Chief O'Neill's Hotel, Dublin

Want to check out other Irish-themed search engines? Then maybe ye'll like these:

• IrishAbroad.com
• Virtual Ireland
• LocalIreland.ie
• The Irish Golden Pages Online

And how about these media-based Irish sites?

• Out of Ireland, hosted by Patricia O'Reilly
• The Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago
• Ceol Traditional Music Centre, Dublin
• The Tara Circle, Inc.
• Radio Telefis Eireann and RTE News

And groove to the beat of these Celtic musical superstars:

• Lenahan
• The Prodigals

Lastly, here be some really strange sites for fans of the bizarre, the unexpected, the totally Celtic:

• Appletree Press' "Ireland's Eye" ("The Great Leprechaun Hunt")
• St.-Patrick's-Day.com
• St. Patrick's Day in Dublin!

Watch this section for more links to other St. Patrick's Day events, both within and beyond Dublin, Ireland! And remember, if you don't see your St. Patrick's Day event posted here, but would like to have it listed, please e-mail me at either pirate1_power@hotmail.com or blackbeardian@yahoo.com.