Editing Saint Patrick's Day (section)

==Celebrations elsewhere==
===Europe===
[[File:388-0049-hinnerk-ruemenapf 01.jpg|thumb|Saint Patrick's Day 2016 in an [[Irish pub]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany]]
====England==== <!--Northern Ireland is covered in the "Ireland" section-->
[[File:St Patrick's Day - Trafalgar Square March 2006.jpg|thumb|Saint Patrick's Day celebration at [[Trafalgar Square]] in London, 2006]]
In England, the Royal Colonel or [[Colonel-in-chief]] traditionally present bowls of shamrock to members of the [[Irish Guards]], a regiment in the [[British Army]], following [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] introducing the tradition in 1901.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31927196 Duchess of Cambridge Presents St Patrick's Day Shamrocks to Irish Guards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414052435/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31927196 |date=14 April 2019 }}. (17 March 2015) [[BBC News]]. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref> Since 2012, the [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Duchess of Cambridge]] has presented the bowls of shamrock to the Irish Guards. While female royals are often tasked with presenting the bowls of shamrock, male royals have also undertaken the role, such as [[George VI|King George VI]] in 1950 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Irish Guards, and in 2016 the [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]] in place of his wife.<ref>[https://www.royal.uk/duke-cambridge-joins-irish-guards-st-patricks-day-parade?page=14 The Duke of Cambridge Joins the Irish Guards at the St Patrick's Day Parade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108201230/https://www.royal.uk/duke-cambridge-joins-irish-guards-st-patricks-day-parade?page=14 |date=8 January 2019 }}. (17 March 2016) Royal.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref><ref>Palmer, Richard. (17 March 2016). [https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/487741/William-St-Patricks-Day-Parade-Shamrock Prince William Handed Out Shamrocks at the St Patrick's Day Parade as Kate Broke with Tradition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414044122/https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/487741/William-St-Patricks-Day-Parade-Shamrock |date=14 April 2019 }}. ''[[Sunday Express]]'' Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref> Fresh Shamrocks are presented to the Irish Guards, regardless of where they are stationed, and are flown in from Ireland.<ref>Rayner, Gordon ,(17 March 2015) Duchess of Cambridge hands out St Patrick's Day shamrocks to Irish Guards. ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref>

While some Saint Patrick's Day celebrations could be conducted openly in Britain pre 1960s, this would change following the commencement by the IRA's bombing campaign on [[Great Britain|mainland Britain]] and as a consequence this resulted in a suspicion of all things Irish and those who supported them which led to people of Irish descent wearing a sprig of shamrock on Saint Patrick's day in private or attending specific events.<ref name="Pages 180–183">Cronin, Mike; Adair, Daryl (2002). ''The Wearing of the Green: A History of St. Patrick's Day''. Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-415-18004-7}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eAuAAgAAQBAJ&dq=irish+in+uk+1960s+wearing+shamrocks+st+patricks+day&pg=PA180 pp. 180–183] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112025027/https://books.google.es/books?id=eAuAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA180&dq=irish+in+uk+1960s+wearing+shamrocks+st+patricks+day&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR0MCz0tvfAhUj8-AKHcs1D48Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=irish%20in%20uk%201960s%20wearing%20shamrocks%20st%20patricks%20day&f=false |date=12 January 2020 }}</ref> Today, after many years following [[Good Friday Agreement|the Good Friday Agreement]], people of Irish descent openly wear a sprig of shamrock to celebrate their Irishness.<ref name="Pages 180–183"/>

Christian denominations in Great Britain observing his [[feast day]] include [[The Church of England]] and the Roman Catholic Church.<ref name="Irish and non-Irish celebrants">{{Cite book|title=Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa|publisher=[[HarperOne]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IuOlQJPbycwC&pg=PA135|quote=The most famous church in the United States is dedicated to him, St. Patrick's in New York City. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all ethnic backgrounds by the wearing of green and parades. His feast, which is on the General Roman Calendar, has been given as March&nbsp;17 in liturgical calendars and martyrologies. The Church of England, the Episcopal Church in the USA, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America observe his feast on this day, and he is also commemorated on the Russian Orthodox calendar.|first=Richard P.|last=Mcbrien|date= 2009|isbn=9780061763656|access-date=13 November 2010|archive-date=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003163247/https://books.google.com/books?id=IuOlQJPbycwC&pg=PA135|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Birmingham]] holds the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade in Britain with a city centre parade<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.search.connectinghistories.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?txtKeywords=parade&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&originator=%2Fengine%2Fsearch%2Fdefault%5Fhndlr%2Easp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=24&text=0&resource=503 |title=Brigitte Winsor: Photographs of the St Patrick's Day Parade |work=Connecting Histories |date=12 March 2006 |access-date=17 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722084529/http://www.search.connectinghistories.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?txtKeywords=parade&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&originator=%2Fengine%2Fsearch%2Fdefault_hndlr.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=24&text=0&resource=503 |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref> over a two-mile (3&nbsp;km) route through the city centre. The organisers describe it as the third biggest parade in the world after Dublin and New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2009/02/17/st_patricks_2009_feature.shtml |title=St. Patrick's Parade 2009 |work=BBC Birmingham |date=18 March 2009 |access-date=15 March 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152850/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2009/02/17/st_patricks_2009_feature.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

London, since 2002, has had an annual Saint Patrick's Day parade which takes place on weekends around the 17th, usually in Trafalgar Square. In 2008, the water in the Trafalgar Square fountains was dyed green. In 2020, the parade was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

[[Liverpool]] has the highest proportion of residents with Irish ancestry of any English city.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.merseyreporter.com/history/historic/irish-immigration.shtml | work=Mersey Reporter | title=Irish Immigration to and from Liverpool (UK) | access-date=17 March 2013 | archive-date=8 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208140727/http://www.merseyreporter.com/history/historic/irish-immigration.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref> This has led to a long-standing celebration on Saint Patrick's Day in terms of music, cultural events and the parade.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

