‘Great people, great beer, it’s very nice here’ – Visitors from around the world descend on Dublin for St Patrick’s Day parade
About 3,000 people marched in this year’s paradeTourists soak up the warm atmosphere at St Patrick's Day Parade in DublinThe streets of Dublin city centre were covered in green this afternoon as tens of thousands of spectators packed the pavements on a crisp spring afternoon to catch a glimpse of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade. “I’ve had some friends who have come for St Patrick’s Day and they kind of told me what to expect. “We [celebrate St Patrick’s Day] in Denmark as well. But this is a whole other thing.”A member of the Ohio State University marching band at the Dublin parade. “I actually found out in the car … My manager was like, ‘They asked you to be Grand Marshal’.
Source: Irish Independent March 18, 2026 00:40 UTC
