Updates

🏆🏆Winner Announcement🏆🏆

The winners of the various categories for the Dunboyne St Patrick's Day Festival 2025 were judged this year by Fr Pat O'Connor and Cllr Caroline O'Reilly.

Best Float - Village Vets Dunboyne

Best Dressed Group - Dunboyne AFC

Best Dressed Window - Ardú coffee

Spirit of St Patrick's Day - The Women's Shed

Best Commercial Group - Walsh Tiling  bathroom renovations

Best Community Group - Dunboyne Active Retirement Association

Best Dressed Adult - La Bucca Restaurants

Best Dressed School - The ABC Club

Most Entertaining - Purcell-D'Arcy Academy of Irish Dance

We will be in Ardú Coffee on Monday 24th from 8:15pm to 9pm if a member from each winning group would like to pop down to collect their trophy.

Well done everyone

Dunboyne…what a day!! ☘️✨

Now that the dust has settled on St.Patricks Day in Dunboyne we, the committee, just wanted to say a few thank yous.

Firstly, to Ardú coffee…they very kindly and generously donated their space and time to us every week for meetings since November. They kept us in tea and coffee and never asked for anything in return. What a business Next, our amazing sponsors!! We asked and you delivered more than we ever thought possible. None of it would have happened without you. Special mention to our main sponsors, Apex Surveys LTD. and Deane Motors, for giving us lift off. We want to thank all of our amazing participants! The time and effort that went in to each and every walking group and float was phenomenal! To our MC, Dave C Robinson, thank you for the entertainment and for supporting our groups from the stage. Emma Costello, you are some woman! Thank you for everything you do for our local athletics club community. We were honoured to have you as our Grand Marshal. Joe Humphreys and Jack O Gorman you both played a blinder on stage! Entertainment was fantastic! To our local councillor Cllr Caroline O'Reilly who supported us every step of the way and helped us to get it off the ground! To all of our volunteer marshals on the day…you have no idea how grateful we are for that support. Truly cannot say thank you enough. To Stephen Knowles who helped us out last minute with sound, very much appreciated! Thank you to Thorntons Recycling for our grand stand and to Sean Henry for helping us out with our barriers. To Mulvany's Fingal House for facilitating marshal meetings and participant meetings, thank you. We were also very lucky to have the Meath Civil Defense come out and join us for the day. Safety is a huge priority for us and their presence was so appreciated on the day! The Dunboyne Men's Shed also provided major assistance on the day and we are very grateful to have the hands on deck!

Last, but certainly not least, we want to say a huge thank you to YOU the community of Dunboyne!! Without your support and attendance yesterday, none of it would have happened! We really do live in a wonderful village with tremendous community spirit! We can’t wait to do it all again on the 17th March 2026!!

We could thank people all day long and I’m sure we have left someone out but it really does take a village and an excellent committee to get events like these up and running and we are blessed with the best!! Watch this space for more events to be announced soon…

What an MC!! 

What an MC!! Thank you so much to Dave for coming out and entertaining us through the parade. Wonderful support from our local Eco Park!! 

Dunboyne are you ready?☘️

Today is the day and we couldn’t be more excited!

If you are joining us today and have any additional needs or mobility impairments please approach a steward who will show you our two dedicated areas - outside Mulvany's Fingal House and Mara. These areas are reserved to make sure everyone can enjoy the day.

The Old Schoolhouse in the heart of Dunboyne is home to our first aid station and toilets for the day also.

Please remember parking restrictions are in place on the green and the car park, so if you have left a car there we would really appreciate it if you could relocate it.

Any questions, just ask anyone of us on the green!

HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY!!!

We can’t wait to have these fellas warming up the crowd tomorrow at the parade!! 

Fantastic local talent. Thanks lads!! Joe Humphreys Jack O Gorman 

Announcing one of our great local sponsors - McCaffrey Coaches 

Providing a world class luxurious service to the local community since 1996.

Show your support for local businesses when considering your transport needs.

More of our Fantastic Sponsors 

We really are so lucky to have such a wonderful village full of generous businesses and groups. Only 2 days to go!! WE CAN’T WAIT!! 