[[Manchester]] hosts a two-week Irish festival in the weeks prior to Saint Patrick's Day. The festival includes an Irish Market based at the city's town hall which flies the Irish tricolour opposite the Union Flag, a large parade as well as a large number of cultural and learning events throughout the two-week period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk/ |title=Manchester Irish Festival |access-date=17 March 2010 |archive-date=21 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221081149/http://www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Scotland====
[[File:Stpatricksdayfestivalcbridge.JPG|thumb|2009 [[St. Patrick's Day festival Coatbridge|Saint Patrick's Day festival]] celebration in [[Coatbridge]], Scotland]]
The Scottish town of [[Coatbridge]], where the majority of the town's population are of Irish descent,<ref name=ScotGov-Immigration>{{cite web |title=Irish emigration to Scotland in the 19th and 20th centuries – Settlement of the Irish |url=http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/experienceofimmigrants/irish.asp |website=Education Scotland |publisher=Government of Scotland |access-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320212938/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/experienceofimmigrants/irish.asp |archive-date=20 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=CoatbridgeFestival>{{cite web |title=The Coatbridge Irish|url=http://www.stpatricksdayfestivalcoatbridge.org/History/Main/History.htm |website=St Patrick's Day Festival Coatbridge |access-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708051820/http://www.stpatricksdayfestivalcoatbridge.org/History/Main/History.htm |archive-date=8 July 2007}}</ref> also has [[St. Patrick's Day festival Coatbridge|a Saint Patrick's Day Festival]] which includes celebrations and parades in the town centre.<ref name=CoatbridgeFestival/><ref>{{cite web |title=St Patrick's Day in Coatbridge, Scotland |url=https://comingtoscotland.wordpress.com/ |date=14 March 2015 |website=Coming to Scotland |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110744/https://comingtoscotland.wordpress.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Glasgow]] has a considerably large Irish population; due, for the most part, to the Irish immigration during the 19th century. This immigration was the main cause in raising the population of Glasgow by over 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Moss |work=The Glasgow Story |url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/storyc.php |title=Industrial Revolution: 1770s to 1830s |access-date=17 March 2012 |archive-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022044/http://www.theglasgowstory.com/storyc.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to this large Irish population, there are many Irish-themed pubs and Irish interest groups who hold yearly celebrations on Saint Patrick's day in Glasgow. Glasgow has held a yearly Saint Patrick's Day parade and festival since 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Glasgow St. Patrick's Festival 2018 Website |url=http://www.glasgowstpatricksfestival.co.uk/ |website=Glasgow's St. Patrick's Festival |publisher=St. Patrick's Festival Committee |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316133417/http://www.glasgowstpatricksfestival.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Malta====
[[File:Porte des Bombes on St Patrick's Night.jpg|thumb|[[Porte des Bombes]] illuminated in green on Saint Patrick's Day of 2014]]

The first Saint Patrick's Day celebrations in Malta took place in the early 20th century by soldiers of the [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]] who were stationed in [[Floriana]]. Celebrations were held in the Balzunetta area of the town, which contained a number of bars and was located close to the barracks. The Irish diaspora in Malta continued to celebrate the feast annually.<ref name="maltaindependent2018-03-18">{{cite news |last1=Micallef |first1=Roberta |title=St Patrick's Day in Malta – how it started, and where it's going |url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-03-18/local-news/St-Patrick-s-Day-in-Malta-how-it-started-and-where-it-s-going-6736186439 |work=[[The Malta Independent]]|date=18 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318121643/http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-03-18/local-news/St-Patrick-s-Day-in-Malta-how-it-started-and-where-it-s-going-6736186439|archive-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>

Today, Saint Patrick's Day is mainly celebrated in Spinola Bay and [[Paceville]] areas of [[St Julian's]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Azzopardi|first1=Karl|title=Thousands take to the street of St Julian's for St Patrick's Day celebrations |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/85371/thousands_take_to_the_street_of_st_julians_for_st_patricks_day_celebrations_ |work=[[Malta Today]]|date=17 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317221548/https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/85371/thousands_take_to_the_street_of_st_julians_for_st_patricks_day_celebrations_ |archive-date=17 March 2018}}</ref> although other celebrations still occur at Floriana<ref name="maltaindependent2018-03-18"/> and other locations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Malta celebrates St Patrick's Day|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150315/local/malta-celebrates-st-patricks-day.560045|work=[[Times of Malta]]|date=15 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421042447/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150315/local/malta-celebrates-st-patricks-day.560045|archive-date=21 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Grech Urpani|first1=David|title=Finally: A Fresh Take On St. Patrick's Day Celebrations Is Coming To Malta|url=https://lovinmalta.com/sponsored/sponsored-announcement/finally-a-fresh-take-on-st-patricks-day-celebrations-is-coming-to-malta|work=Lovin Malta|date=8 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316004114/https://lovinmalta.com/sponsored/sponsored-announcement/finally-a-fresh-take-on-st-patricks-day-celebrations-is-coming-to-malta|archive-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> Thousands of Maltese attend the celebrations, "which are more associated with drinking beer than traditional Irish culture."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Micallef|first1=Roberta|title=More than 20,000 people expected to celebrate St Patrick's Day in St Julian's|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-03-17/local-news/More-than-20-000-people-expected-to-celebrate-St-Patrick-s-Day-in-Paceville-6736186410|work=[[The Malta Independent]]|date=17 March 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317113614/http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-03-17/local-news/More-than-20-000-people-expected-to-celebrate-St-Patrick-s-Day-in-Paceville-6736186410|archive-date=17 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands flock to St Julian's to celebrate St Patrick's feast |url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-03-17/local-news/Thousands-flock-to-St-Julian-s-to-celebrate-St-Patrick-s-feast-6736186436|work=[[The Malta Independent]]|date=17 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317210613/http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-03-17/local-news/Thousands-flock-to-St-Julian-s-to-celebrate-St-Patrick-s-feast-6736186436|archive-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>

