NEWCASTLE'S St Patrick's Day revellers ranged from the very young to the young-at-heart.
Little Ciara Boyle, 4, from New Lambton, joined her dad Brendan yesterday for a game of hurling at Lambton Park.
Ciara had a broken arm from falling off play equipment but was still keen to take part in the traditional Irish game.
Her family is from the Irish county of Tipperary and moved to Australia in 2003.
Meanwhile 79-year-old Peter Francis Grew was enjoying a pint of Guinness on behalf of his heritage.
He is originally from Whiteabbey in Northern Ireland but has spent the past 60 years at Speers Point.