Bucket Collection!

If you are out and about today you will see us in Eurospar Ireland and Nallys SuperValu Dunboyne running a bucket collection towards the costs of the parade! We are super excited for Monday and to share a day of fun excitement and craic with our community!

If you have any questions about the day feel free to ask us as you are passing!

We are delighted to announce our MC for St.Patricks Day Festival….. 🥁

Dave Robinson of Meath Eco Park.

Dave is the proud owner of Meath Eco Park and Blossom Lake Honey. He successfully created and ran Rathbeggan Lakes Family Park for a number of years, which I’m sure is a core memory for a lot of you. We can’t wait to welcome him on the day!  ☘️

Some new sponsors joined the fun over the weekend!!

We are so grateful for the amazing support we are receiving from the community. T-minus 7 days!! Let’s do this Still want to sponsor us?? Just get in contact with us on socials or email dunboynestpatricksdayfestival@gmail.com 

🥁Introducing our Grand Marshal 🥁

We are so delighted and excited to have Emma Costello as our Grand Marshall for our St. Patrick's Day Festival!! Emma is a highly accomplished athlete and we couldn’t be prouder of everything she has achieved. We cannot wait to welcome her on the day!! 

Some of our very kind and generous sponsors!! 

Still more to add over the week so watch this space The community has really come out in force and we are so grateful for that!! 

Exciting plans for the day!! 

Keeping the community at the forefront of our celebration

Still looking to sign up? We have nearly 20 groups already! Don’t get the FOMO - fill in the form

The countdown is on!! 

• Less than 3 weeks to go ☘️

• Don’t forget to register your club, society, sports club or school to be involved! We are also open for sponsorship from local businesses

• To register to walk in the parade please fill in the form 

 ☘️Dunboyne Road Closure Notice for St Patrick's Day Parade !!! ☘️

There will be temporary Road Closure of the following roads/streets to facilitate the holding of Dunboyne Saint Patrick’s Day parade on Monday 17th March 2025:

• Dunboyne - L-22191, L-2271 & L-2228, Dunboyne, Co. Meath

• L-22191 Industrial Estate Road for a distance of 180m northwest of its junction with L-2271(old Navan Road) from 1pm to 4pm

• L-2271 from its junction with L-22191 to its junction with L-2228 (old R156) from 1pm to 4pm

• L-2228 from its junction with L-2271 to its junction with L-2221 Rooske Road from 1pm to 4pm

What a night !!! ☘️🤩 

We had an AMAZING crowd in Mulvany's Fingal house last night to help kick start our fundraising for the Dunboyne St.Patricks Day Festival 2025!! 

Music bingo followed by some karaoke was a blast!! We asked for support  and you answered by the bucketload! From well wishes, financial aid and the very kind gentleman who dropped off a 4Ball voucher and pledges of assistance. We live in the most amazing community!

Thanks to our local Cllr Caroline O'Reilly  for sponsoring our amazing first prize also!

We can’t wait for March 17th!!

Our first fundraiser of 2025!!

Don’t miss out on a night of fun and laughter upstairs in Mulvany’s pub - 31st January 2025 PM 

No team? No worries! None necessary!! 10 per person at the door and a raffle on the night. See you all there!! ☘️

Registration is now open!!

To take part in the 2025 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dunboyne just click on the link below and fill out the registration form.

Form: https://forms.gle/fXYhDtBdoA1qRPkQ8

Entry for schools, clubs and societies is FREE for 2025! We will be in touch through email over the next week with more information.

We are so excited!

A big thank you to @arducoffee

A big thank you to @arducoffee for hosting our first official meeting following our AGM last week  We had a fantastic turn out!We are very busy making plans for our 2025 parade and cannot wait to tell you more about it soon. In the meantime ….watch this space! We will be reaching out to all clubs, societies, schools and businesses in the coming weeks about involvement. Let’s do this  ☘️💪

St.Patricks Day Festival 2025

The excitement is real and we are completely here for it!

Dunboyne St.Patricks Day Festival will be going ahead on the 17th March 2025

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 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 back to Dunboyne ☘️⭐