St. Patrick’s Day Parades | New England by the Numbers

1737 Date of world’s first recorded St. Patrick’s Day parade, hosted by Boston’s Charitable Irish Society 20.4 Percentage of Boston-area population claiming Irish heritage 1,200 Pounds of corned beef and cabbage (combined) served at Boston’s Durgin–Park St. Patrick’s Day brunch Four (approximate) miles: length of the parade route through South Boston 600,000-1,000,000 Spectators watching Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade 36 Feet: West Boylston’s “World’s Shortest” parade route, between the door of Finder’s Pub and the door of Keeper’s Pub 116 Consecutive St. Patrick’s parades in South Boston (as of 2016) 250 Marchers enlisted for 2016 (fourth annual) “World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade” in West Boylston, Massachusetts 150 Minutes: duration of Boston’s parade 25 Minutes: duration of West Boylston’s parade

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