The 55th Detroit St. Patrick's Parade, sponsored by the United Irish Societies (UIS), will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2013! It will start at 2:00 pm on Michigan Avenue and 6th Street, continuing down to 14th Street.
In 1959, the
United Irish Societies, sponsored the first St.
Patrick's Parade in
Dearborn, MI. The Parade route follows
along Michigan Avenue through the area known
as Corktown.
Corktown received it's name as the Irish were the largest ethnic
group of newcomers to Detroit, most of them from County Cork. The Corktown neighborhood is Detroit's oldest surviving
neighborhood.