====Russia====
[[File:St Patrick's Day 2012 in Moscow.jpg|thumb|[[Moscow]] hosts an annual Saint Patrick's Day festival]]
The first Saint Patrick's Day parade in Russia took place in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stpatrick.ru/russian/index.htm |script-title=ru:Москва. День Св. Патрика |date=1999–2007 |publisher=Русское Кельтское Общество [Russian Celtic Society] |language=ru |trans-title=Moscow. St. Patrick's Day |access-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417183918/http://www.stpatrick.ru/russian/index.htm |archive-date=17 April 2012 }}</ref> Since 1999, there has been a yearly "Saint Patrick's Day" festival in Moscow and other Russian cities.<ref>{{cite web|first=Erin |last=Andersen |title=St. Patty's Day: Not just green beer – but some of that, too |url=http://journalstar.com/entertainment/misc/st-patty-s-day-not-just-green-beer-but-some/article_1a91449b-3666-5363-a249-7d5378ddd713.html |work=[[Lincoln Journal Star]] |date=17 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518183700/http://journalstar.com/entertainment/misc/st-patty-s-day-not-just-green-beer-but-some/article_1a91449b-3666-5363-a249-7d5378ddd713.html |archive-date=18 May 2013 }}</ref> The official part of the Moscow parade is a military-style parade and is held in collaboration with the Moscow government and the Irish embassy in Moscow. The unofficial parade is held by volunteers and resembles a carnival. In 2014, Moscow Irish Week was celebrated from 12 to 23 March, which includes Saint Patrick's Day on 17 March. Over 70 events celebrating Irish culture in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, and Volgograd were sponsored by the Irish Embassy, the Moscow City Government, and other organisations.<ref>{{cite web |first=Grace |last=Cuddihy |title=Muscovites Turn Green For Irish Week |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/muscovites-turn-green-for-irish-week/496349.html |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=18 March 2014 |access-date=18 March 2014 |archive-date=18 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318214431/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/muscovites-turn-green-for-irish-week/496349.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] added the feast day of Saint Patrick to [[Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar|its liturgical calendar]], to be celebrated on {{OldStyleDate|30 March||17 March}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=В месяцеслов Русской Православной Церкви включены имена древних святых, подвизавшихся в западных странах |url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4829992.html |website=Patriarchia.ru |access-date=12 March 2017 |language=ru |date=9 March 2017 |trans-title=Ancient saints who worked in Western countries have been added to the menologium of the Russian Orthodox Church |archive-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310173023/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4829992.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Spain====
[[Madrid]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metromadrid.es/en/press-release/2024-03-12/the-community-of-madrid-celebrates-st-patricks-day-with-a-host-of-activities-at-different-points-in-the-metro-network | title= The Community of Madrid celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a host of activities at different points in the Metro network &#124; Metro de Madrid| date= 12 March 2024}}</ref> [[Barcelona]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Celebrating St. Patrick's Day 2025 in Barcelona | url=https://www.barcelona-life.com/st-patricks-day | access-date=2025-02-01 | website=www.barcelona-life.com}}</ref> [[A Coruña]] and [[Benidorm]] are the biggest cities where great celebrations take place in Spain, but some other smaller cities have started to host Saint Patrick's Day in recent years, such as [[El Espinar]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lavozdeelespinar.es/el-espinar-celebra-san-patricio-del-15-al-17-de-marzo/ | title=El Espinar celebra San Patricio del 15 al 17 de marzo | date=12 March 2024 }}</ref> [[Caldas de Reyes]], [[Pontevedra]], [[Salamanca]], [[Elda]], [[Valladolid]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.docenotas.com/172425/el-centro-cultural-miguel-delibes-celebra-san-patricio-con-el-espectaculo-de-irish-treble-viaje-celta/ | title=El Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes celebra San Patricio con el espectáculo de Irish Treble, 'Viaje Celta' | date=14 March 2024 }}</ref> and [[Maspalomas]].

====Other European countries====
[[Sarajevo]], the capital city of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] has an Irish expatriate community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sarajevo.travel/en/things-to-do/sarajevo-irish-festival/795|title=Sarajevo Irish Festival|publisher=Sarajevo Travel|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153005/https://sarajevo.travel/en/things-to-do/sarajevo-irish-festival/795|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stpatricksfestival.ie/events/int-event/sarajevo_irish_festival_20171|title=Sarajevo Irish Festival|publisher=stpatricksfestival.ie|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153029/http://www.stpatricksfestival.ie/events/int-event/sarajevo_irish_festival_20171|url-status=live}}</ref> The community established the [[Sarajevo Irish Festival]] in 2015, which is held for three days around and including Saint Patrick's Day. The festival organizes an annual parade, hosts Irish theatre companies, screens Irish films and organizes concerts of Irish folk musicians. The festival has hosted numerous Irish artists, filmmakers, theatre directors and musicians such as [[Conor Horgan]], Ailis Ni Riain, [[Dermot Dunne]], [[Mick Moloney]], [[Chloë Agnew]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/magazin/pripremljen-bogat-program-za-ovogodisnji-sarajevo-irish-festival/170307062|title=Pripremljen bogat program za ovogodišnji Sarajevo Irish Festival|publisher=klix.ba|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=25 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325020037/https://www.klix.ba/magazin/pripremljen-bogat-program-za-ovogodisnji-sarajevo-irish-festival/170307062|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lgbti.ba/intervju-conor-horgan-film-o-panti-bliss-je-o-tome-kako-licno-jeste-politicko/|title=Conor Horgan: Film o Panti Bliss je o tome kako lično jeste političko|date=15 March 2017|publisher=lgbti.ba|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405092057/http://lgbti.ba/intervju-conor-horgan-film-o-panti-bliss-je-o-tome-kako-licno-jeste-politicko/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://avaz.ba/lifestyle/kultura/225274/veceras-otvaranje-sarajevo-irish-festivala|title=Večeras otvaranje Sarajevo Irish Festivala|date=16 March 2016|publisher=avaz.ba|access-date=18 April 2018|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405092155/http://avaz.ba/lifestyle/kultura/225274/veceras-otvaranje-sarajevo-irish-festivala|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although it is not a national holiday in [[Lithuania]], the [[Vilnia River]] is dyed green every year on the Saint Patrick's Day in the capital [[Vilnius]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Švento Patriko dieną Vilnelė vėl nusidažys žaliai |url=https://madeinvilnius.lt/pramogos/renginiai/svento-patriko-diena-vilnele-vel-nusidazys-zaliai/ |website=madeinvilnius.lt |access-date=14 October 2019 |language=lt-LT |date=13 March 2019 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014205920/https://madeinvilnius.lt/pramogos/renginiai/svento-patriko-diena-vilnele-vel-nusidazys-zaliai/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Norway]] has had a Saint Patrick's Day parade in Oslo since 2000, first organized by Irish expatriates living in Norway, and partially coordinated with the Irish embassy in Oslo.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oslo Parade History |url=https://www.irishsociety.no/st-patricks-day/ |date=18 March 2020 |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126151159/http://www.irishsociety.no/st-patricks-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

