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06 Sept 2025

Thousands expected in city as Derry's St Patrick's Day parade returns

Derry celebrations return after three-year absence due to Covid-19 pandemic

Thousands expected in city as Derry's St Patrick's Day parade returns

Dancers from Flaunt Ur Step making their way down Shipquary Street during the 2019 St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Derry's streets will turn green today when thousands converge on the city centre for the return of the city's St Patrick's Day parade.

It will be the first time the event has been held in the city in three years, having been called off in 2020 due the the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Alderman Graham Warke, is looking forward to the prospect of joining St Patrick at the head of the Spring Carnival Parade, appropriately themed 'Rebirth and Renewal' for its return following a three year Covid enforced hiatus.

Mayor Warke said he hoped the day would be a' vibrant celebration' of a return to' better days for everyone' and encouraged people to familiarise themselves with the route to choose their viewing point.

The parade will depart Bishop Street car park at 3.00pm and make its way along Bishop Street to the Diamond before travelling down Shipquay Street and along Queen's Quay before ending at the Strand Road car park.

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