St Patrick’s Days and more
More information: https://melbournecomhaltas.org
The St Patrick’s Festival at Edinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy is also staging its annual family-friendly day on 20 March, 12-5pm. A big programme of events, as usual. Relax in the sun and listen to/watch the performances and be in the Raffle for 2 return tickets to Ireland with Emerald Travel. Face painting for the kids, an activity tent, Kids GAA & Sport. Music by Zeon, Maggie Carty & Martin Staunton, Mick Ryan, Paddy Fitz, and of course, Irish dancing.
Sydney
Every March, the entire city celebrates the Irish Patron Saint. The biggest highlight of the holiday is Sydney St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival returning annually to The Rocks neighborhood. Nearly 1,500 participants take part in the procession that kicks off at 10.30 am from the First Fleet Park. The festival gets underway at 12 noon with toe-tapping music, Irish dancing, Irish language lessons, traditional foods, crafts, face-painting, and other family-friendly fun.
More information: https://rove.me/to/sydney/st-patricks-day
Brisbane
Weather and flood recovery permitting, one assumes, Brisbane is reviving its St Pat’s Day Parade on 12 March from 8 am till 2 pm. This is indeed big news. The parade will take to Brisbane city with 40 floats and 700 participants, and start and end at the Botanic Gardens on the corner of Alice and Albert Streets. The plan is to celebrate Frontline workers for the Pandemic.
More information: https://m.facebook.com/events/261662776054092/https://m.facebook.com/events/261662776054092/
Melbourne
You’re spoilt for choice in Melbourne, and with no overlapping of dates, you may fit in a season of differently themed celebrations, and you might even avoid the green beer.
The Melbourne Celtic Club is staging a family-friendly St Patrick’s Family Day, a free event, on 13 March, 11am – 3pm at RMIT Courtyard (right by Old Melbourne Jail). For more details, see https://members.celticclub.com.au/eventdetails/12867/st-patricks-family-day
You’ll need to register, but anyone is free to go. It’s free. There’ll be music, song, dance, food and drinks. Lots of seating to sit down and relax, catch up with friends, and there’s lots of free activities for the kids as well. They can have a go at the ancient Irish sport of Hurling, some Gaelic Football, join in with the music, marvel at our ‘Riverdancers’, or find out more about our social and cultural activities over a refreshment: where to see great Irish Films, where to chat about Irish Literature, how you can learn the Irish Language?
Comhaltas Patrick’s Day Hooley is on Thursday 17 March at the usual stomping grounds of St. Philip’s Anglican Hall, 146 Hoddle St. Abbotsford (near Collingwood Town Hall) from 7:00-10:00 p.m. You’re invited to join the craic with the famous Comhaltas music, dancing, fancy dress parade and supper. (BYO drinks and nibbles.) Cost $10-15 (non-members); free for kids.
More information: https://melbournecomhaltas.org
The St Patrick’s Festival at Edinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy is also staging its annual family-friendly day on 20 March, 12-5pm. A big programme of events, as usual. Relax in the sun and listen to/watch the performances and be in the Raffle for 2 return tickets to Ireland with Emerald Travel. Face painting for the kids, an activity tent, Kids GAA & Sport. Music by Zeon, Maggie Carty & Martin Staunton, Mick Ryan, Paddy Fitz, and of course, Irish dancing.
Sydney
Every March, the entire city celebrates the Irish Patron Saint. The biggest highlight of the holiday is Sydney St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival returning annually to The Rocks neighborhood. Nearly 1,500 participants take part in the procession that kicks off at 10.30 am from the First Fleet Park. The festival gets underway at 12 noon with toe-tapping music, Irish dancing, Irish language lessons, traditional foods, crafts, face-painting, and other family-friendly fun.
More information: https://rove.me/to/sydney/st-patricks-day
Hobart
Try Irish Murphy’s in Salamanca, with much live music and New Sydney Hotel on Bathurst Street which does a traditional Irish Breakfast on 17 March.
Adelaide
Thursday March 17 Mick O’Shea’s on the way to the McLaren Vale wineries is promising to ‘host the biggest and best St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Adelaide’ with entertainment that includes The Borderers and Murphy’s School of Irish Dancers. For restaurant bookings see https://www.mickosheas.com.au/events/st-patricks-day
Darwin
The Darwin Turf Club is a key locale for St Pat’s in Darwin (Shenannigans St, of course), and the pub Shenannigans in the city. In addition, the waterfront at Fiddlers Green is having a family day.
More information: https://www.stpatricksday.com.au/darwinook published in Australia in Irish, 3 April 2022
And from Canberra – The Embassy’s Virtual Celebration, open to all.
A message from the Second Secretary:
A Chairde,
As we enter into St Patrick’s Day season, I want to wish you all the very best with any events that you may be planning, or attending. For many of us, this may be the first St Patrick’s Day we have officially marked since 2019, and I wish you a safe, and enjoyable time.
The Embassy of Ireland in Canberra is planning a Virtual St Patrick’s Day Reception to be held online in parallel to the many parades and festivals taking place across the country in the coming weeks. The Virtual Reception will launch at 10am AEST on 17 March 2022 and will be available online at: https://ireland.ie/australia
The virtual reception will include remarks from An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, as well as His Excellency, Ambassador of Ireland to Australia, Tim Mawe. It will include cultural performances from Ireland and Australia, as well as greetings from a range of diaspora across the country.
We would be grateful if all organisations could promote the virtual reception on their social media, and within their commnuity, and we hope that this reception will reach all corners of Australia. We are aware of the difficulties, exacerbated over the past two years, of reaching our community resident all across Australia and we hope that this virtual reception will help to unite us in marking St Patrick’s Day 2022.
Bígí linn agus muid ag ceiliúradh ár Lá Násiúnta, Lá Fhéile Pádraig, ar líne i mbliana. Caith súil ar: https://ireland.ie/australia ar LFP, agus Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh!
Le gach dea-ghuí,
Cellena Connolly-Moynihan
Book Launch
Easter Monday
The annual commemoration of the escape of six Fenian convicts on 17-18 April, 1876 is celebrated with an oration, verse, music and song at the Catalpa Memorial. Guest speakers and dignitaries in attendance, coordinated by David McKnight
Date Easter Monday, 18 April at 11am.
Venue Catalpa Memorial, Rockingham Beach, walking distance south of Township.
Entry Free public event.
Followed by Gaelic Football match between Na Fianna Catalpa and Bunbury GAA, 1pm, venue to be confirmed
Tinteán 