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Diarmuid Philpott (above, from left), John Burton and Irish Consul General Gerry Staunton at City Hall.

(Editor’s Note: Burton was the Grand Marshal of March 13’s 159th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in San Francisco.  The parade is sponsored by the United Irish Societies of San Francisco. Photo and caption from Catherine Bigelow’s column in the San Francisco Chronicle. Read it at SFGate. The genesis of this post’s headline comes from paragraph four. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!)