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What’s going on in Ireland in March - St Patrick’s Day events, music, festivals, and more

Parades, festivals, history, culture, literature and “craic” – the best that Ireland has to offer

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KERRY O'SHEA,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Thursday, March 1, 2012, 9:40 AM
Updated Thursday, March 29, 2012, 2:41 PM

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The internationally renowned Strange Fruit from Melbourne rehearse their performance of 'Spheres' for the start of the Saint Patrick's festival in Dublin
The internationally renowned Strange Fruit from Melbourne rehearse their performance of 'Spheres' for the start of the Saint Patrick's festival in Dublin
Photo by Niall Carson/PA Wire


Ireland's patron saint, Patrick, is honoured with reverence in Downpatrick, as the saint is buried at the cathedral. This nine day programme of events culminates with the St Patrick’s Cross-Community Carnival Parade in Downpatrick.

11 Mar 2012
Walk Waterford - Railway Line Walk, Dungarvan, Waterford

This is one Dungarvan gems, a green route that follows the old railway line. This walk is suitable for families and leisure walkers with a distance of 1. 3.50km and allotted time of 45 minutes.

12-15 Mar 2012
Celtfest at University College Cork

Celtfest, a festival of Celtic music, song, dance, and culture, is held annually in Áras na Mac Léinn (The Student Centre) at University College Cork.

14 - 18 Mar 2012
West Coast Cooler Fashion Week, Belfast

Celebrating Spring/Summer 2012’s key trends including pastels, sports luxe and shimmer, the programme includes five days of catwalk shows, master classes, the Culloden’s Fashion Teas and the popular Style Sunday event - and it promises to have something to suit fashion fans of all ages and tastes.

14 Mar 2012 - 18 Mar 2012
Free Spirit Music Festival, Glengarriff, Cork

A weekend of fun, music and general frivolity to welcome the Spring and start the season off with a bang in Cork!

15 Mar 2012 - 18 Mar 2012
Dingle International Film Festival, Dingle, Kerry

Ranking as one of the best film festivals for content, atmosphere, location & attention to detail, DIFF offers unique screening experiences with stars & talent attending seminars & workshops along with free family screenings.

16 Mar 2012 - 18 Mar 2012
Limerick St. Patrick's Festival, Limerick City, Limerick

Limerick's St. Patrick's Festival will include the giant St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday 17th March and on the following day the 42nd International Band Championship will take place.

16 Mar 2012 - 18 Mar 2012
Wicklow St. Patrick's Day Parade, Wicklow

The Wicklow Town St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off at 3pm and is made up of over 100 floats, Piped Traditional Bands, Modern & Traditional Music, Cultural & Arts schools.

16 Mar 2012 - 18 Mar 2012
Connemara Four Seasons Walking Festival - Spring

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Seanmor | Mar 05, 2012, 10:15 PM EST
Sad to say that Irish low self-esteem in some cases goes as far as self-hate.Such negative self-feelings seem to have greately increased during the past 20 years. Most young Irish immigrants in NYC felt very proud of their nationality up to about 30 years ago. Around 1970 I asked a young girl for a dance at the City Center and she looked quisically at her older friend. Then her friend whispered:"You can dance with him, he's Irish. By this time immigrants from other countries would attend Irish dances,but most Irish preferred to socialize within their own national group.

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GeorgeDillon | Mar 02, 2012, 03:54 PM EST
The really weird thing about the St Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin is that it celebrates the cultures of Pakistan, Poland, Nepal--you name it, any of a couple dozen nationalities of migrant workers in Ireland. But it has very little of Irish tradition or language or culture in it. You're far more likely to see a Bangla Deshi band than an Irish one, for example, or Bosnian dancers than Irish dancers. The Irish actually have a real low self-esteem problem about their own language and culture, they think any foreigner is better than them. I really disliked March 17 in Dublin when I was there a couple of years back--Never Again. Of course all the booze and teenage vomiting and groping didn't help.

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