Limerick St Patrick's Festival and St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Limerick – St Patrick’s Festival 2025

Embrace the celebrations for our national holiday, and cheer on the vibrant displays of community culture, and of course, the craic that makes Limerick’s energy a true force to be reckoned with!

This year’s theme is “A More Fun Limerick.”

This exciting theme aims to highlight the vibrant and playful spirit of Limerick, promising a festival filled with joy, creativity, and community engagement…learn more about this year’s theme here.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a highlight of Limerick St. Patrick’s Festival, set to take place from 15 – 17 March, and featuring a variety of events designed to bring smiles to faces of all ages. From lively parades and street performances to family-friendly activities and cultural showcases, “A More Fun Limerick” will transform the city and county into a hub of celebration and entertainment.

From Viking settlement to cosmopolitan city, a rich heritage and tradition is tightly woven into Limerick’s fabric.  The past is a constant and welcome presence here. From the 13th Century fortress at King John’s Castle, the Treaty Stone and imposing St. Mary’s Cathedral; to the collections of art and antiquities at the Hunt Museum, Limerick Museum, the People’s Museum of Limerick, the Limerick City Gallery of Art and the elegant architecture of Georgian Limerick.

There are so many fascinating stories to uncover at megalithic Lough Gur, home to Ireland’s largest stone circle, in medieval Kilmallock, charming Adare, bustling Newcastle West or at Foynes, the birthplace of the world-famous Irish coffee.

Limerick’s culture is a source of justifiable pride, from our edgy street art and vibrant live music scene to a calendar bursting with theatre, film, festivals and events. Ireland’s first National City of Culture, we host the country’s only biennial of contemporary art, EVA International.

Limerick’s pride as a city of sport is evident at every turn and none more so than in our reigning three in a row, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions. Adare Manor is due to host the 2027 Ryder Cup and create memories that will sustain generations.

As the home of Munster Rugby, Limerick boasts the world renowned Thomond Park Stadium. County Limerick is an adventure playground with Ballyhoura Mountain Bike Trails, Curraghchase Forest Park and Limerick Greenway, which carves a 40km path through lush local countryside, along with so many trails, loops, walks and hikes just waiting to be embraced.

There is so much to discover in Limerick.

St Patrick’s Day Parade 2025

The Limerick St. Patrick’s Day parade will begin at Roden Street, move down O’Connell Avenue and O’Connell Street, turn left onto Glentworth Street, turn right onto Henry Street, continue down Henry Street, onwards to Liddy Street and Arthur’s Quay Park. The route then turns left onto Patrick Street before it ends at Rutland Street by Mathew Bridge.

The Reviewing Stand will be located on Henry Street (opposite the Savoy Hotel).

Look here for all event details – St Patrick’s Festival Limerick

St Patrick’s Festival – Limerick

Limerick St. Patrick’s Festival showcasing the best that the Treaty City has to offer! Limerick St Patrick’s Festival will feature a huge parade with more than 3,500 participants and the country’s only international band festival and encourages all participants to be creative about having pride in their city and a huge number of local, national and international groups will participate in a festival we can all be proud of!

There is so much live entertainment to choose from including major parades, street theatre, live music, dance, horse racing, Strong Man challenge, sport….and much…

Among the participants in this year’s Parade will be Waterford-based Spraoí, an internationally renowned streets arts company who will be bringing their spectacular Stag Show to Limerick’s main thoroughfares on March 17th. Artastic, in collaboration with Spotlight Stage School, were last year’s overall winners and are coming together this year with another show-stopping spectacle.

Limerick St Patrick’s Festival Events

Parade will begin at 12.00 and will follow the route down through O’Connell St and passed the viewing stand which will be situated outside Penney’s.

Shamrock Street Shows and Music

Kick-start the Limerick St. Patrick’s Festival weekend with an afternoon of crowd-pleasing performances and traditional music for all!

From acrobats and stilt walkers to jugglers and circus acts, come see our wacky walkabout performers as they run amok, raising smiles on Bedford Row!

Toe-tapping is the theme on Thomas Street, where “The Green Stage” will be ready for local musicians to entertain, from modern music to traditional tunes.

The Limerick International Band Championship

The Limerick International Band Parade and Competition is expected to attract thousands of spectators on to the streets of Limerick city this weekend as the Limerick St Patrick’s festival gets underway!

More than 1,200 musicians from marching bands around Ireland, the USA, Germany, Africa and Northern Ireland will join Limerick’s finest to showcase their talents with adrenalin pumping music for all the family to enjoy this Sunday, March 19.