Patriot Place Irish Festival Expands to Three Days, March 15-17, 2025

Girls Irish dancing

The 14th Annual Irish Festival at Patriot Place, one of the region’s most popular events each March, is expanding in 2025 as it goes from a one to three-day celebration of Irish culture in greater Boston on March 15-17.  The events at Patriot Place North Marketplace is free and open to the public and takes…

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Ten Ways To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day In Massachusetts

Woman playing bagpipes

Massachusetts is rolling out the emerald carpet for St. Patrick’s Day this March, as one of America’s most Irish-American states celebrates its distinct culture and ethnic heritage. The Boston Irish Tourism Association (BITA) has issued its annual recommendations for enjoying the region’s St. Patrick’s Day season in a fun and meaningful way. “Today, nearly 20%…

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2025 Manchester St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Marching band playing wind instruments in parade

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade starts at noon on Elm Street at the intersection with Salmon and continues south along Elm Street.The St. Patrick’s Day Parade starts at noon on Elm Street at the intersection with Salmon and continues south along Elm Street.

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2025 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Horse drawn carriage on street for parade

Starts: Downtown Holyoke. 413 533-1700 Race Headquarters: 143 Maple St (100 Yards in front of Start Line) The parade begins at Kmart Plaza on Rt. 5 (Northampton Street) and ends on High Street. Road closures typically begin 1 hour hour prior to kick off. The parade is 2.65 miles long and can take up to…

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2025 Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Little girl in vibrant colored outfit marching in parade

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is held annually on March 17th beginning at Noon. St. Patrick’s Festivals, the largest celebration of Irish Culture and Heritage in the world, returns from March 14 – 17, 2025!

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2025 Scituate St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Men dressed in colonial outfits with muskets ready for parade

Starts: Gate Middle School, First Parish Rd. 781 545-6671 The parade runs from the old Gate’s Middle School on First Parish Rd. through downtown Front St. Scituate Harbor and ends at 44 Jericho Rd. It is now considered the largest St. Patrick’s parade on the South Shore.

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2025 New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Men in kilts marching in New Haven Connecticut in Saint Patrick's Day Parade

Starts: Park Avenue 508 753-7197 The parade begins on Chapel Street at Sherman Avenue, and continues on Chapel Street toward the Green. The route turns left onto Church Street, down to Elm Street, and disburses by Orange Street.

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2025 Newport St. Patrick’s Day Parade

People in kilts marching in Newport Rhode Island Saint Patrick's Day Parade

Rain or Shine Starts: City Hall, Newport, RI 401-846-5081 Find your best green attire, watch for leprechauns, and join in the revelry to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Newport! Get your Green on and experience the fun and excitement of the longest running Saint Patrick’s Day parade in New England. The celebration kicks off promptly…

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ICC Presents: Set Dancing with Cait Bracken

set dancing, ICC

Every Monday throughout the year (except Holidays), the ICC presents set dancing with Cait Bracken at 6:30 pm. Set dancing is a form of social dancing which has been popular in Ireland for over 150 years. Sets are danced by four couples in a square. Open to beginners and dancers with some experience, this is…

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BRT Presents: Breen Rynne Murray

Breene | Rynne | Murray group photo

Co. Clare natives Tara Breen and Pádraig Rynne have teamed up with virtuoso guitarist Jim Murray to form one of the finest performing groups in Irish music today. A trio comprising of musicians at the fore of our tradition, expect a performance from the gentle to the rhythmical and all the in-betweens. Big names, impressive…

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The Ship of War and Angel Of Mercy (USS Jamestown)

USS Jamestown

On March 28, 1847, an American naval ship – the USS Jamestown – left the Charlestown Navy Yard on a humanitarian voyage that captured the world’s imagination. It was the height of the five year famine in Ireland (1845-49), and scores of Irish people were dying in the streets.  The magnitude of the despair, disease and the…

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All In The Family – Bridget’s: An Irish Tradition

Quality products at Bridget's

Thirty-five years ago, in 1987, Bridget Daly and her daughter Lorraine Ryan opened their first Irish gift shop in Plymouth, MA, aptly named Bridget’s – An Irish Tradition. Originally from Tullamore in County Offaly, the Irish mom and daughter had a good instinct that the shop would be a success and were well aware of the…

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Boston’s Fenway Park –An Irish-American Landmark

Fenway Park – home of the Boston Red Sox – is the nation’s enduring symbol of baseball, America’s favorite pastime.  Officially opened on April 20, 1912, the park has outlasted all other major league baseball parks, becoming a shrine for baseball lovers everywhere. Writing in the New Yorker Magazine in 1960, John Updike described Fenway Park as…

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Boston Celtics – the Green Team

Boston Celtics logo

Many people wonder why the Celtics wear shamrocks on their green uniforms and have a giant leprechaun smoking a cigar as their team logo.  And why the team mascot is a guy named Lucky who looks like he stepped out of a box of Lucky Charms? According to the Boston Celtic’s official web site, the…

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Holyoke Parade with Bridget Moynahan

Bridget Moynihan

Since 1952, the people of western Massachusetts have been celebrating Irish heritage and culture, as well as community pride, at the annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. Now in its 72nd year, the 2.65 mile parade kicks off on Sunday, March 23rd at 11 a.m. from Kmart Plaza on Rt. 5 – Northampton Street and ends…

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Being Irish in Southie

South Boston’s distinction as the nation’s most Irish-American community goes back to the 19th century, when Irish immigrants first settled here. They formed a cohesive Irish-American neighborhood centered on family, faith and public service, a spirit that has endured for more than two centuries. Read about two South Boston traditions, the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast…

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Rockport Music Presents: Genticorum

Renowned for their boundless energy, exceptional musicianship and captivating stage presence, Genticorum has thrilled audiences for years with their award-winning Celtic-inspired folk music. The trio has won multiple Canadian Folk Music Awards, as well as Juno and ADISQ nominations, and has earned a reputation as a leading voice in the evolution of Québécois traditional music….

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BRT Presents: Rock Hearts

Rock Hearts Band sitting on a couch with their instruments in an art gallery

Rock Hearts brings together five veteran musicians from Southern New England who love to sing and pick bluegrass, old country tunes, and seek out newer tunes from other genres to “bluegrass-ify.” Featuring Joe Deetz’s – banjo, Alex MacLeod – vocals and rhythm guitar, Billy “BT” Thibodeau – vocals, mandolin and guitar, Danny Musher – fiddle…

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One Boston Day

4.15 Boston Day, overlaid on the Boston Skyline and photos of first responders

One Boston Day is held annually on April 15th to commemorate the Boston Marathon bombings. Each year, the day serves as an opportunity to celebrate the resiliency, generosity, and strength demonstrated by the people of Boston and those around the world in response to the tragedy of April 15th, 2013. You are welcome to share…

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