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St. Patrick's Festival

St. Patrick's Festival

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St. Patrick's Festival, Ireland, established by the Government of Ireland in November 1995,[1] is a major tourist attraction, aiming to showcase a modern and creative Ireland,[2] and has since developed into a multi day celebration which takes place annually on and around March 17, St. Patrick's Day - the national holiday of Ireland.

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The principal aim of the Festival was to "develop a major annual international event around the national holiday over which the 'owners' of the festival - the Irish people, would stand proud."[3]

References

  1. [1]
    December 22, 2003. Bridget Haggerty. "Party Down in Dublin Town - 2003". Irish Culture and Customs.
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    6 May 2015. O'Donnell, Aisling T.; Muldoon, Orla T.; Blaylock, Danielle L.; Stevenson, Clifford; Bryan, Dominic; Reicher, Stephen D.; Pehrson, Samuel (2016). "'Something That Unites Us All': Understandings of St. Patrick's Day Parades as Representing the Irish National Group" (PDF). Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 26: 61–74. doi:10.1002/casp.2236.
  3. [3]
    Nov 14, 2017. "'Luck of the Rock': SRU's Marching Pride invited to Dublin's 2019 St. Patrick's Festival". Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.


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