Irishmen everywhere celebrate the life and death of St Patrick, Ireland's Patron Saint. Since 1995, the City of Dublin has built a major international four-day festival around the occasion, one that is now enjoyed by over a million visitors each year. The full programme contains something for everyone, with street concerts, a funfair, street performers, face painting, clowns, the Music Village, the huge Skyfest Fireworks show and, not forgetting the famous St Patrick's Day Parade itself. At the city's Merrion Square is the Dolmio Big Day Out, a concert and funfair for 150,000. The centrepiece, the St Patrick's Day Parade, begins at 1100 on 17 March at Christ Church College and ends in O'Connell Street.

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