While Saint Patrick's Day in [[Switzerland]] is commonly celebrated on 17 March with festivities similar to those in neighbouring central European countries, it is not unusual for Swiss students to organise celebrations in their own living spaces on Saint Patrick's Eve. Most popular are usually those in Zurich's [[Aussersihl|Kreis 4]]. Traditionally, guests also contribute with beverages and dress in green.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amiv.ethz.ch/content/st-patricks-eve-celebrations-2012-zürich |title=St. Patrick's Eve Celebrations 2012 in Zürich |language=de |publisher=Zurich Student Association |access-date=20 February 2012 |archive-date=15 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315174049/https://www.amiv.ethz.ch/content/st-patricks-eve-celebrations-2012-z%C3%BCrich |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Americas===
====Canada====
Saint Patrick's Day is a government holiday in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref>https://blog.payworks.ca/nl-paid-holidays-explained-st.-patricks-day-st.-georges-day#:~:text=employees%20and%20workplaces.-,St.,remain%20open%20on%20this%20day.</ref> The island Newfoundland has strong historic and cultural ties to Ireland and is cited as the most Irish place outside of Ireland.<ref>https://www.irishstar.com/culture/newfoundland-might-most-irish-place-32439124</ref> Approximately 20% of Newfoundland's population consists of [[Irish Newfoundlanders]].

[[File:St. Patrick's Day Montreal 2007.jpg|thumb|Montreal hosts one of the longest-running and largest Saint Patrick's Day parades in North America]]
One of the longest-running and largest Saint Patrick's Day ({{langx|fr|le jour de la Saint-Patrick}}) parades in North America occurs each year in [[Montreal]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-celebrates-191st-st-patrick-s-day-parade-sunday-1.2568446 |title=Montreal celebrates 191st St. Patrick's Day parade Sunday |website=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=11 March 2014 |access-date=17 March 2014 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601065311/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-celebrates-191st-st-patrick-s-day-parade-sunday-1.2568446 |url-status=live }}</ref> whose [[Flag of Montreal|city flag]] includes a [[shamrock]] in its lower-right quadrant. The yearly celebration has been organised by the United Irish Societies of Montreal since 1929. The parade has been held yearly without interruption since 1824. Saint Patrick's Day itself, however, has been celebrated in Montreal since as far back as 1759 by Irish soldiers in the Montreal Garrison following the British conquest of New France.

In [[Saint John, New Brunswick]] Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated as a week-long celebration. Shortly after the JP Collins Celtic Festival is an Irish festival celebrating Saint John's Irish heritage. The festival is named for a young Irish doctor James Patrick Collins who worked on [[Partridge Island (Saint John County)]] quarantine station tending to sick Irish immigrants before he died there himself.

In [[Manitoba]], the Irish Association of Manitoba runs a yearly three-day festival of music and culture based around Saint Patrick's Day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishassociation.ca/ |title=Coming Events |website=Irish Association of Manitoba |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313224941/http://www.irishassociation.ca/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, the CelticFest Vancouver Society organised its first yearly festival in downtown [[Vancouver]] to celebrate the [[Celtic Nations]] and their cultures. This event, which includes a parade, occurs each year during the weekend nearest Saint Patrick's Day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celticfestvancouver.com |title=CelticFest Vancouver |publisher=Celticfest Vancouver |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601065305/https://www.celticfestvancouver.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In [[Quebec City]], there was a parade from 1837 to 1926. The [[Quebec City St-Patrick Parade]] returned in 2010 after more than 84 years. For the occasion, a portion of the [[New York City Police Department|New York Police Department]] Pipes and Drums were present as special guests.

There has been a parade held in [[Toronto]] since at least 1863.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cottrell |first=Michael |url=http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/hssh/article/viewFile/16699/15557 |title=St. Patrick's Day Parades in Nineteenth-Century Toronto: A Study of Immigrant Adjustment and Elite Control |journal=Histoire Sociale – Social History |volume=XXV |issue=49 |date=May 1992 |pages=57–73 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-date=22 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822171343/http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/hssh/article/viewFile/16699/15557 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] hockey team was known as the [[Toronto St. Patricks]] from 1919 to 1927, and wore green jerseys. In 1999, when the Maple Leafs played on Saint Patrick's Day, they wore green St Patrick's retro uniforms.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Some groups, notably [[Guinness]], have lobbied to make Saint Patrick's Day a national holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.proposition317.com/Gateway.aspx |title=Guinness |publisher=Proposition 3–17 |access-date=17 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323192927/http://www.proposition317.com/Gateway.aspx |archive-date=23 March 2010 }}</ref>

In March 2009, the [[Calgary Tower]] changed its top exterior lights to new green CFL bulbs just in time for Saint Patrick's Day. Part of an environmental non-profit organisation's campaign (Project Porchlight), the green represented environmental concerns. Approximately 210 lights were changed in time for Saint Patrick's Day, and resembled a [[Leprechaun]]'s hat. After a week, white CFLs took their place. The change was estimated to save the Calgary Tower some $12,000 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 104 tonnes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bevan |first=Alexis |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Calgary+Tower+gets+full+green+bulb+treatment/1378992/story.html |title=Calgary Tower gets full green bulb treatment |work=Calgary Herald |date=11 March 2009 |access-date=17 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330025307/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Calgary%2BTower%2Bgets%2Bfull%2Bgreen%2Bbulb%2Btreatment/1378992/story.html |archive-date=30 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since 2019, the City of [[Waterloo, Ontario]] has had to contend with an ever-growing massive street party that has coincided with the Saint Patrick's Day celebrations. In 2023, police could be seen putting fences up on Ezra Avenue to discourage partiers to participate in the unauthorized event that has cost the city as much as $750,000 a year for police, paramedics, and municipal services.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pickel|first=Jeff|url=https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/will-fences-stop-ezra-ave-partiers-on-st-patrick-s-day-1.6314878|title=Will fences stop Ezra Ave. partiers on St. Patrick's Day?|work=CTV News Kitchener|date=15 March 2023 }}</ref>

