LOCAL DUBLIN ADVICE ON HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF ST PATRICKS DAY & ST PATRICKS FESTIVAL 2026

Dublin City will be thronged with Tourists over the coming days for the St Patricks Festival!

I have prepared a short video below with some local Dublin tips and advice for those visiting Dublin to get the best out of 2026 St Patricks Day and the St Patricks Festival.

But for those who don’t wish to watch the video or don’t have access to it, then I have written below some bullet points of local Dublin advice on how to get the best out of St Patricks Day and St Patricks Festival in 2026.

  • The St Patricks Festival 2026 in Ireland and Dublin is being celebrated from Saturday March 14th to Tuesday March 17th
  • There will be hundreds of different variety of events taking place all over Dublin City Centre for the St Patricks Festival. A schedule of the St Patricks Festival 2026 events is available on this link……………………….. https://stpatricksfestival.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SPF-26-Digital-Brochure-LIGHT.pdf
  • For those wishing to go the official Dublin City St Patricks Day parade then get in early (probably an hour before it starts) and go to the area closest to where you are staying as there will be a lot of restrictions getting around Dublin City during the St Patricks Day parade. The Dublin City St Patricks Day parade starts at 12.00 and lasts approximately 2 hours.
  • A link to the Dublin City St Patricks Day parade route is https://stpatricksfestival.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/St.-Patricks-26-Parade-Route-Map-scaled.png
  • Local advice on where to find a more authentic experience for a St Patrick’s Day parade then head to any of these outside Dublin City Centre: Dun Laoghaire, Bray, Stepaside, Swords, Skerries, Balbriggan and Blanchardstown.
  • And for those who want to have the best craic on St Patricks Day in Dublin, then hang around Temple Bar area, the surrounding streets and Dame Street. This area will be full of Bars with traditional Irish music, though it will be mostly Tourists.
  • Local Dublin advice on where to find local bars with locals on St Patricks Day in Dublin City Centre then go to any of the following areas: Georges Street, Camden Street, Dawson Street, Baggot Street and Capel Street. And Harcourt Street too if you are out a bit later, as that is where a lot of the nightclubs are.
  • Please do not under any circumstances call the day St Pattys Day to local Dublin or Irish people if you are visiting Dublin for the St Patricks Festival. Irish people call it St Paddys Day for short and really dislike the phrase St Pattys Day. That is the best advice on WHAT NOT TO DO in Dublin as a Tourist on St Patricks Day!!!!
  • If you are here in Dublin on the weekend leading up to St Patricks Day 2026, then ladies are definitely in for a treat. We are expecting close to 10,000 Scots travelling over to Dublin for the really big rugby game between Ireland and Scotland on Saturday March 14th. They will be mostly men wearing kilts, which always gets the ladies excited!!! The game is being played in the Aviva stadium, which is a 20 or so minute walk from the City Centre and kick off is 2.10pm on Saturday March 14th.

Regardless if you are travelling over to Ireland and Dublin for the 2026 St Patricks Festival or just for the 2026 St Patricks Day then you are more than welcome and make sure you have the craic, which does mean fun by the way!!!

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