NEW YORK (AP) — St. Patrick’s Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, is being marked in cities across the country on Monday with boisterous parades and celebrations. New York City hosts one of the largest and oldest parades in the United States.

NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade is finally here! The popular event is taking place in Manhattan starting at 11 a.m. at Fifth Avenue and West 44th Street and will march uptown to East 79th Street. Here’s a look at the marching order.

Hundreds of thousands marched up Fifth Avenue and nearly 2 million lined the street for NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade on Monday.