St Patrick’s Day Party Celebrations

Many people around the world will be indulging in a drop of the black and white stuff and celebrating St Patrick’s Day this month. Of course, the largest party celebration will be in Dublin, it is forecast that more than 700,000 people are likely to show up for the annual parade which takes place in the heart of Dublin. Bars around the globe will also be packed full of happy drinkers and parades will also be held in New York, Sydney, Singapore and several other global cities.
More and more common now are organised parties, where groups plan games, festivities and dress up in Irish style and wear green plastic top hats with shamrocks or green glitter shamrock head boppers.
In Ireland, St Patrick’s Day was once a traditional religious festival which commemorated the patron saint who converted the country to Christianity.
In recent years it has become a five-day entertainment gala which contributes GBP40m to the economy.
“The parade in Dublin has really improved and is now seen as an entertainment piece, rather than something that people just marched along to, and the attendance has risen hugely,” said festival chief executive Donal Shields.
The Irish President Mary McAleese said “It is a day of celebration in Ireland and for the global Irish family throughout the world”.

St Patricks Day Decorations for Saturday 17 March

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Saint Patrick's Day is a religious holiday celebrated on the 17th March. Saint Patrick is the most recognised patron saint of Ireland and is a national holiday. It is widely celebrated in many Countries such as Great Britain, Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The day normally starts with going to church services and the wearing of green attire (especially Shamrocks). 

Originally, the colour associated with Saint Patrick was blue, but over the years the colour green and its association with Saint Patrick's day grew. The wearing of Green ribbons and shamrocks has been worn to celebrate St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th Century. Saint Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish, and the wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock designs have become a much known feature of the day

The first Saint Patrick's Festival was held on 17 March 1996. In 1997 it became a three-day event and by 2000 it was a four-day event.

As well as Dublin, many other cities, towns, and villages in Ireland hold their own parades and festivals, including Cork, Belfast, Derry and Limerick .

The biggest celebrations outside Dublin are in Downpatrick - County Down where Saint Patrick is rumoured to be buried.

The shortest St Patrick's Day parade in the world takes place in Dripsey, Cork. The parade lasts just 100 yards and travels between the village's two pubs.

How will you be celebrating St Partrick's Day will you be be wearing green?
At Party Tracker we have green glitter bowler hats, 8ft paper bunting with 10 ireland flags, cheap green pop wigs and Leg Avenue clover leprechaun costumes in various sizes to help you celebrate this national holiday on Saturday 17th March this year.