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St Patrick
News about Ireland's patron saint, the St Patrick's Fesitval and March 17th celebrations from Ireland and around the world.
In pictures: St Patrick’s Day parades across the country
A selection of photographs from across the country of St Patrick's Day parades and celebrations
Jen Hogan: Let’s take an extra day to think of all the reasons we’re grateful to be Irish
Once I was near dragged away from this Emerald Isle
Blindboy Boatclub: ‘We took the blue from the sky and put it in the ground’
The world now faces record heatwaves, crop failures and ecosystem collapse – a much greater threat than the famines we faced before 1909. What are we doing?
St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin: What time does it start, where does it begin and is Dublin Bus running?
When does the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin start? And other questions answered
Kelly Earley: ‘Mass emigration has robbed me of friends and Dublin feels like a ghost town, but I’m still here’
My devotion to Ireland is one-sided; the country rarely reciprocates
Walk the trails of St Patrick this weekend: From Tipperary to Donegal
Follow in the footsteps of St Patrick in eight trails beginning in six counties around Ireland
St Patrick: 13 facts you need to know about Ireland’s patron saint
What do we really know about our national apostle and what is merely myth?
How to go green for St Patrick’s Day without the environmental toll
Consumerism has taken hold and celebrations for our national day can generate a lot of waste
‘Longing for the old sod’: The New York St Patrick’s Day parade, 1995, in pictures
The older people looked serious and earnest, or maybe they were sad
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
The Guide: Paul Heaton, St Patrick’s Festival, a Radiohead jazz symphony and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
March 15th-21st: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Celebrate St Patrick’s weekend with an Irish antiques fair
Silver, china, porcelain to jewellery, banknotes and coins and small furniture will be on sale in Limerick
Patrick Freyne: Here’s what I see when I see Irish people at their best
We are hospitable and irreverent, but also cynical and parochial. When things get difficult, who do we want to be?
St Patrick’s Day feasts: How to make tasty modern versions of two Irish classics
Two recipes with wide appeal, using great Irish ingredients, that can be re-created anywhere in the world
St Patrick was an immigrant – and Ireland’s economy continues to benefit from them
The growth in anti-immigrant sentiment in the EU tends to ignore the significant economic contribution made by inward migration
St Patrick’s Day Quiz 2025: 50 questions to test your Irishology
If you think you’re an expert on all things Irish, you could be in with a chance to win a great prize
Catherine Fulvio’s St Patrick’s Way review: Glorified advertorial is a blizzard of bland. It’s a disservice to the celebrity chef
Television: Fizzy documentary by numbers has all the weight and insightfulness of a shamrock shake or a fake leprechaun beard
Three things we give up when we turn away from Catholicism
Unthinkable: Asking whether we have lost something from our lapsed Catholicism is not about rushing back to the past. It’s about facing the future with greater self-awareness
St Patrick’s Day is a celebration of the bits of our culture that are not worth celebrating
Even if this year’s White House visit goes well, Trump could still accept the shamrock bowl then promptly announce 25 per cent tariffs on Irish imports
Manspread for Ireland and don’t ask about Trump’s Russia trip: How Taoiseach should approach US visit
Have a fanfare sound as you unfurl some paper decorated with squiggles. Tell him it is an invitation written in ancient Ogham from the Little People inviting him to visit the land of the leprechauns
Micheál Martin should follow Macron’s playbook for handling Trump
The French president recognised the need to stroke Trump’s ego even as he confidently reasserted Europe’s position on several issues
Rivals actor Victoria Smurfit named grand marshal of Dublin St Patrick’s Day parade
‘Legendary adventurous spirit’ of the Irish to be celebrated
St Patrick’s Day visits: Full list of destinations as eight Ministers head for US
In total, 38 State representatives will visit more than 90 cities in 40 countries
Irish diplomats in Washington aim to banish anxiety and build ties with new Trump administration
Irish influence in the US may be moving to a different phase rather than declining
The miniature world of micromoths
Éanna Ní Lamhna on Irish jays, the blackcap’s call and a non-dinosaur tooth
St Patrick’s Day parade 2025 set to be taller
‘Every year I say the parade is going to be bigger and better. This year, I’m saying it’s going to be higher,’ says festival boss
What is Rome waiting for? The life of Irish woman Edel Quinn was a miracle
Rite & Reason: Cork woman born in 1907 has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church - a step on the road to canonisation, but with no guarantees
Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars review – Innovative look at the tumultuousness of Irish history
Television: The podcaster and author taps into the sense of haunting weirdness that runs through Irish history
There may have been two St Patricks, and St Brigid might not have existed. But there are no doubts about Jesus
Rite & Reason: The self-sacrifice of Jesus affects us more than you might think, and more than any saint ever did.
Visitors spend in excess of €1,000 on trips to Ireland in March - CSO
Average cost of airfares to and from the country put at €271
Dry, bright St Patrick’s Day weather to give way to rain on bank holiday Monday
Mixed picture for the week ahead, with clouds, showers and dry spells
Lilly Higgins: My coddle is a bit different to the Irish classic recipe, but it’s still a one-pot wonder
This is the original one-pot thrifty dish for a busy household
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