====United States====
[[File:ChicagoStPatricksDay2015.jpg|thumb|The [[Chicago River#Saint Patrick's Day|Chicago River dyed green]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://abc7chicago.com/news/crowds-gather-for-st-patricks-day-celebrations-downtown/1242900/ |title=Crowds gather for St. Patrick's Day celebrations downtown |last=Holmes |first=Evelyn |newspaper=Abc7 Chicago |date=12 March 2016 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |access-date=13 March 2016 |quote=Large crowds gathered for Saturday's St. Patrick's Day festivities downtown. Although St. Patrick's Day is actually on a Thursday this year, Chicago will be marking the day all weekend long. Some started the day at Mass at Old St. Patrick's Church in the city's West Loop neighborhood. Spectators gathered along the riverfront in the Loop for the annual dyeing of the Chicago River, which began at 9&nbsp;am |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313110314/http://abc7chicago.com/news/crowds-gather-for-st-patricks-day-celebrations-downtown/1242900/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
{{Main|Saint Patrick's Day in the United States}}
Saint Patrick's Day, while not a legal holiday in the United States, is nonetheless widely recognised and observed throughout the country as a celebration of Irish and [[Irish-American]] culture. Celebrations include prominent displays of the colour green, religious observances, numerous parades, and copious consumption of alcohol.<ref name="Irish Culture 3" /> The holiday has been celebrated in what is now the U.S. since 1600, with the first parade occurring in 1601.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://totallystaugustine.com/first-u-s-st-patricks-celebration-held-in-st-augustine-florida-in-1600/|title=First U.S. St. Patrick's celebration held in St. Augustine, Florida in 1600|newspaper=Totally St. Augustine |access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109211401/http://totallystaugustine.com/first-u-s-st-patricks-celebration-held-in-st-augustine-florida-in-1600/|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is customary for the Irish [[Taoiseach]] (Irish Prime Minister) to meet with the [[President of the United States]] on or around Saint Patrick's Day.<ref name="irishtimes.com">Collins, Stephen. (11 March 2017). [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/a-short-history-of-taoisigh-visiting-the-white-house-on-st-patrick-s-day-1.3005736 A Short History of Taoisigh Visiting the White House on St Patrick's Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411085934/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/a-short-history-of-taoisigh-visiting-the-white-house-on-st-patrick-s-day-1.3005736 |date=11 April 2019 }}. ''Irish Times''. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref><ref>[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/st-patricks-day-irish-heritage-american-history/ St. Patrick's Day and Irish Heritage in American History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302235353/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/st-patricks-day-irish-heritage-american-history/ |date=2 March 2021 }} (14 March 2018). [[whitehouse.gov]] Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref> Traditionally, the Taoiseach presents the US president a [[Waterford Crystal]] bowl filled with shamrocks.<ref name="irishexaminer.com">Dwyer, Ryle. (2 January 2017). [https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html President Reagan's Bowl of Shamrock and the 1,500-Year Wake] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014343/https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html |date=10 January 2019 }}. [[Irish Examiner]]. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref> This tradition began in 1952 when the Irish Ambassador to the US, [[John Hearne (lawyer)|John Hearne]], sent a box of shamrocks to President [[Harry S. Truman]]. From then, it became a yearly custom for the Irish ambassador to send Saint Patrick's Day shamrocks to an official in the US President's administration, although on some occasions the shamrocks were given personally by the Irish Taoiseach or Irish President to the US president in Washington.<ref name="irishtimes.com"/><ref name="irishexaminer.com"/> After the meeting between Taoiseach [[Albert Reynolds]] and President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1994, the presenting of the shamrocks became a yearly custom.<ref name="irishtimes.com"/><ref>Dwyer, Ryle. (2 January 2017). [https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html President Reagan's Bowl of Shamrock and the 1,500-Year Wake] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014343/https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/president-reagans-bowl-of-shamrock-and-the-1500-year-wake-437296.html |date=10 January 2019 }}. ''[[Irish Examiner]]''. Retrieved 8 January 2019</ref>

====Mexico====
The [[Saint Patrick's Battalion]] is honored in Mexico on Saint Patrick's Day.<ref>{{cite web |last=Talley |first=Patricia Ann |url=http://imagine-mexico.com/mexico-honors-irish-immigrants/ |title=Mexico Honors Irish Soldiers On St. Patrick's Day-The "San Patricios" |work=Imagine Mexico |date=28 February 2019 |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-date=3 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603103659/http://imagine-mexico.com/mexico-honors-irish-immigrants/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Argentina====
[[File:Día de San Patricio Buenos Aires 2.jpg|thumb|Celebrations in [[Buenos Aires]] centre on Reconquista street]]
In Buenos Aires, a party is held in the downtown street of Reconquista, where there are several Irish pubs;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanpatricio2009.com.ar/index.htm |title=Saint Patrick's Day in Argentina |publisher=Sanpatricio2009.com.ar |date=17 March 2009 |access-date=17 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727025139/http://sanpatricio2009.com.ar/index.htm |archive-date=27 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{youTube|Df8ATMkkqWE|Saint Patrick's Day in Argentina}}. {{Retrieved|access-date=17 March 2009}}</ref> in 2006, there were 50,000 people in this street and the pubs nearby.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2006/03/18/laciudad/h-06401.htm |title=San Patricio convocó a una multitud |publisher=Clarin.com |date=18 March 2006 |access-date=17 March 2012 |archive-date=25 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025034202/http://www.clarin.com/diario/2006/03/18/laciudad/h-06401.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Neither the Catholic Church nor the [[Irish settlement in Argentina|Irish community]], the fifth largest in the world outside Ireland,<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Los Irlandeses en la Argentina |journal=Familia, Journal of the Ulster Historical Foundation |volume=2 |number=8 |year=1992 |first=Pat |last=Nally |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/magazine/articles/uhf_argentina1.htm |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-date=14 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514232404/http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/magazine/articles/uhf_argentina1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> take part in the organisation of the parties.

