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O'Hara Students Show Irish Pride in Philly

Students from Cardinal O'Hara High School take part in the nation's second oldest parade.

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Carindal O'Hara High School students marched in the footsteps of more thn two centuries of tradition Sunday in the Philadelphia St. Patrick's Day Parade.

The parade was first started in 1771 is second only in longevity to the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade, according to the parade's website.

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More than 200 bands, Irish dance studios, Irish culture clubs and local Irish celebrities took part in the March under sunny skies Sunday along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City Philadelphia.

Nancy Caramanico uploaded the O'Hara photos for Patch.

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