Unlikely World Record Holders
The village of Dripsey is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records at having the shortest St. Patricks Day Parade in the World measuring just 23.4 metres. It went the distance from one door to the next of the village's two pubs, The Weigh Inn and The Lee Valley.
It continued for nine years (1999 - 2007) until the closure of The Lee Valley Inn.
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