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Full list of St. Patrick’s Day parades in this area

There are a large number of St. Patrick’s Day Parades taking place in the general area on Sunday March 17th. Below is a list of some of those parades:

12 noon – Sligo

1pm – Carrick-on-Shannon

2.30pm – Ballaghaderreen

3.00 pm – Ballintubber

3.30pm – Ballymote

4.00 pm – Boyle

4.15pm – Gurteen

5.00 pm – Elphin

There will be a Trad Session before the parade with Music Generation Roscommon along with Face Painting in An Rioga, DJ Stan will perform on the Crescent from 3-5pm and there will be a concert with Music Generation in St. Joseph’s Hall after the parade.

There are 10 talented bands performing in the Hall, commencing at 4.30pm:

4.30pm – The Boyz
4.45pm – The Toads
5.00pm – Silk Sound
5.15pm – Epsom
5.30pm – Superego
5.45pm – West Be Well
6.00pm – Impact
6.20pm – The Blackouts
6.40pm – Possession
7pm – 24/07′

Please note that the Boyle parade starts at the slightly later time of 4pm this year and parade participants are asked to gather at Applegreen in Mocmoyne from 3pm. There will be a committee member there to chat to participants when they arrive.

The organisers of the Boyle parade would like to thank all the participants in the celebrations this year along with the many people who gave of their time to make the event possible. They would also like to thank all those who have made a donation to the Go Fund Me page.

  • Log onto Boyletoday.com Facebook page following the parade for full photographic coverage of this year’s event in Boyle.

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