From there the parade itself got under way, with activist and artist Will St Leger serving as this year’s grand marshal. Proceedings kicked off at 1pm, with Riverdance warming the crowd up with a surprise performance. Indeed, O’Connell Street was a sea of colour as the parade returned to the thoroughfare for the first time in six years. Today was all about Pride, you see, with toddlers and postboxes alike decked out in rainbow colours for the day that was in it. There was also a selection of bootleg Eagles concert T-shirts and tops commemorating Liverpool’s recent Champions League victory for sale – but those remained untouched.
One stall on O’Connell Bridge was selling flags, wigs, flower crowns and hats to punters ahead of the parade.
Dublin’s street traders were busy flogging rainbow-coloured merchandise in honour of the festivities on Saturday, as tens of thousands of spectators descended on the city centre for the annual Dublin Pride Parade.
