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Join us on the streets of Dublin for the spectacular National St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 12pm on Monday March 17 2025! Parade route and map The National St. Patrick’s Day Parade really is the centre of the world on St. Patrick’s Day – a genuinely bucket-list worthy adventure in Ireland’s capital city, which lies at the heart of the St Patrick’s Day around the world. St Patrick’s Day is widely recognised throughout the United States as a celebration of Irish and Irish-American culture. The biggest St Patrick’s Day parade in the world is in New York City. Elsewhere in the States, the Chicago River is dyed green with an eco-friendly powder, an event that dates back to Performers take part in the St Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin last year. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA There will be no Red Line trams running between Smithfield and Connolly / The Point from 10am to 3pm. On Monday, 17 March , 2025, at 12 pm, Dublin will host the National St. Patrick's Day Parade, a celebration at the heart of Irish culture and heritage. Over half a million spectators will gather to witness over 4,000 participants, including global marching bands, performers, dancers, and extravagant floats. Saint Patrick's Cathedral (Irish: Ard-Eaglais Naomh Pádraig) in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local cathedral of the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. [3] Over half a million revellers are set to descend upon Dublin on St Patrick's Day. The parade celebrating one of the biggest annual events in Ireland will take place on March 17, 2025. The festival is held in several Irish cities, including Dublin, Cork, Killarney, Waterford, Sligo, Kilkenny and Limerick. [4][5] In 2024, the festival ran for four days and included pageants, music gigs, walking tours and art exhibitions. [6] . The Early Celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day. For centuries, St. Patrick’s Day was a solemn holiday observed in Ireland as a feast day in honour of its patron saint. The day was first officially recognised in 1631 by the Catholic Church, emerging from longstanding reverence for Patrick’s role in shaping Irish identity. If you want to a good view of the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, best get there by 11am on Monday at the latest. Photograph: Alan Betson . Conor Pope. Sun Mar 16 2025 - 14:14. Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
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