For many in Edinburgh, St Patrick's Day is considered a celebration. Throughout the city on March 17, people will be proudly wearing green and the abundance of Irish pubs will be packed as they celebrate.
Edinburgh's links to Ireland goes deeper than punters drinking Guinness on Rose Street, as one area was locally known as 'Little Ireland' back in the 1800s.
While the Cowgate is now known as having an electric nightlife, the street used to have a flourishing black market and populated with Irish immigrants escaping the potato famine of the 1840s.
