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🍀 TOMORROW 🍀💚

All the details you need for the day!! It’s going to be a great day of community and fun ✨

🍀 Table Quiz 🍀 

St. Patrick’s Day is almost here folks. Make sure to get down to Mulvanys next Thursday 12th of March for a table quiz to support your communities St. Patrick’s day parade. 

It’s going to be a fantastic event!! See ye all Thursday 12th ☘️🇮🇪☘️

We need you 🫵🏻🍀 

Email to get involved!!

dunboynestpatricksdayfestival@gmail.com

💚WIN 2 x CMAT TICKETS💚

We’re delighted to launch a special raffle in support of the Dunboyne St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2026. Our main prize is 2 x tickets to see CMAT LIVE at St.Annes Park.

CMAT is a local, and we’re incredibly proud to call her one of our own 💚

🎫 Tickets available online at idonate.ie and at all fundraising events before St. Patrick’s Day.

Link:  https://www.idonate.ie/raffle/WIN2xCMATTickets

💶 All proceeds go towards the parade, helping keep our celebration inclusive and at the heart of the community.

• 1st prize - 2xTickets to CMATs SOLD OUT gig in St Anne’s Park on 30th May 2026

• 2nd Prize - 3 course dinner for 2 in Dunboyne Castle Hotel

• 3rd Prize - Luxury Hamper

Best of luck — and thanks for supporting Dunboyne ✨

Our first fundraiser of 2026!! 

Don’t miss out on a night of fun and laughter upstairs in Mulvany’s pub ⭐️ 

No team? No worries! None necessary!! 

€10 per person at the door and a raffle on the night. See you all there!! ☘️

✨🍀 Theme Announcement — St. Patrick’s Day Parade Dunboyne 2026 🍀✨

Following on from our Grand Marshal reveal, we are delighted to announce that the theme for the 2026 Dunboyne St. Patrick’s Day Parade is “Community – The Heart of Dunboyne.” This year we celebrate the people, clubs, schools, families and volunteers who make our town such a special place to live. Get ready for a parade full of colour, joy and community spirit! 💚

🥁 Introducing our Grand Marshals 🥁

We are so proud and excited to have the Dunboyne First Responders as our Grand Marshals for the St. Patrick's Day Festival in 2026!! They represent the very best of community spirit, care and commitment and it is an honor to have them lead the parade this year 🤩💚

☘️🎉 Registration is NOW OPEN! ⭐️

Want to march, dance, perform or show off your club or school at the 2026 St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Dunboyne?

Just click the LINK and sign up 

Entry is FREE for schools, clubs & societies in 2026.

Donations are always welcome but completely optional!

We’ll be in touch by email over the coming weeks with all the exciting details.

Let’s make 2026 our biggest and best parade yet! 🤩💚

☘️ AGM / Committee ☘️

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our AGM on Monday night! We had a fantastic evening looking back on the past year and are already looking forward to an unforgettable parade in 2026 🎉🍀

Our 2025/26 Committee:

• Chairperson: Dermot Walsh

• Vice Chair & PRO: Orla Mulreid Deane

• Treasurer: Tracy Armstrong

• Secretary: Liam Egan

• Event Co-Ordinator: Thomas Curran

Committee Members:

Caroline O’Reilly, Aoife Collins, Eoin Walsh, David Renshaw, Helen Lonergan, Marcin Starzyk, Paul Dalton, Tom Holmes, Méabh Ní Thiarnáin, Philip Flood

Thank you all for your continued support — exciting things ahead! 💚

☘️ Monday 17th November at 8pm, upstairs in Mulvany’s Pub ☘️

📣 Calling all clubs, businesses, schools, societies, resident associations and community members 📣

Come along to our AGM and get involved in the ‘Dunboyne St.Patricks Day Festival’. Hear what it’s all about and how you can get yourself or your club/school/business/society involved! 

It takes a village and we have an amazing one here in Dunboyne. This is an event for the whole community. 4 months from the AGM we will be walking the Main Street!! 🤩🙌🏻 

Can’t wait to see you all there!!

🥁🥁 St.Patricks Day Festival 2026🥁🥁

We are back again, the excitement is real and we are here for it! 

Dunboyne St.Patricks Day Festival, 17th March 2026 ☘️

It’s never too early to start planning one of the best community days of the year!! As always, the aim is to showcase local clubs, schools, societies and businesses and to help them feel seen and supported in the community. Add in the family fun factor of a few amusements and you’ve got yourself an amazing day out!!

Community spirit is what it’s all about and we can’t wait to bring ‘The Paddy’s Day Parade’ festivities to Dunboyne again this year ☘️⭐️ 

Want to get involved? Keep an eye out for our AGM announcement coming tomorrow night followed by our entry form launching at the weekend!