How the best Irish bars around the world celebrate St Patrick’s Day (and what they charge for a pint)Seven Irish bars across the globe, in locations as far-flung as Peru and the Philippines, have big plans for our national day – here’s how they celebrate in styleClockwise from top left: Paddy’s Irish Pub in the Philippines; The Irish Haven in New York City; O’Reilly’s in Frankfurt; a traditional music session in The Drunken Poet in Melbourne; Vinny Cahill of Corcoran’s Irish Pub in Paris; The Auld Shillelagh in London; Paddy’s Irish Pub in Peru; the exterior of The Drunken PoetChrissie Russell Today at 06:30With more than 6,000 Irish pubs dotted around the world, there’ll be plenty of glasses raised globally today to celebrate our patron saint. From the gateway to Machu Picchu to metropolitan Melbourne, we tracked down some of the best Irish bars around the world to find out what’s planned for St Patrick’s Day.

Source: Irish Independent March 17, 2026 10:01 UTC