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A St. Patrick’s Holiday
Some people complain that corned beef and cabbage or green beer aren’t authentic Irish customs. Yet, it’s these Americanized symbols that brought 8 million Americans to Dublin in March 2009. In many ways, the American celebration, with festivities like a pub crawl and the St. Patrick’s Day parade, have been brought back to Ireland as a way to drum up tourism, exchange cultural ideas and modernize. Over the years, Ireland has moved away from the humdrum mass and family dinner to several weeks packed full of theater, music, art, dancing, dining and parading down the streets.
It wasn’t until the 1900s that Saint Patrick’s Day moved away from being a religious holiday and more toward being a public holiday. When the partying got out of hand, Act 1903 introduced by the UK Parliament required that all Irish pubs be closed on March 17th. However, the act was repealed in the seventies, opening the way for bigger and better celebrations. During the mid-nineties, the government saw St. Patrick’s Day as an ideal opportunity to showcase the culture of Ireland. The St. Patrick’s Day parade, which had existed since 1931, was suddenly a sensation among tourists who, thanks to increased globalization, had developed a taste for Irish beer and Irish music.
By 2000, the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin had reached the international spotlight, thanks in part to the St. Patrick’s Festival Group. Since the weather isn’t particularly wonderful in the month of March, the Irish government knew they needed to promote tourism at this time of year through marketing, innovation, creativity and grassroots organization. Internationally, there were notable parade routes in England, America, Argentina, Canada, Monserrat, New Zealand and Uruguay. Dublin’s event was special, however, because of the surrounding Irish festival that attracted millions of people by 2009. Cork, Belfast, Derry, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford also hosted their own parades and events as well. Tourists who traveled outside Dublin usually ended up in Downpatrick, where Saint Patrick is rumored to be buried.
The Irish Times reports that 2009 was quite the Irish celebration. Over half a million people attended the St. Patrick’s Day parade, in fact, and over 8 million Americans came to Ireland to travel the countryside during March. About 30,000 people attended the Brian Boru Céilí Band and jig performance in Merrion Square. The second annual Skyfest fireworks drew large crowds to the Quays in Waterford City Saturday night. Over 2,000 street performers participated in the Dublin parade, starting from Parnell Square. Pageants, tours of monuments, harbor walks, astrology exhibits and carnivals entertained visitors who enjoyed the unseasonably warm, sunny 55 degree weather. In addition to the main parade route, there were 70 other local parades from Ardee to Wicklow.
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