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St. Patrick's Festival

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St. Patrick's Festival
Official nameSt. Patrick's Festival
Observed byIrish people
FrequencyAnnual

St. Patrick's Festival, established by the Government of Ireland in November 1995,[1] is a tourist attraction, aiming to showcase a modern and creative Ireland,[2] and has since developed into a multi day celebration which takes place annually on and around March 17, St. Patrick's Day - the national holiday of Ireland.

The principal aim of the Festival was to "develop a major annual international event around the national holiday over which the 'owners' of the festival - the Irish people, would stand proud."[3]

The festival is held in several Irish cities, including Dublin, Cork, Killarney, Waterford, Sligo, Kilkenny and Limerick.[4][5]

2024

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In 2024, the festival ran for four days and included pageants, music gigs, walking tours and art exhibitions.[6] This culminated in the St Patrick's Day celebration which saw 500,000 people join the St Patrick’s Day Parade.[7]

The festival was funded by the government's Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, as well as Fáilte Ireland and Dublin City Council;[7] sponsors included Tayto crisps, Dublin Airport and European Recycling Platform Ireland.

References

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  1. ^ December 22, 2003. Bridget Haggerty. "Party Down in Dublin Town - 2003". Irish Culture and Customs.
  2. ^ 6 May 2015. O'Donnell, Aisling T.; Muldoon, Orla T.; Blaylock, Danielle L.; Stevenson, Clifford; Bryan, Dominic; Reicher, Stephen D.; Pehrson, Samuel (2016). "'Something That Unites Us All': Understandings of St. Patrick's Day Parades as Representing the Irish National Group" (PDF). Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 26: 61–74. doi:10.1002/casp.2236.
  3. ^ Nov 14, 2017. "'Luck of the Rock': SRU's Marching Pride invited to Dublin's 2019 St. Patrick's Festival". Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
  4. ^ Fáilte Ireland website, Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
  5. ^ Cork City website, Cork St. Patricks Festival
  6. ^ Tourism Ireland website, St Patrick’s Festival in Dublin, retrieved September 16, 2024
  7. ^ a b St Patrick's Festival website, Highlights from St. Patrick's Festival 2024, published April 16, 2024
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