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"Until the early '70s, St. Patrick's Day in Dallas was a second-string celebration, ranking in importance slightly behind Fire Prevention Day and Ernest Tubb's birthday," said Mike Shropshire in a March 17, 1983 article. But when bar owner Nick Farrelly organized a St. Patrick's Day parade on Oak Lawn Avenue in 1972, Dallasites began developing a taste for green beer and taking the opportunity to celebrate.

Several parades popped up in the area. For years, The Dallas Morning News has been capturing the festivities on film. Keep scrolling for some of our favorite photos from the Greenville Avenue and downtown Dallas parades.

Mack the Rottweiler watched the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Dallas on March 17, 1987. (David Woo / The Dallas Morning News)

March 17, 1984: "The weather didn't dampen spirits Saturday as Dallasites turned out for St. Patrick's Day festivities. Anna Goergen, queen of the downtown St. Patrick's Day parade, helps Olga Rodriguez of the North Dallas Vikingettes keep warm and dry before the parade starts.

1985: Downtown Dallas St. Patrick's Day revelers. (Eric Williams)

March 17, 1992: In homage to the tale of St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland, the Dallas Zoo had a 17-foot snake cake. (Ken Geiger / The Dallas Morning News)

March 16, 1992: Greenville Avenue Saint Patrick's Day parade (Ira Rosenberg / The Dallas Morning News)

"Adorned with a bunch of grapes and perhaps inspired by the product thereof, a reveler celebrates St. Patrick's Day." (The Dallas Morning News)

March 17, 1990: Kids wave while riding in the Greenville Avenue parade. (Richard Michael Pruitt / The Dallas Morning News)

March 14, 1987: "A parade participant on the Fast and Cool nightclub float throws a record album into a crowd of St. Patrick's Day paradegoers on Greenville Avenue at Goodwin." (David Leeson / The Dallas Morning News)