St Patricks Church, Belfast
Flyover of St Patrick's Church in Belfast
IRA Chanting on St. Patrick's Day in Belfast 2016
Republican youths attempt to make Belfast City Centre a cold house for Unionists on what should be a day for all.
UK: Nationalists and Loyalists face-off in Belfast on St. Patrick's Day
British Loyalists and Irish nationalists faced off when rival rallies were held in the shadow of Belfast’s City Hall, on St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday.
Dozens of loyalists gathered under the slogan ‘loyal people's protest,’ while on the other side of the streets scores of Irish nationalists gathered, a large police presence keeping the two sides apart.
St. Patrick’s Day is held on March 17 and is celebrated across the world, with revelers enjoying all things Irish.
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St. Patrick's Day Parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland
There are specific celebrations all around the world which are famously known for being held for a long period of time and at the same time for the different meaning it might be carrying or the different purposes it might be standing for; St. Patrick's Day and the celebrations held for it in Ireland is one of those different festivals that are widely known all around the world (
St. Patrick's Day - which is also known as the feast of Saint Patrick or which might be called St. Paddy's - is a cultural and religious celebration that is held on the 17th of March every year and which marks the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. This day actually commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in general and it also celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.
Those Irish people, those who have attended any of these celebrations before, or those who are just interested about the Irish culture, will know that celebrating this day usually happens in the form of public parades and festivals, Ceilidhs, and wearing green attire or shamrocks; if you are visiting Ireland during this time of the year, you will definitely get the chance to see these celebrations and experience that different kind of atmosphere.
Even though the celebrations are changing every single year with different additions that make them more modernized, it is important that people know that Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast back in the 17th century and since then, people started making all these different celebrations - it is even observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church.
St. Patrick's Day is known to be an Irish celebration but it is important to say that it is also celebrated in other countries as well and which include the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. This day is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world, especially those in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand - so you might stumble upon any of these different celebrations anywhere in the world.
The interesting - and funny - fact about these celebrations is that they are more commonly held by the Irish diaspora more than they are held in Ireland and it actually entered Ireland in the 20th century, which is after it was celebrated in other countries. The parades, the wearing of green clothes and shamrocks, and those music festivals which are also held usually combine different participants such as the marching bands, the military, fire brigades, cultural organisations, charitable organisations, voluntary associations, youth groups, fraternities, and more of these different examples.
There are actually lots of different things attached to this day, such as wearing green and even lighting the streets in green, wearing shamrocks, speaking Irish during that week, and banning alcohol and eating during that day. The wearing of green comes from the 11th century pseudo-historical book Labor Gabala Erenn when Goidel Glas, the son of Scota and Niul, was bitten by a snack and was saved by Moses placing his staff on the snakebite and as a reminder, he would retain a green mark to stay with him and take his people to the land that would be free of snakes. On the other hand, using the shamrock goes back to the belief that Saint Patrick used the shamrock, which is a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish, and that is why it is considered good luck for people during that day - or even generally in Ireland.
This year, we attended one of these different parades that is held in Northern Ireland in order to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and bring these celebrations back to you. This carnival or festival was at Custom House Square where there were different characters to be seen and different things and shows that people would enjoy watching while celebrating that day. (
Being Irish, we have actually seen such celebrations before but for those who are visiting the place for the first time and managed to do that during St. Patrick's Day time then they should attend such festival and at the same time visit some of the most famous attractions that would happen to be placed in the same area. In this year's case, people could visit the Cathedral Quarter which is not far ( check Albert Clock ( and get to see the big fish sculpture that is known to be found in Belfast, Northern Ireland (
Happy Saint Patrick's Day from us =))!
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12th July 2012 - Outside St Patricks Church.
Loyalist Band Provocatively Parading Outside St Patrick's Church.
St Patricks Day celebrations in Belfast 2014
Thousands have attended Belfast's annual St Patrick's Carnival Parade in the city centre in what was deemed the biggest parade in recent years.
This year's theme was 'St Patrick to the future' and the carnival re-imagined the patron saint as a time-travelling adventurer on a colourful journey to the future of Belfast on Sunday.
Leading the celebrations was the Patron Saint of Ireland and the Lord Mayor Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir.
Featuring a number of eye-catching floats, the parade included a 'Back to The Future' flying DeLorean and a Doctor Who Tardis.
Former X Factor winner Shayne Ward performed a free concert at Custom House Square on Sunday afternoon as part of the city's fun-filled festivities.
A brand new Belfast song was premiered by a gigantic Beat Carnival Street Choir along with performances from Emerald Armada, Sontas, the Tir na nÓg Irish Dancers and the South Asian Dance Academy.
Mr Ó Muilleoir said: This is certainly a fun, fantastic treat for all the family - from near and far, to Belfast today.
We took the future as a theme because it is important that we concentrate on that and how life can be better for all of us. Belfast has really gotten into its stride being seen across the world as a forward thinking, attractive city with many advantages - particularly its young population.
'We have shown the world that we can put on a show and celebrate with the best of them, the Sinn Féin councillor added.