====Montserrat====
The island of [[Montserrat]] is known as the "Emerald Island of the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]]" because of its founding by [[Irish immigration to Saint Kitts and Nevis|Irish refugees from Saint Kitts and Nevis]]. Montserrat is one of three places where Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday, along with Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The holiday in Montserrat also commemorates a failed slave uprising that occurred on 17 March 1768.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Gallery Montserrat: some prominent people in our history |last=Fergus |first=Howard A. |year=1996 |publisher=Canoe Press University of West Indies |isbn=976-8125-25-X |page=83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2DD81ZHWhxgC&pg=PA83 |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-date=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006150410/https://books.google.com/books?id=2DD81ZHWhxgC&pg=PA83 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Oceania ===
====Australia====
[[File:St Patrick's Parade Brisbane-13 (8562155117).jpg|thumb|Saint Patrick's Parade in Brisbane]]
Saint Patrick's Day is not a public holiday in Australia, although it is celebrated each year across the country's states and territories.<ref>[[National Museum of Australia]] (2020). [https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/not-just-ned/about/about/st-patricks-day St Patrick's Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207094309/https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/not-just-ned/about/about/st-patricks-day |date=7 February 2021 }}. Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref><ref>Irish Echo (Australia) (2019) [https://www.irishecho.com.au/news/tag/St+Patrick%27s+Day+in+Australia St Patrick's Day in Australia: Latest News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321113813/https://www.irishecho.com.au/news/tag/St+Patrick%27s+Day+in+Australia |date=21 March 2021 }}. Irish Echo (Australia). Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref><ref>Modern Australian. (29 January 2019). [https://modernaustralian.com/4400-the-best-st-patrick-s-day-events-in-australia-2019 The best Saint Patrick's day events in Australia 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208050408/https://modernaustralian.com/4400-the-best-st-patrick-s-day-events-in-australia-2019 |date=8 February 2021 }}. Modern Australian. Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref> Festivals and parades are often held on weekends around 17 March in cities such as [[Sydney]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Georgina |date=17 March 2018 |title=St Patrick's day celebrations to turn Moore Park into the 'green quarter' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/st-patrick-s-day-celebrations-to-turn-moore-park-into-the-green-quarter-20180317-p4z4ui.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=2 February 2021 |archive-date=7 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207091307/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/st-patrick-s-day-celebrations-to-turn-moore-park-into-the-green-quarter-20180317-p4z4ui.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Brisbane]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Garcia|first=Jocelyn|date=16 March 2019|title=St Patrick's Day parade patron honoured at Brisbane festivities|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/st-patrick-s-day-parade-patron-honoured-at-brisbane-festivities-20190316-p514rq.html|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207091513/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/st-patrick-s-day-parade-patron-honoured-at-brisbane-festivities-20190316-p514rq.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Adelaide]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Iannella|first=Antimo|date=16 March 2017|title=St Patrick's Day takes to Adelaide Oval for the first time since 1967, with celebrations at southern end of stadium|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/st-patricks-day-takes-to-adelaide-oval-for-the-first-time-since-1967-with-celebrations-at-southern-end-of-stadium/news-story/1882121362c680f649067884e7141dfe|work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910202046/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/st-patricks-day-takes-to-adelaide-oval-for-the-first-time-since-1967-with-celebrations-at-southern-end-of-stadium/news-story/1882121362c680f649067884e7141dfe|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kozina|first=Teigan|date=16 March 2018|title=2019 Saint Patrick's Day 2018: Where to celebrate in Melbourne|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/saint-patricks-day-2018-where-to-celebrate-in-melbourne/news-story/26d3bf2bacfd0ddd3ae48023b0db9263|work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426111709/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/saint-patricks-day-2018-where-to-celebrate-in-melbourne/news-story/26d3bf2bacfd0ddd3ae48023b0db9263|url-status=live}}</ref> On occasion, festivals and parades are cancelled. For instance, Melbourne's 2006 and 2007 Saint Patrick's Day festivals and parades were cancelled due to sporting events ([[Commonwealth Games]] and [[Australian Grand Prix]]) being booked on and around the planned Saint Patrick's Day festivals and parades in the city.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holroyd|first=Jane|date=17 March 2006|title=Irish see green over Grand Prix|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/irish-see-green-over-grand-prix-20070317-ge4fyk.html|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206161335/https://www.theage.com.au/national/irish-see-green-over-grand-prix-20070317-ge4fyk.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Sydney the parade and family day was cancelled in 2016 due to financial problems.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Damien |date=6 February 2016 |title=Why there will be no St Patrick's Day Rising: Burden of debt on the centenary of the Easter Rising forces cancellation of St Patrick's Day parade. |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/why-there-will-be-no-st-patricks-day-rising-20160204-gmlydi.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=2 February 2021 |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212004753/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/why-there-will-be-no-st-patricks-day-rising-20160204-gmlydi.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Damien |date=16 March 2016 |title=Irish eyes not smiling: St Patrick's Day parade cancelled in Sydney |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/irish-eyes-not-smiling-st-patricks-day-parade-cancelled-in-sydney-20160316-gnk86u.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=2 February 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209051232/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/irish-eyes-not-smiling-st-patricks-day-parade-cancelled-in-sydney-20160316-gnk86u.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Brisbane's Saint Patrick's Day parade, which was cancelled at the outbreak of [[World War II]] and wasn't revived until 1990,<ref>{{cite news|last=Crockford|first=Toby|date=17 March 2018|title=Grand parade to be sure, when St Patrick's Day falls on a Saturday|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/grand-parade-to-be-sure-when-st-patrick-s-day-falls-on-a-saturday-20180317-p4z4v0.html|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031629/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/grand-parade-to-be-sure-when-st-patrick-s-day-falls-on-a-saturday-20180317-p4z4v0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> was not called off in 2020 as precaution for the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], in contrast to many other Saint Patrick's Day parades around the world.<ref>{{cite news|last=Layt|first=Stuart|date=10 March 2020|title=Coronavirus fears won't rain on Brisbane St Patrick's Day parade|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/coronavirus-fears-won-t-rain-on-brisbane-st-patrick-s-day-parade-20200310-p548qo.html|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=11 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311155325/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/coronavirus-fears-won-t-rain-on-brisbane-st-patrick-s-day-parade-20200310-p548qo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first mention of Saint Patrick's Day being celebrated in Australia was in 1795, when Irish convicts and administrators, Catholic and Protestant, in the [[penal colony]] came together to celebrate the day as a national holiday, despite a ban against assemblies being in place at the time.<ref name="O'Farrell">[[Patrick O'Farrell|O'Farrell, Patrick]]. (1995). St Patrick's Day in Australia: The John Alexander Ferguson Lecture 1994. Journal of Royal Historical Society 81(1) 1-16.</ref> This unified day of Irish nationalist observance would soon dissipate over time, with celebrations on Saint Patrick's Day becoming divisive between religions and social classes, representative more of Australianness than of Irishness and held intermittingly throughout the years.<ref name="O'Farrell"/><ref>''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (18 March 1887). [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28355652 St Patrick's Day Celebrations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519150719/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28355652 |date=19 May 2021 }}. ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''. [[New South Wales]]. p5. Retrieved 2 February 2021 via National Library of Australia</ref><ref>The Adelaide Chronicle (25 Mar 1916). [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87241295/8616594 St. Patrick's Day in Adelaide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519150800/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87241295/8616594 |date=19 May 2021 }}. [[The Adelaide Chronicle]] [[Adelaide]] [[South Australia]]. p25. Retrieved 2 February 2021 via National Library of Australia</ref> Historian [[Patrick O'Farrell]] credits the [[Easter Rising|1916 Easter Rising]] in [[Dublin]] and [[Archbishop Daniel Mannix]] of [[Melbourne]] for re-igniting St Patrick's Day celebrations in Australia and reviving the sense of Irishness amongst those with Irish heritage.<ref name="O'Farrell"/> The organisers of the Saint Patrick's festivities in the past were, more often than not, the Catholic clergy<ref>The Southern Cross. (20 February 1931). St. Patrick's Day: The Adelaide Celebration: Meeting of the Committee. [[The Southern Cross (South Australia)|The Southern Cross]]. [[Adelaide]] [[South Australia]]. p7. Retrieved 2 February 2021 via National Library of Australia</ref> which often courted controversy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Daley|first=Paul|date=2 April 2016|title=Divided Melbourne: When Archbishop turned St Patrick's Day into Propaganda|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2016/apr/22/divided-melbourne-when-the-archbishop-turned-st-patricks-day-into-propaganda|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206213653/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2016/apr/22/divided-melbourne-when-the-archbishop-turned-st-patricks-day-into-propaganda|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Sullivan, Tim. (2020). [https://www.htav.asn.au/documents/item/3390 An Illusion of Unity: Irish Australia, the Great War and the 1920 St Patrick's Day Parade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206020126/https://www.htav.asn.au/documents/item/3390 |date=6 February 2021 }} Agora 55(1). 24–31</ref> [[Patrick Phelan (Bishop of Sale)|Bishop Patrick Phelan]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale|Sale]] described in 1921 how the authorities in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] had ordered that a [[Union Jack]] be flown at the front of the Saint Patrick's Day parade and following the refusal by Irishmen and [[Irish-Australians]] to do so, the authorities paid for an individual to carry the flag at the head of the parade.<ref>Fitzgerald, Ellen (21 March 2019). [https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/in-the-herald-march-21-1921-20190313-p513tl.html In the Herald : 21 March 1921: Union Jack forced on St Patrick's Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210001805/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/in-the-herald-march-21-1921-20190313-p513tl.html |date=10 February 2021 }}. [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]</ref><ref>Warwick Daily News (21 March 1921). [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177270639?searchTerm=Patrick%20Phelan%20Union%20Jack%20forced%20on%20St%20Patrick%E2%80%99s%20Day St Patrick's Day: Scenes in Melbourne: Union Jack Hooted: Speech by Bishop Phelan]. [[Warwick Daily News]] [[Queensland]]. p5. Retrieved 2 February 2021 via National Library of Australia</ref> This individual was later assaulted by two men who were later fined in court.<ref>The Argus. (22 March 1921). [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1741365?searchTerm=Union%20Jack%20forced%20on%20St%20Patrick%E2%80%99s%20Day Attack on Union Jack: St Patrick's Day Incident: Two Men Before the Court.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207181041/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1741365?searchTerm=Union%20Jack%20forced%20on%20St%20Patrick%E2%80%99s%20Day |date=7 February 2021 }} [[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]. [[Melbourne]] [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. p7. Retrieved 2 February 2021 via National Library of Australia</ref><ref>The Argus (31 March 1921). [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1743242?searchTerm=Union%20Jack%20forced%20on%20St%20Patrick%E2%80%99s%20Day Attack on Union Jack: St Patrick's Day Incident: Two Young Men Fined]. ''[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]''. [[Melbourne]] [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. p7. Retrieved 2 February 2021 via National Library of Australia</ref>

