St Patrick’s Day Parade 2024

St .Patrick’s Day Parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Among all the different celebrations and festivals which are known worldwide and which might be related to specific countries out there, St. Patrick's Day is one of them and even though it is mainly linked to Ireland and Northern Ireland, the Irish diaspora tend to celebrate it outside these countries and even started it all long time ago.

Saint Patrick's Day or the feast of Saint Patrick - which is also referred to as St. Paddy's or St. Patty's Day - is a celebration that is held on the 17th of March every single year, which is the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church - it is now what we tend to witness in the streets of Belfast, Dublin, and all the other cities that might be celebrating it in different parts of the world.


lot of people around the world usually ask about the main purpose behind St. Patty's Day and why do people celebrate it in the first place. St. Patty's Day is actually the day that commemorates Saint Patrick and celebrate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, it also celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. These celebrations related to that day come in different ways, it involves public parades and festivals (just like this one we attended in Belfast this year), Ceilidhs, along with wearing green attire or shamrocks.

There are actually lots of different things that are attached to this day, from these different examples, there is the Lenten restrictions on eating and alcohol drinking during that day, and there is even the tradition of speaking in Irish during that week as well. There are other more well known traditions related to the celebrations of this day and which include wearing green which came from the 11th century pseudo-historical book "Lebor Gabala Erenn" in which Goidel Glas, who was the son of Scota and Niul, was bitten by a snake and was saved from death by Moses placing his staff on the snakebite, later on he would retain a green mark that would stay with him to remind him. A lot of people have always though that the green came from the shamrock, but it actually didn't - the shamrock is another thing that highlights that day since Saint Patrick used this three-leafed plant to explain the Holy Trinity to the Irish pagans.

This year, St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Belfast took place in the Custom House Square and there were lots of people taking part in this parade that we enjoyed watching as much as we loved the idea of bringing this celebration back to our followers - and give those who have never witnessed such a thing in the real life to enjoy watching this movie.

In addition to these celebrations which we attend every single year, it is important to recommend some of those destinations which are found in Northern Ireland and which might be close enough to the location of the parade or festival - so that if you are visiting Belfast for the first time, you would find other things to do that could be found near as well. There are some famous touristic attractions which we should refer to when it comes to the Custom House Square in Belfast and which include Albert Clock and which happens to be a famous thing to consider when it comes to Belfast there is also the Cathedral Quarter with all its cafes and restaurants which might be included in the visit in addition to checking this historical place in general and you could also add the famous fish sculpture that is printed on mosaic which is famously known in Belfast as well these of course come in addition to other Belfast attractions to be mentioned generally but we are just shedding the light on those closest to the location of St. Patrick's Day parade for this year.