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Friday 29 September 2023 Dublin: 11°C

# St Patrick

This year
2023
# Reek Sunday
Pilgrims urged to 'take care' as thousands prepare for Croagh Patrick climb
Rescue teams from across Ireland and the UK will be on hand to help climbers who get into trouble
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Jul 29th 2023, 8:00 AM
# Test Yourself
QUIZ: How much do you know about these places linked to Saint Patrick?
Have you been to any of the five places named Kilpatrick?
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Mar 18th 2023, 10:00 PM
# St Patrick
QUIZ: How much do you know about the man behind the holiday?
Test your knowledge of our patron saint.
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Mar 17th 2023, 10:00 PM
# patron saint
St Patrick, patron saint of…Nigeria?
We’re not the only ones who have the famed snake driver as a patron saint.
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Mar 17th 2023, 12:05 AM
# St Patrick
President Higgins links struggles of migrants to our patron saint in St Patrick's Day message
The president stated that ‘a poisonous xenophobia, new and recalled, has taken hold in so many places’.
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Mar 16th 2023, 6:00 AM
All time
Voices
The Irish For - You’ll never catch our linguistic Lucky Charms
It’s St Patrick’s Day, in an extraordinary week, but Darach Ó Séaghdha says there’s no harm looking back at the legend of the leprechaun.
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Mar 17th 2020, 7:30 AM
# GLOBAL GREENING
'Global greening' set to go ahead across the globe for St Patrick's Day
Hundreds of iconic landmarks like the Burj al Arab and sites in over 50 countries are set to go green over the next couple of days.
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Mar 17th 2020, 6:45 AM
# Lá fhéile Pádraig
Poll: Are you going to do something to celebrate St Patrick's Day?
Large groups aren’t allowed, of course, but some people have plans to celebrate being Irish from their homes.
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Mar 16th 2020, 12:56 PM
# Paddy's Day
This year's St Patrick's Festival aims to celebrate contemporary and traditional Ireland
The festival will run over five days from 13 to 17 March.
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Feb 13th 2020, 12:23 PM
# St Patrick
Patrick Kluivert handed role at Barcelona after being sacked by Cameroon
The former Barca striker has signed a two-year deal to oversee the club’s famed La Masia academy.
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Jul 25th 2019, 4:26 PM
# Danger Zone
Gardaí to be out in force as 54 people killed on roads over St Patrick's Day period since 2012
Officers will also be on the lookout for speeding, non-seatbelt wearing and using a mobile phone while driving.
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Mar 14th 2018, 3:18 PM
# home of st patrick
This festival wants to show a totally new side to St Patrick
The festival will include elements of music, art, film and spirituality.
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Feb 12th 2017, 8:00 AM
# In Pictures
48 of the best photos from St Patrick's Day across the country
All smiles.
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Mar 17th 2016, 8:20 PM
# GLOBAL GREENING
PHOTOS: The world's most famous landmarks are going green today
About 190 locations are giving a nod to Ireland.
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Mar 17th 2016, 5:40 PM
# Paddys
Quiz: How much do you know about St Patrick's Day?
From the man himself to how we celebrate him.
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Mar 17th 2016, 8:30 AM
# patron saint
Does St Patrick deserve his own flag? An enterprising Kerryman thought he did
The government wouldn’t support the idea.
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Jan 1st 2016, 7:30 PM
# Take a Break
This is still the best telling ever by kids of the St Patrick story
It’s 13 years since Brown Bag animated a 1960s tape of Dublin children telling saints’ stories – but it never grows old.
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Mar 17th 2015, 1:00 PM
# prep pics
YOUR St Patrick's Day: Toddlers in bow ties, surprise snowmen
You’ve been answering Ireland’s Call even before you get to the parades.
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Mar 17th 2015, 12:25 PM
# the man himself
14 things you probably didn’t know about St Patrick’s Day
He’s not even a true saint by today’s definition.
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Mar 17th 2015, 7:00 AM
# super saint
(Saint) Patrick - The Bits They Left Out
Documents and archaeological evidence paint a picture of the man behind the legend.
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Mar 16th 2015, 9:30 PM
# come on over
NYC parade organisers to stand by PSNI invite, despite 'jitters'
The parade committee received a raft of complaints about the move in recent days, but they’re expected to confirm the invitation later.
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Mar 15th 2014, 2:25 PM
# Young offenders
Officers who mistreated teens at St Patrick's will not move to Wheatfield
After visiting Wheatfield, the Children’s Ombdusman Emily Logan said she felt reassured about the move.
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Jul 6th 2013, 4:05 PM
# St Patrick's Day
32 great pictures from St Patrick's Day 2013
Sure, the rain fell but we had a laugh, right?
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Mar 17th 2013, 4:28 PM
# March 17
13 things you probably didn't know about St Patrick's Day
Where was the first parade? What other country has a national holiday today? And where is the world’s largest shamrock?
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Mar 17th 2013, 11:00 AM
# Hidden Ireland
4 Irish sites to visit to get close to St Patrick mythology
Follow in the footsteps of St Patrick this weekend… or at least to the places he’s reputed to have visited for special events.
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Mar 16th 2013, 9:45 AM
# to be sure to be sure
15 people* who are really, REALLY looking forward to St Patrick's Day
*and some dogs too.
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Mar 11th 2013, 6:30 PM
# GLAS VEGAS
New iconic sites to go green for St Patrick's Day
For the first time ever, Christ the Redeemer, the Pyramids of Giza, the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas and the Little Mermaid statue will all go green on 17 March.
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Feb 13th 2013, 12:43 PM
# Relics
Ireland's ancient relics - what are they and how have they survived?
From their religious classification to the clues they provide archaeologists about Ireland’s chieftains and kings, here’s your guide to Irish relics.
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Aug 18th 2012, 8:00 AM
# hiss-tory
Why are there no snakes in Ireland?
Co Laois woman found three foot-snake under bed. Why aren’t we finding more of them?
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Jun 20th 2012, 5:30 PM
# Boat Parade
Does Carrick-on-Shannon have Ireland's most unusual St Patrick's parade?
The Leitrim town is having TWO parades – one on water – and a man sitting 180 feet high in a glass box.
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Mar 16th 2012, 8:15 PM
Voices
Column: Cardinal Rules - The real Book of Patrick
This week, the (not) Primate of All Ireland, shares some previously unpublished excerpts from a life of St Patrick… by his manservant Bran.
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Mar 16th 2012, 7:00 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: ESB workers to vote on strike action, is Norris preparing for one last tilt at the Áras? And Ireland’s newest blogger – you’ve probably heard of him…
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Sep 15th 2011, 8:34 AM
Voices
Column: Cardinal Rules Part 16. The REAL story of St Patrick.
The (not) Primate of All Ireland unearths exclusive extracts from The Book of St Patrick, the definitive biography of our national patron saint. Maybe.
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Mar 17th 2011, 11:00 AM
# All Saints Day
Top 10: Weird Patron Saints
It’s All Saints Day – so how better to mark November 1 than with a selection of lesser-known patron saints?
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Nov 1st 2010, 4:40 PM