St Patrick's Day

Next: Wednesday 17 March 2027

17 March, the national day of Ireland, and a busy night for Irish music sessions.

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Monday 26 October Hunter’s Moon

Monday 9 November New moon

Tuesday 24 November Beaver Moon

Wednesday 9 December New moon

Thursday 24 December Cold Moon

Thursday 7 January New moon

Friday 22 January Wolf Moon

Saturday 6 February New moon

Saturday 20 February Snow Moon

Monday 8 March New moon

Wednesday 17 March

Wed 17 Mar from 09:00
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St Patrick’s Day Climb of Slemish

Sets off from Slemish car park, Broughshane, County Antrim
- Procession
- St Patrick's Day
Wed 17 Mar 12:00 16:00
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Downpatrick St Patrick’s Day Parade

Sets off from Market Street, Downpatrick, County Down
- Procession
- St Patrick's Day

Monday 22 March Worm Moon

Tuesday 6 April New moon

Tuesday 20 April Pink Moon

Thursday 6 May New moon

Thursday 20 May Flower Moon

Friday 4 June New moon

Saturday 19 June Strawberry Moon

Sunday 4 July New moon

Sunday 18 July Buck Moon

Monday 2 August New moon

Tuesday 17 August Sturgeon Moon

Tuesday 31 August New moon

Wednesday 15 September Harvest Moon

Thursday 30 September New moon

Friday 15 October Hunter’s Moon

Folklore from the old calendars

Folklore from the old calendars

Charming the sword No longer kept IrelandUnder St Patrick's Day Hone gathered old English accounts of Irish beliefs.
Smugglers’ revels on St Patrick’s Day in Glamorgan No longer kept GlamorganSt Patrick's Day was kept with revels on the Glamorgan coast, where smugglers, wreckers and dealers in contraband held high revelry in the seaboard parishes.
St Patrick’s jaw-bone Lore and belief UlsterA family in humble life near Belfast kept a silver case said to hold the jaw-bone of St Patrick, which once had five teeth; three were given to members of the family emigrating to America and one was put under the altar of Derriaghy chapel.
The Patrick’s pot No longer kept IrelandAn Irish gentleman told Hone how St Patrick's Day used to be kept in small country towns and hamlets.
The serpent of Lough Dilveen Lore and belief MunsterAmong the seven lakes of the Galtee Mountains, between Cork and Tipperary, is Lough Dilveen.
The shamrock in the hat Still kept Ireland, LeinsterOn St Patrick's Day every Irishman who cared for the day wore a bunch of shamrock in his hat, the trefoil with which the saint was said to have taught the Irish the Trinity.