He said it was a day of unity.
Explaining why the parade was held a day early, he said: What we wanted to do was, because St Patrick's Day isn't a public holiday, let's have an event everyone can attend.
All the schools are closed today, there are no places of work really open and I think it's paid off for us.
He added: It's the biggest turnout I've seen in some years on St Patrick's Day, great colour, lots of green, and what really thrills me is that 700 young people, from right across the city, the Shankill and the Falls, are leading the carnival parade.
Meanwhile, around the world famous landmarks have been lit up in green ahead of St Patrick's Day.
Lights were installed on the Great Wall of China, the Rhine Falls - Europe's largest waterfall, and at Whistler, the famous Canadian ski resort, to name but a few.
More than 100 buildings and sites around the world are taking part in Tourism Ireland's Global Greening 2014, to celebrate the island of Ireland and St Patrick.
Brendan Howlin, minister for public expenditure in the Republic of Ireland, said global greening was going from strength to strength as he visited Beijing.
He said: I am truly honoured to be here to count down to the first greening of the iconic Great Wall of China, or as we Irish call it today, the Green Wall of China.
Orange Order playing the Famine Song at St Patricks Church, New Lodge, 12/07/2012
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Catholic is threatened as he watches an orange order parade, New Lodge Area, July 2012.
We Newlodgers let them march on our roads, in between 2 catholic areas, we've never moaned to the parades commission and this is how we are thanked, in front of children and outside St. Patricks Catholic Church.
The orange order year in year out try to get catholics involved in this orange culture Orangefest/Shared Culture, one catholic did and this is what he got...
Talking to the Belfast City Hall Flag Protesters
Orange Bands Play 'The Sash' passing St Patrick's Church in Belfast
Orange Bands Play 'The Sash' while passing St. Patrick's Church in Belfast at the start of their 2013 annual twelfth of July parade.
St Patrick's Church, Belfast
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UK: BELFAST: ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS
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The city of Belfast marked St. Patrick's Day peacefully for the first time in 25 years.
The historic divide between Catholic and Protestant was bridged as people from both sides joined to celebrate the national Saint's day.
But in the city's Protestant strongholds there is still reservation over the motives of Gerry Adams' much publicised trip to America.
For many of Belfast's residents, Friday's St. Patrick's Day celebrations marked a turning point in the city's troubled history.
Belfast City Hall, the historic bastion of Unionism, opened its doors for the first time in 25 years to Catholics and Protestants.
It was the first time a traditional ceiligh or Irish dance was held in the City Hall.
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This is a celebration of St. Patrick's day, it's the first time ever in the history of City Hall that the doors have been thrown open and that they have marked St. Patrick's Day with a ceiligh or Irish dance. But on top of that it is a celebration of Belfast and a celebration of its people and a celebration of the Irish language which is very vibrant in the city.
SUPER CAPTION: Martin O'Muilleoir, Sinn Fein Belfast City councillor
Both sides stressed the need for reconciliation and some even welcomed Gerry Adams' controversial trip to Washington.
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I think it is very important now, it is time for all the communities to be talking and to be learning from each other and to be putting all their differences aside. I think that him being in America and the UDP being in America, I see that as positive.
SUPER CAPTION: Heather Floyd, Protestant
But one Sinn Fein representative called for more haste in the negotiations.
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We welcome the fact that the British government announced the withdrawal of 400 British soldiers but you have to also bear in mind that there are 30,000 security forces under the direct control of the British government, the British army and the RUC are several. Now 400 out of 30,000 is not really a big dent, what we are saying is that we welcome the fact that the British government acknowledge the fact that they must respond to the de-militarisation of the conflict in Ireland and what we are saying to the British government is that they have to move much more quicker and with much more dramatic measures
SUPER CAPTION: Alex Maskey, Sinn Fein, Belfast City council
The hopeful attitudes have not spread to the whole city.
East Belfast has long been the stronghold of the loyalists. At the Quarry Inn, a local voiced her concern over Sinn Fein's real motives.
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What's all for the fund raising? What is it for? Now he says that it is for this and for that and for the other thing (Shaking her head in disagreement).
SUPER CAPTION: Heather Burns, Protestant
Earlier the police put on show for the press the fragments of a bomb found in the Northern Ireland border town of Newry on Thursday evening.
The IRA denied any involvement with the bomb. Adams said he was sure the IRA was not responsible - and claimed it was obviously and patently British dirty tricks.
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Northern Ireland: The Process of Peace - Catholic Focus
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St Patrick's Day 2019
Happy St Patrick's Day from the London Oriana Choir. Soloist Louise Bowmaker. Conducted by Dominic Ellis-Peckham.
St. Patrick's Day in Belfast - Northern Ireland 2018
Among all the different celebrations and festivals which are known worldwide and which might be related to specific countries out there, St. Patrick's Day is one of them and even though it is mainly linked to Ireland and Northern Ireland, the Irish diaspora tend to celebrate it outside these countries and even started it all long time ago.
