St Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world (and out of this world)
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St Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world (and out of this world)

ST PATRICK'S DAY, the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint, is celebrated all around the world.

Outside of Ireland, much of the attention is focused on the major events in Britain and the US.

However the festivities extend much farther than that, reflecting the global impact the Irish have had.

Here, we round up the St Patrick’s festivities from all corners of the globe…

Montserrat

St Patrick's Day is a public holiday on the small Caribbean island, where many of the inhabitants have Irish heritage.

Sydney, Australia

The Irish were well represented Down Under

(Image: Twitter / @IrelandSydney – Consulate General of Ireland in Sydney)

Tokyo, Japan

Stockholm, Sweden

Irish wolfhounds took part in the Swedish celebrations

(Image: Twitter / @IrishEmbSweden – Irish Embassy Sweden)

China

Tánaiste Simon Coveney, during his trip to China, tweeted this footage of Irish dancing on the Great Wall.

Vilnius. Lithuania

The Vilnia river is dyed green in honour of St Patrick in Vilnius.

(Image: Petras Malukas /AFP/ Getty Images)

San Francisco, USA

South Africa

Entertainment at the Irish Embassy in Pretoria

(Image: Twitter / IrlEmbPretoria – Irish Embassy Pretoria)

Oslo, Norway

Paris, France

They even got Irish weather to mark St Patrick's Day

(Image: Twitter / IrlEmbParis – Irish Embassy Paris)

(Image: Twitter / IrlEmbParis – Irish Embassy Paris)

Bangkok, Thailand

The TG4 All Stars played an exhibition game at the Chulalongkorn University Stadium in Bangkok.

Parkfield, California, USA

In the small cowboy town of Parkfield (population 18) Lauren Varian and 15 friends from Ireland have almost doubled the population for the Féile Parkfield.

California’s first ever Irish-American festival featured music from both Irish Traditional and American Old Time musicians.

Here’s uilleann piper Benjamin Jaber from San Diego performing at the event.

Above and beyond

St Patrick’s Day is celebrated all around the globe, however even the crew on the International Space Station got in on the action.

Orbiting 400km above the earth, they captured these shots of a green aurora above earth.