As part of Tourism Ireland’s annual Global Greening initiative, to celebrate Ireland and St Patrick’s Day, ‘Nyati’ the Buffalo was turned green in Nairobi, Kenya. Virtual St Patrick’s Day paradeRTÉ has also asked people around the country who had made preparations for the usual St Patrick’s Day parade to post videos of their act as part of a virtual parade to be aired on March 17th. Dundalk folk group the Mary Wallopers have announced they will live-stream a gig from their home on Youtube on St Patrick’s day at 8pm. American punk band the Dropkick Murphys, who for the past 24 years have always performed a gig on St Patrick’s Day weekend, has also announced it will be live-streaming a concert from Boston to fans around the world on St Patrick’s Day across YouTube, Instagram and Facebook live. Online art galleryThe National Gallery of Ireland, which is closed until March 29th, is marking St Patrick’s Day by sharing photos of some of their favourite works of art from their collection on Twitter.

Source: The Irish Times March 16, 2020 21:00 UTC