EPAepa00670402 A group of men dressed as leprechauns watch the St. Patricks Day parade in New York Friday 17 March 2006. This is the 245th year for the annual parade which runs up 5th Avenue and is attended by thousands. EPA/JUSTIN LANE
EPAepa01284624 Selfridges department store in the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, UK is illuminated green late 13 March 2008, to celebrate the week of St Patricks Festival 2008. On 16 March 2008, Birmingham will host the worlds third largest St Pa
dapdTable mountain is seen lit up in green, in a spectacular display to commemorate St Patricks Day in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, March 17, 2011. (Foto:Schalk van Zuydam/AP/dapd)
REUTERSThe Empire State Building is lit with green lights during St. Patricks Day in New York March 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES CITYSCAPE SOCIETY)
EPAepa02638332 The North Lawn Fountain is seen dyed green, with the White House behind, on St. Patricks Day in Washington DC, USA, 17 March 2011. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
EPAepa02639139 The White House Fountain is colored in green for the visit of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the White House and to celebrate St Patricks day in Washington, DC, USA, 17 March 2011. EPA/Olivier Douliery / ABACAUSA.COM POOL