Several roads in Leeds city centre are due to be closed on Sunday for a St Patrick's Day parade, drivers have been warned. The parade was expected to include floats from schools, bands and community groups, according to the volunteers behind the event.

The spread of St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the U.S. was a way for Irish immigrant communities, who in the 19th century faced discrimination and opposition, to stake that ground, he says: “It’s a kind of immigrant Irish way of combating nativist antagonism against them.”

Read about why green is associated with St. Patrick's Day and how corned beef and cabbage was popularized in the U.S.