Editing Saint Patrick's Day (section)

===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>