With the Parade theme in 2010 being ‘Extraordinary World’, the much anticipated annual favourite, the festival Parade features newly commissioned, highly original and inventive street theatre troupes, artists, giant puppetry, dancers and marching bands from Ireland and across the globe. Thousands are anticipated to be cheering on the city streets and many millions more tuning in to the RTE 1 broadcast on TV and live streaming on-line.

 
Cork St. Patrick’s Festival

The 2010 Cork St. Patrick’s Festival will be held on Saturday 13^th, Sunday 14^th and Wednesday 17^th March 2010. 
Cork St. Patrick’s Festival 2010 explodes into life to bring fun for all the family to the city’s streets. The Parade celebrates the many facets and cultures of Cork in style, bursting with sound and colour brought to you by countless professional and amateur entertainers. Marching bands, dancers, street theatre performers and community carnival groups will bring high-octane entertainment and lots of laughs. Stake out a good position and let the fun begin!

Galway St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2010

This years parade with the theme of “Over the Moon” will start at 12.30 on Domnick Street (Monroes Pub) move up Domnick Street over O’Briens Bridge up Shop Street on to Eyre Square and finish at Galway County Building Prospect Hill.

Omagh St Patrick’s Festival

An annual week long festival.  For more information please contact Coleen McCann; tel: 028 8224 5321 ext 405 or email; coleen.mccann@omagh.gov.uk

Wexford Saint Patrick’s Day Festival

This festival parade and entertainment is is one of the premier parades outside of Dublin. There will be free entertainment and music on the Quay Front from 10.00hrs onwards.This will consist of: Irish Traditional Music, Modern Music, Irish Dancing, Modern Dancing, Face Painting. The parade is taking place on Wednesday, 17th March. It will assemble from the Fisher’s Rowe area up to the Maudlintown area at 10.15hrs and will move off at 11.00hrs from the junction at Fisher’s Rowe. The Reviewing Stand will be located on the Quay Front adjacent to the Bridge. This year’s parade will see many floats and ten marching bands, along with stilt walkers and face painters. Up to 150 different groups will take part in the parade.

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