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Kells St. Patrick's Day Festival March 17th

Don't Miss this Year's Extravaganza in Kells!

Main Parade Farrell St, Kells at 3pm

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Kells is celebrating the national saint's day with a St Patrick's Weekend Festival which will include the traditional parade on St Patrick's Day, music, coffee mornings, nature walks and craft workshops.

The parade itself takes place at 3pm on St Patrick's Day, starting on the Cavan Road and proceeding across Circular Road, down Canon Street and around the town. There will also be hundreds of 'leprechauns' taking part.

Plenty of music and craic is promised as well as floats and walking groups as well as live music. People are being asked to come along, dressed as leprauchans as there will be a ceili on the street after the parade.

The Kells parade plans to have a link with Sydney, Australia, this year.

The theme for the Australian city's parade is the Book of Kells and Kells man, Michael Owens, who lives in Sydney, contacted Kells Chamber of Commerce to see how they could link both parades.

Kells artist, Patrick Morris, who went to school with Michael Owens, has designed two flags, one of which will be carried in the Australian parade and the other in the Kells event.

The celebrations will begin next Tuesday when a representative of the US Embassy will turn on the lights at the Spire of Loyd, which will be bathed in green light for the festivities. This will be followed by an Irish night in the Railway Bar.

The People's Resource Centre will host a coffee morning and craft workshop on Wednesday next and there will be a coach crash simulation in the town centre at 12 noon the following Saturday.

A leisurely nature walk on Girley bog with ecologist Kate Forde will take place at 2.30pm on the Saturday and a faster paced walk, tracing the old railway line from the Railway Bar to Loyd and then proceeding to the Ring Fort Walk, will take place later than day.

There will be a tea dance in the People's Resource Centre on the Sunday.

Promoted by Kells & District Chamber of Commerce