Key updates Pictures from St Patrick's Day parades around Ireland and the world Alan Caulfield Pictures from St Patrick's Day parades around Ireland and the worldTickaroo Live Blog SoftwareParades were held in Dublin, Belfast, and Cork, while in Jessie Buckley's native Killarney they were marking her Oscars win with a float dedicated to successful people from the Co Kerry town. Anna May said it was her first St Patrick's Day parade, while Primrose, who is an Irish citizen, has been to many. Karal and Karen Van Brakel from Holland said they had planned to be in Dublin for a holiday, and did not realise it was St Patrick's Day. They said Irish people were the reason St Patrick's Day was so popular. "You can be done for treason for wearing the Lord Mayor's necklace, apparently," chief executive of the St Patrick's Festival Richard Tierney told her.

Source: Irish Independent March 17, 2026 19:03 UTC