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Limerick Pride

The first Pride took place in Limerick in 2001, when Paddy Doyle and Nicole Dunphy organised a festival of celebration with events in two of the city’s nightclubs. Three years later, in 2004, Cecil Street was closed off for the first street-party, and an impromptu Pride march up O’Connell Street took place, with six merry revellers.

The Limerick Pride parade proper began in 2007, with several hundred people marching on O’Connell Street.

In 2008 the Pride Festival became a week-long event with an emphasis on music, art, theatre, and culture. Alternative Miss Ireland winner, Sheila Fitspatrick along with her partner Madonna Lucia (pictured), became the first Grand Marshals for the Parade.

Last year the focus of Limerick Pride was youth, with inspirational young people taking pride of place in the celebrations. The Limerick LGBTI Pride 2017 Grand Marshals were the incredible young people who form the Youth Advisory Panel on the LGBTI Youth Strategy. This strategy is the first of its kind in the world focusing on the needs of LGBT young people in Ireland. Young people came from all over Ireland to represent the youth strategy team.

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