{"id":553974,"date":"2026-03-22T21:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553974\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:18:13","slug":"young-montrealers-share-their-big-dreams-for-st-patricks-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553974\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Montrealers share their big dreams for St.Patrick’s Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snow won\u2019t stop Montreal from celebrating one of its oldest traditions, as thousands gathered Sunday for the 201st edition of the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever we\u2019re here for the parade or just St. Patrick\u2019s Day, we\u2019re always making fun,\u201d said Kayla Ann Richer, a Montrealer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme,\u00a0Little Shamrock\u2019s, Big Dreams, puts the spotlight on the next generation carrying on the tradition.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of this parade has kind of passed down through the generations. And it\u2019s because we keep getting our youth and our kids involved. Like, my kids come to our general meetings, and they\u2019re so small. And the tradition just kind of lives on, and kids can believe in anything, and their dreams are big,\u201d said Nikki Picher-Doyle, Vice-president of advertising and public relations for United Irish Societies of Montreal.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nikki Picher-Doyle, Vice-president of advertising and public relations for United Irish Societies of Montreal. (Johanie Bouffard, CityNews)<\/p>\n

Malea Richer, a younger Montrealer, said,\u00a0\u201cMy big dream\u2026 is when me and all my family get together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daryl, another young Montrealer, said his dream is to \u201cPlay in the NHL.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Alannah Bougie and her husband, this year\u2019s parade director Devin St. James, the celebration is a family tradition now being passed on to their son, Hunter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our second year, participating in the parade as our little kids are now involved,\u201d said Bougie.<\/p>\n

Her son Hunter said he\u2019d like to do \u201cthe same job as his dad\u201d in the future. As for what that is? \u201cHe\u2019s the parade director, and he goes and tells everybody what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

For three hours, more than 90 performers filled de Maisonneuve Boulevard \u2014 with floats, marching bands, sports teams, local organizations and\u00a0traditional dancers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so inclusive. It\u2019s one of the biggest events that people turn out to and it just brings joy,\u201d said Picher-Doyle.<\/p>\n

Cindy Collin, a Montrealer, said,\u00a0\u201cEveryone\u2019s just happy, and they all come together despite their history and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snow won\u2019t stop Montreal from celebrating one of its oldest traditions, as thousands gathered Sunday for the 201st…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-553974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}