====New Zealand====
From 1878 to 1955, Saint Patrick's Day was recognised as a public holiday in New Zealand, together with [[St George's Day]] (England) and [[St Andrew's Day]] (Scotland).<ref>Swarbrick, Nancy. (2016). [https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/page-3 Public holidays - Celebrating communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207085104/https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/page-3 |date=7 February 2021 }}, [[Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]], Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref><ref>Swarbrick, Nancy. (2016) [https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/print Public holidays] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206081203/https://teara.govt.nz/en/public-holidays/print |date=6 February 2021 }}, [[Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]], Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Daly|first=Michael|date=20 May 2020|title=How do we get public holidays? Government considering an extra long weekend|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/121569002/how-do-we-get-public-holidays-government-considering-an-extra-long-weekend|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206123935/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/121569002/how-do-we-get-public-holidays-government-considering-an-extra-long-weekend|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Auckland]] attracted many Irish migrants in the 1850s and 1860s, and it was here where some of the earliest Saint Patrick's Day celebrations took place, which often entailed the hosting of community picnics.<ref name="Bueltmann">Bueltmann, Tanja. (2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=opjuVKk-HEoC&dq=The+New+Zealand+Herald+st+patrick%27s+day+public+holiday&pg=PA105 Remembering the Homeland: St Patrick's Day Celebrations in New Zealand to 1910] in Oona Frawley (ed.) (2012). ''Memory Ireland: Diaspora and Memory Practices'' Vol.2 Syracuse University Press. {{ISBN|9780815651710}} pp101-113. Retrieved 2 February 2021</ref> However, this rapidly evolved from the late 1860s onwards to include holding parades with pipe bands and marching children wearing green, sporting events, concerts, balls and other social events, where people displayed their Irishness with pride.<ref name="Bueltmann"/> While Saint Patrick's Day is no longer recognised as a public holiday, it continues to be celebrated across New Zealand with festivals and parades at weekends on or around 17 March.<ref>{{cite news|last=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=17 March 2018|title=St Patrick's Day celebrations underway in Auckland|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/st-patricks-day-celebrations-underway-in-auckland/ZASJXHLEBLWJT2YAQOAXZNK2UA/|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207051529/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/st-patricks-day-celebrations-underway-in-auckland/ZASJXHLEBLWJT2YAQOAXZNK2UA/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=O'Sullivan|first=Aisling|date=16 March 2017|title=Best places to celebrate St Patrick's Day in New Zealand and around the world|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/90440256/best-places-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day-in-new-zealand-and-around-the-world|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|access-date=2 February 2021|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508044805/https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/90440256/best-places-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day-in-new-zealand-and-around-the-world|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Asia===
[[File:Saint Patricks Day in Motomachi Yokohama.jpg|thumb|Saint Patrick's Day in [[Motomachi, Yokohama]]]]
Saint Patrick's parades are now held in many locations across Japan.<ref name="url2013 St Patricks Day Parades in Japan">{{cite web |url=http://st-patricks-day.com/st_patricks_day_parades_asia_japan.html |title=Saint Patrick's Day Parades & Events in Japan |access-date=24 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508140202/http://st-patricks-day.com/st_patricks_day_parades_asia_japan.html |archive-date=8 May 2013 }}</ref> The first parade, in Tokyo, was organised by The Irish Network Japan (INJ) in 1992.

