You make a good point, especially as today is St Patricks Day.

The first St Patricks day parade was held in Boston in 1761, and the first one in New York was 1762 when the Irish soldiers of the English army marched through the streets with their music. The first St Patricks Day parade was held in Dublin Ireland in 1931 but I don't think anyone would say that it was not an Irish tradition just because they had only been doing it for 80 years, or that they couldn't do it because it was an American tradition.

So I'm with you.

Peter