Whether you’re celebrating with a traditional Irish jig or getting in a round of Guinness, hundreds of people will be celebrating St Patrick’s Day across Suffolk tonight.

East Anglian Daily Times: Traditional Irish dancers performing in Brannigans, Ipswich. March, 1999Traditional Irish dancers performing in Brannigans, Ipswich. March, 1999 (Image: Archant)

Decorations including shamrocks and Irish flags will certainly be aplenty in pubs and bars.

East Anglian Daily Times: Molly Malones Irish pub in Colchester, March 1998Molly Malones Irish pub in Colchester, March 1998 (Image: Archant)

We’ve collated a selection of pictures from across Ipswich and Colchester from the last 25 years.

East Anglian Daily Times: Do you recognise anyone in these pictures? Email our picture desk at suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukDo you recognise anyone in these pictures? Email our picture desk at suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

St Patrick’s Day - a public holiday in Ireland - dates back to the early 17th Century and celebrates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.

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One of the most famous celebrations worldwide for St Patrick’s day is the yearly dying of the Chicago River. The river is dyed bright green to commemorate the number of Irish people that migrated to Chicago in the early 20th Century.

East Anglian Daily Times: Traditional Irish dancers performing in Brannigans, Ipswich. March, 1999Traditional Irish dancers performing in Brannigans, Ipswich. March, 1999 (Image: Archant)

East Anglian Daily Times: Former Mayor of Ipswich, Albert Grant, getting into the spirit of St Patrick's Day with some Irish dancing at the Corn Exchange. March 1996Former Mayor of Ipswich, Albert Grant, getting into the spirit of St Patrick's Day with some Irish dancing at the Corn Exchange. March 1996 (Image: Archant)

East Anglian Daily Times: Molly Malones Irish pub in Colchester, March 1998Molly Malones Irish pub in Colchester, March 1998 (Image: Archant)

East Anglian Daily Times: The mayor of Ipswich celebrating St Patricks Day, March 1997The mayor of Ipswich celebrating St Patricks Day, March 1997 (Image: Archant)

East Anglian Daily Times: Do you recognise anyone in these pictures? Email our picture desk at suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.ukDo you recognise anyone in these pictures? Email our picture desk at suffolkpicturedesk@archant.co.uk (Image: Archant)

East Anglian Daily Times: St Patrick's night at the Corn Exchange, March 1995St Patrick's night at the Corn Exchange, March 1995 (Image: Archant)

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To send us pictures of your celebrations from tonight, or to share your memories from the photographs pictured below, email our picture desk.