Wishing everyone a very happy St. Patrick’s Day, and a warm go raibh míle maith agaibh to all those who celebrated with us on Saturday in Oslo. That’s it for this year’s festivities, but here’s an image acknowledging 2025’s northernmost celebration in snowy Svalbard 🐻❄️❄️
Read all about the 2025 parade at this link. Saturday the 15th of March 2025 at 12.30 sharp. Assembling outside Steen & Strøm on Nedre Slottsgate – note the updated start time and location for this year’s event!
We hope to see you on Friday, March 7th at 19:30 for the annual quiz in support of the St. Patrick’s Day festivities. All proceeds from the quiz will go towards making this year’s celebration one to remember!
You’ll want to make sure you get your reservation for the family fleadh in asap as we’ve got a lot of great raffle prizes this year! Oh and we have some goodies from Tipperary Crystal and Newbridge Silverware as well! You’ve got until Tuesday March 4th to secure your chance to go home with one (or more) of these great prizes!
PS there is a kids raffle too of course! 
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The St. Patrick’s Day Committee is happy to announce the 2025 edition of our annual parade, taking place on Saturday, March 15th at 12:30. Please note that the starting position for the parade has yet to be decided, due to roadworks on the usual route, but will be announced as soon as possible. Stay tuned!
Please join us on Saturday at Jernbanetorget the 16th of March @12:00 for our Annual St Patricks / Paddy’s day parade .
The 2nd of March is the last day you can book to secure your spot at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Lunch at the Radisson Blu Hotel Oslo Plaza!
In addition to great food, there’s the obligatory raffle, music from Muintir, dancing with Sound Irish Dance Factory, and new this year, the Arineánach singers: Frida and Serine, and last but not least, a drawing competition in honor of Christine Caplice Grinde. (more info on that to come)
This year we are super lucky to have 2 Grand Marshalls 🙂
Brendan and Cecille
Brendan Monaghan is from Banbridge in Northern Ireland and has worked as a folk musician since the early 1990s. He is a multi-instrumentalist specialised in uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes) and whistles. He has toured extensively all over the world, notably with the famous show Celtic Thunder, and with musician and songwriter Phil Coulter. Since 2020, Brendan has established himself in Oslo, where he is currently performing and teaching Irish music. Cecilie Stensrud started out with modern Irish dance in 2008 and has since then developed her passion for Irish music and more traditional dance styles. She is currently the only one in Norway to teach Irish ‘sean-nós’ or ‘old-style’ dance, which she does at the dance school “Sound – Irish Dance Factory”. Cecilie also plays the fiddle and sings as well as conducting the Mná Irish Choir. Together, Brendan and Cecilie have founded Féile Oslo Summer School of Irish Music and Dance, as well as An Iorua – Irish Cultural Centre.
