Nearly 364,500 people in L.A. County are of Irish descent. Some danced at LA City Hall to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the Los Angeles City Council was treated to performances by students from an Irish dance school in San Pedro while welcoming the general consul of Ireland to City Hall on Friday, March 17.
The event was organized through the office of Councilmember Tim McOsker, whose paternal grandmother grew up an orphan in Ireland and was sent to the United States as a domestic worker. She later married McOsker’s grandfather, also of Irish descent. Lyons Dance Academy, of San Pedro, celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Irish dancing in the council chambers of Los Angeles City Hall on Friday, March 17, 2023. The dancers were guests of Councilman Tim McOsker.
Lyons Dance Academy, of San Pedro, celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Irish dancing in the council chambers of Los Angeles City Hall on Friday, March 17, 2023. The dancers were guests of Councilman Tim McOsker. Speaking before the council, McOsker noted that a handful of former councilmembers and mayors have claimed Irish heritage: Mike Bonin, Eric Garcetti, Tom LaBonge, Mitch O’Farrell and Richard Riordan.
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