St Patrick's Parade

St Patricks Parade – Ireland

In Ireland, St Patrick’s Day has always been about the St Patrick’s Day Parade and parades remain the focus of celebrations of our patron saint all around the country. Local parades still feature the usual mix of marching bands, local community groups, dancing majorettes and local business floats. A touch of the exotic is often added by the inclusion of a high school band from the USA.

Find Your Local St Patrick’s Day Parade

Cork St Patricks Parade

The Cork St. Patrick’s Festival will be madness as the street bursts into life with FREE family-fun entertainment including music, circus walkabouts and children’s workshops in the City Centre over the St Patrick’s weekend.

The Cork St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place in the heart of the City on 17th March

The Parade route runs from the South Mall to the Grand Parade, along St. Patrick’s Street and finishes at Merchant’s Quay.

Come join Cork as the streets burst into life with free family-fun entertainment as the centre of the city is set to become transformed by a riot of colour and sound. There will be something for everyone with food markets, street performers, musicians and marching bands bringing high-octane entertainment and lots of laughs.

With so much to choose from and events free, Cork is definitely the place to be for St. Patrick’s weekend

Dublin St Patricks Parade

The St Patricks Parade leaves Parnell Square North at 12 noon and takes approximately 2 hours to pass by

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Galway St Patricks Parade

The St Patrick’s Festival parade in Galway on March 17th will mark the start of a 3 day celebration of Irish culture and will serve as a platform to showcase the creativity of local artists and community groups.The parade starts at 11.30am and runs through Galway city centre for over 1 hour.

St Patrick’s Festival Galway aims to celebrate the cities diverse culture and talent through an inclusive programme of events. The aim is to create a carnival atmosphere that the whole city can be part of and enjoy.

This year’s parade highlights are expected to include Galway Arts Centre, Colours Street Theatre, An Taibhdhearc Theatre and Galway Theatre Festival with community groups such as Foróige, GAA clubs and Amnesty International creating a kaleidoscope of of Galway’s rich mix of cultural and ethnic diversity.

Expect many additional events to be held throughout the city over the bank holiday weekend.

The revised parade route (first used in 2019) is expected remain in place for 2023, with participants marching from University Road, over the Salmon Weir Bridge, to Eglinton Street and onwards past the viewing stand at Eyre Square and concluding on Prospect Hill.

The parade starts at 11.30am and runs through Galway city centre for over 1 hour.

Limerick St Patricks Parade

The fun and craic associated with the Limerick St Patrick’s Festival makes a welcome return to the city streets from 17th to 19th March 2023. The Limerick St Patrick’s Festival will include the traditional St Patrick’s Day Parade on Friday 17th March, the Limerick International Band Championship taking place this year on Sunday 19th March and a host of other family-friendly events. To Download Map Of The…. Limerick St Patricks Parade

More event updates to follow – St Patrick’s Festival Limerick

Waterford City St Patrick’s Parade

The St. Patrick’s Day Festival will run for three fun-filled days from 17th – 19th March 2023 in Waterford City and will celebrate the very best of what Waterford has to offer, and what makes it the best place to live, work and visit.

Full Festival and Parade details will be released soon.

Updates at St Patrick’s Festival Waterford

Waterford was recognised as the Best Place to Live for its warm & friendly welcome, sense of community and the feeling of togetherness that will make the festival so special.

We’ve long been recognised for our strong cultural scene and this year’s extended St. Patrick’s Day Festival will make for a fun filled and exciting weekend.

The city is easily accessible for families to enjoy the festivities. With an array of shopping & dining choices in the City, our St. Patrick’s Day Festival gives you an extra opportunity to experience what Waterford has to offer.

More About St Patrick’s Parade

Unusually, the first ever St Patrick’s Day Parade took place in 1762 in New York City, when Irish soldiers serving in the British Military marched through the city with their music. Today, St Patrick’s Day Parades take place all over the world in cities and towns with vibrant Irish communities. St Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland and also on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and the Canadian states of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The focus of the celebrations, St Patrick, is the patron saint of Ireland and the man who brought Christianity to Ireland. Legend has it that St Patrick banished the snakes from the country. In fact, Ireland never had snakes and it is widely believed that the snakes are in fact a metaphor for paganism which was the spirituality of pre Christian Ireland. Either way, snakes are usually a feature of the St Patrick’s Day Parades to this day.

In Ireland the Dublin St Patrick’s Parade has always been the biggest in the country and is billed by the organisers as the best in the world. And like in many of the Irish city parades, the parade has grown and developed way beyond the marching bands and majorettes. There is now a far more theatrical element to the large parades with pageant companies and street performers adding a very carnival feel to the proceedings.