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Festival 2013 Blogs

16.05.13

Lycamobile announce winner of their Festival Competition

Lycamobile Ireland, Ireland’s newest mobile operator, surprised one lucky winner with return flights to 1 of the 16 countries Lycamobile operate in. The competition was run in conjunction with the sponsorship of one of the pageants in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Catherine and Tommy Dalton have been together 40… Read More

13.05.13

  • Other

Doyle’s ‘Brilliant’ story to become children’s novel.

St. Patrick’s Festival are delighted to hear that Roddy Doyle’s story ‘Brilliant’ , which was written for the Festival in 2011 will be turned into a children’s novel!

‘Brilliant,’ by Booker-prize winning author Roddy Doyle is a fun and uplifting short story about banishing the black dog of… Read More

22.03.13

  • Winners!

Band Award Winners

band Awards
The Band Award Ceremony was a great success, Fort Mill High School Marching Band played beautifully outside the Mansion House to welcome guests arriving to the event. Each marching band received a star participatory award, after which the main… Read More

21.03.13

  • Winners!

5K Road Race Winner

Road Race Winner

On Festival Saturday, over a thousand people lined up outside the Mansion House to take part in the Festival 5K Road Race. Among them was our very own Lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoise O’ Muirí, as well as… Read More

21.03.13

  • Winners!

Treasure Hunt Winners!

Best Dressed
We all had such a great day on Monday at Festival Treasure Hunt! The theme was ‘Explorers’ and everyone made a huge effort with their excellent costumes!

Our explorers visited some great venues around Dublin city such… Read More

14.03.13

  • Road Closures

Road Closures During the Festival

road-closures
There are a number of road closures in operation during St. Patrick’s Festival. For more information visit the travel section of our website and download the complete list of road closures.

For important passenger information during the St.… Read More

12.03.13

  • People's Parade

People’s Parade Still Accepting Applications!

people's-parade
For the first time ever, St. Patrick’s Festival are inviting 8,000 people to walk in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin. This once in a lifetime opportunity is taking place as part of ‘The Gathering Ireland 2013’.

There… Read More

10.03.13

  • Other

The Nightmare Club

nightmare-club
Get those young readers to Smock Alley Theatre this St. Patrick’s weekend for a morning of scary readings, workshops and live creepy crawlies - ew! From children’s writer Anne Graves’ The Nightmare Club collection. 

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08.03.13

  • Greening the City

Seasons Greenings!

greening

It’s ‘Seasons Greenings’ from Ireland as Tourism Ireland gears up for St Patrick’s Day! Tourism Ireland has officially launched ‘Greening Season 2013!’ The campaign involves two Facebook competitions. The ‘Great Green-Off’ invites fans overseas to create and share their own… Read More

26.02.13

  • Volunteers

St. Patrick’s Festival Needs Your Skills!

volunteer-makeup
Do you have a flair for hair or make up? Then we need you! Each year St. Patrick’s Festival produces two in-house pageants for the Parade: ‘City Fusion’ is an over 18’s group and ‘Brighter Futures’ is an under 18’s… Read More