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There’s something about the words “party”
and “Ireland”. In a country that turns death
into a two-day piss-up (someone once observed
that the only difference between an Irish wake
and an Irish wedding was that there was one
fewer drunk person), the national holiday
just had to be something special. The official
face of the festival is the street parades, but
the soul of the business – the real “craic”, as
the Irish would say – is in the pubs of the city,
where some of the antics would make Bacchus
himself blanch. The parades attract street
performers, puppeteers and band troupes from
all over Europe, and are, like a music session
in an Irish pub, about participation rather
than observation. Dress up, drink up, and, as
the Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh would say,
“bucklep” about the streets to your heart’s
content.
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Where?
Dublin, Ireland
When?
On and around March 17
How Long?
5 days
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