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Sydney St Patrick’s Day 17 March 2024

17 March 2024

St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most celebrated days of any patron saint in the world and, with Australia’s huge Irish contingent, the land Down Under is a great place to celebrate the day.

So, if you’re Irish and you are used to celebrating the event in a cold, wet and dreary Ireland then you’re really going to love the spectacle of Paddy’s Day in sunny Oz. It’s no secret that the Irish, like most of us, like a good drink from time to time and on St. Patrick’s Day it’s the law that every Irishman, and anyone who has even the most distant of Irish blood in them, drinks their own body weight in Guinness.

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So the fact that your great, great, great grandfather’s sister’s dog was half Irish means you too are allowed to get full of the black gold.
But of course, St Patrick’s Day isn’t all about getting obscenely drunk and singing Danny Boy repeatedly until your mates throw you in a taxi home.
There are lots to do in Australia over the period of St. Patrick’s Day, which as you all know is on March 17th. In Sydney, which has a huge number of Irish people, both backpackers, and ex-pats, there are loads of Irish pubs offering Irish themed nights, live Irish bands and discount drinks over the week of St. Patrick’s and on Sunday, March 17th, a St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place in the city.

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The Sydney St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2024 will be a walking parade with small vehicles and floats permitted and will include roving performers, Irish dancing groups, pipe bands and local community groups. The parade will commence at 11am on Pitt Street at Hunter Street and will continue down Pitt Street and concludes at Alfred Street.

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