To mark this year's festivities on Tuesday, March 17, we've found some of the best St Patrick's Day pictures from the county over the years. Plenty of pictures of Irish dancers are featured in this gallery, like former world champion Anne-Marie Doyle, who was touring the US with an Irish group in 1988. Staff and pupils dress in green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, St Augustine’s School, Iffley Turn, 1988 (Image: Oxford Mail archive)READ MORE: Oxfordshire teenager arrested for 'terrorism offences'Also featured is the final St Patrick's Day hurrah for popular Irish pub Rosie O'Grady's in Park End Street, Oxford, before it closed in 2010, with dancers putting on a show there, too. The Oxford Irish Society was pictured hosting green-themed celebrations, as well as schools, pubs, a brewery and even the Oxford Ice Rink. Take a look back through this Oxford Mail archive picture gallery to see St Patrick's Day celebrations through the years.

Source: The Herald March 15, 2026 13:03 UTC