Saint Patrick's Day or the feast of Saint Patrick - which is also referred to as St. Paddy's or St. Patty's Day - is a celebration that is held on the 17th of March every single year, which is the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church - it is now what we tend to witness in the streets of Belfast, Dublin, and all the other cities that might be celebrating it in different parts of the world.
A lot of people around the world usually ask about the main purpose behind St. Patty's Day and why do people celebrate it in the first place. St. Patty's Day is actually the day that commemorates Saint Patrick and celebrate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, it also celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. These celebrations related to that day come in different ways, it involves public parades and festivals (just like this one we attended in Belfast this year), Ceilidhs, along with wearing green attire or shamrocks.
There are actually lots of different things that are attached to this day, from these different examples, there is the Lenten restrictions on eating and alcohol drinking during that day, and there is even the tradition of speaking in Irish during that week as well. There are other more well known traditions related to the celebrations of this day and which include wearing green which came from the 11th century pseudo-historical book Lebor Gabala Erenn in which Goidel Glas, who was the son of Scota and Niul, was bitten by a snake and was saved from death by Moses placing his staff on the snakebite, later on he would retain a green mark that would stay with him to remind him. A lot of people have always though that the green came from the shamrock, but it actually didn't - the shamrock is another thing that highlights that day since Saint Patrick used this three-leafed plant to explain the Holy Trinity to the Irish pagans.
This year, St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Belfast took place in the Custom House Square and there were lots of people taking part in this parade that we enjoyed watching as much as we loved the idea of bringing this celebration back to our followers - and give those who have never witnessed such a thing in the real life to enjoy watching this movie.
In addition to these celebrations which we attend every single year, it is important to recommend some of those destinations which are found in Northern Ireland and which might be close enough to the location of the parade or festival - so that if you are visiting Belfast for the first time, you would find other things to do that could be found near as well. There are some famous touristic attractions which we should refer to when it comes to the Custom House Square in Belfast and which include Albert Clock and which happens to be a famous thing to consider when it comes to Belfast ( there is also the Cathedral Quarter with all its cafes and restaurants which might be included in the visit in addition to checking this historical place in general ( and you could also add the famous fish sculpture that is printed on mosaic which is famously known in Belfast as well ( these of course come in addition to other Belfast attractions to be mentioned generally but we are just shedding the light on those closest to the location of St. Patrick's Day parade for this year.
This day actually carried its effect on Ireland and Northern Ireland in the things they believe in and which is now considered part of them in front of the world, such as the green shamrock which they believe will bring them luck and thus is now one of the most important things related to this celebration and even the country - even a lot of those souvenirs brought from Ireland and Northern Ireland are related to this thing.
This is the way we spent our St Patrick's Day celebrations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and that was the festival we attended. Tell us more about the celebrations you had even if you happen to be living somewhere else where celebrations are also held and let us all enjoy the stories that will be told and which will be kept in our memories.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day from our team =))
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Loyalist bandsmen break determination outside St. Patricks Church
Loyalist bandsmen break Parade Commissions determinations on playing music passing St. Patricks Church on their return 12th of July march, preventing parishioners from leaving evening mass and verbally and physically abusing PSNI officers who prevented drunken loyalists from passing St. Patricks.
St Patrick's Day Belfast 2017
Parade
St. Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh - with repaired audio
I have posted this before but on the upload something went wrong with the audio so here it is again. A few views from the St. Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland from my DJI Phantom 3 Standard drone
St Patricks Church Dungannon
I was taking our little one for a walk and had the GoPro with me to record our journey. We called at the chapel to light a candle and so I took the opportunity to take a little film. Apologies as it is quite shaky, but this is one of the most beautiful churches around here.
BBC One - Songs of Praise, Belfast (17.03.2019)
BBC One - Songs of Praise, Belfast (17.03.2019)
Katherine Jenkins visits the Titanic Quarter in Belfast for St Patrick’s Day. She learns about the rich history of the area once occupied by the Harland and Wolff Shipyard, where Titanic was built. On board the Titanic’s tender vessel, the SS Nomadic, she meets Maureen McKinney, whose grandfather worked on the construction of the famous liner.
Katherine also visits the Dock Cafe at the heart of the growing new community of Titanic Quarter. Supported by six different Christian denominations, it runs as an honesty cafe, where customers pay whatever they feel is fair, and hosts a weekly event for international residents.
On St Patrick’s Day, Claire McCollum visits a unique Belfast church that’s built in the shape of a shamrock. The rector tells Claire how Ireland’s patron saint used the simple shamrock to explain the doctrine of the holy trinity as he preached across Ireland in the fifth century.
Music
To God Be The Glory – St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen
Be Still And Know That I Am God – St Colmcille’s, Holywood
I Bind Unto Myself Today – St Patrick's Church, Dungannon
What A Friend We Have In Jesus – Banbridge, Northern Ireland
Bless This House – Margaret Keys (performance)
This Is Amazing Grace – Green Pastures Church, Ballymena – led by Nathan Jess
Be Thou My Vision – St Patrick’s Church, Dungannon