The Irish Association of Korea has celebrated Saint Patrick's Day since 1976 in [[Seoul]], the capital city of [[South Korea|Korea]] and [[Busan]], second largest city in Korea. The plaxe of the parade and festivals are [[Itaewon]] of Seoul and [[Seo-myeon, Busan|Seomyeon]] of Busan. It is sponsored by Embassy of Ireland in Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iak.co.kr/event/event.php |title=Saint Patrick's Day in Korea Event Page |publisher=Irish Association of Korea |access-date=17 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314060945/http://www.iak.co.kr/event/event.php |archive-date=14 March 2010 }}</ref>

In [[Malaysia]], the St Patrick's Society of Selangor, founded in 1925, organises a yearly St Patrick's Ball, described as the biggest Saint Patrick's Day celebration in Asia. [[Guinness Anchor Berhad]] also organises 36 parties across the country in places like the [[Klang Valley]], [[Penang]], [[Johor Bahru]], Malacca, [[Ipoh]], [[Kuantan]], [[Kota Kinabalu]], [[Miri, Malaysia|Miri]] and [[Kuching]].

===UN Peacekeeping missions===
Irish [[United Nations]] (UN) peacekeepers outside Ireland also celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. For example, in 2021, the [[United Nations Disengagement Observer Force]]'s Irish contingent led a parade in Syria where members received shamrocks and 35 personnel were presented with the [[United Nations Peacekeeping Medal|UN Peacekeeping Medal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ST PATRICK'S DAY 2021 IN UNDOF|url=https://undof.unmissions.org/st-patrick%E2%80%99s-day-2021-undof|publisher=[[United Nations]]|website=undof.unmissions.org|date=22 March 2021|access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>

===International Space Station===
[[File:Chris Hadfield in the Space Station on Saint Patrick's Day.jpg|thumb|Astronaut [[Chris Hadfield]] wearing green in the [[International Space Station]] on Saint Patrick's Day, 2013]]
Astronauts on board the [[International Space Station]] have celebrated the festival in different ways. Irish-American [[Catherine Coleman]] played a hundred-year-old flute belonging to [[Matt Molloy]] and a [[tin whistle]] belonging to [[Paddy Moloney]], both members of the Irish music group [[The Chieftains]], while floating weightless in the space station on Saint Patrick's Day in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |first=Tariq |last=Malik |url=http://www.space.com/11159-irish-astronaut-stpatricks-day-flute-music.html |title=Irish Astronaut in Space Gives St. Patrick's Day Musical Flair |work=Space.com |date=17 March 2011 |access-date=18 March 2013 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601065208/https://www.space.com/11159-irish-astronaut-stpatricks-day-flute-music.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX-5n_YcxgQ |title=St. Patrick's Day Greeting From Space |publisher=NASA TV video |date=17 March 2011 |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601065219/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX-5n_YcxgQ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Diarmaid |last=Fleming |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/molloy-s-flute-to-help-irish-music-breach-the-final-frontier-1.687275 |title=Molloy's flute to help Irish music breach the final frontier |work=Irish Times |date=15 December 2010 |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601065247/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/molloy-s-flute-to-help-irish-music-breach-the-final-frontier-1.687275 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her performance was later included in a track called "The Chieftains in Orbit" on the group's 2012 album, ''[[Voice of Ages]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Boyd |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2.659/chieftains-call-up-to-an-army-of-indie-admirers-1.479104 |title=Chieftains' call-up to an army of indie admirers |work=Irish Times |date=10 March 2012 |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601071548/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2.659/chieftains-call-up-to-an-army-of-indie-admirers-1.479104 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Chris Hadfield]] took photographs of Ireland from Earth orbit, and a picture of himself wearing green clothing in the space station, and posted them online on Saint Patrick's Day in 2013. He also posted online a recording of himself singing "[[Danny Boy]]" in space.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ronan |last=McGreevy |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/out-of-this-world-rendition-of-danny-boy-marks-st-patrick-s-day-in-space-1.1328923 |title=Out of this world rendition of Danny Boy marks St Patrick's Day in space |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=17 March 2013 |access-date=18 March 2013 |archive-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317213530/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/out-of-this-world-rendition-of-danny-boy-marks-st-patrick-s-day-in-space-1.1328923 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F83635601 |title=Astronaut Chris Hadfield singing "Danny Boy" on the International Space Station |work=Soundcloud |date=17 March 2013 |access-date=18 March 2013 |archive-date=18 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318233806/https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F83635601 |url-status=live }}</ref>