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.
Celebrating #StPatricksDay in #Montserrat, the beautiful Caribbean #EmeraldIsle pic.twitter.com/h3PwWlHsZV
— aisha (@aisha_wish) March 17, 2018
Sydney, Australia
The Irish were well represented Down Under
(Image: Twitter / @IrelandSydney – Consulate General of Ireland in Sydney)Tokyo, Japan
Marching in today’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Tokyo #ijcc #ilif2018 #iloveireland #omotesando pic.twitter.com/PmB2xeKT54
— IJCC (@IJCC_Tokyo) March 18, 2018
Hello from Japan, I've been up for hours and watched the St Patrick's day parade in Tokyo pic.twitter.com/VpiKULhp5F
— Shane Rooney (@ShaneRooD15) 18 March 2018
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.
Now that's what I call celebrating on the Great Wall! #StPatricksDay 🇨🇳 🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/sc9gEjhrYZ
— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) March 16, 2018
Vilnius. Lithuania
The Vilnia river is dyed green in honour of St Patrick in Vilnius.
(Image: Petras Malukas /AFP/ Getty Images)San Francisco, USA
St.Patrick's Day Parade in #SanFrancisco pic.twitter.com/bMVU4LcAOx
— Bigad Shaban (@BigadShaban) March 17, 2018
South Africa
Entertainment at the Irish Embassy in Pretoria
(Image: Twitter / IrlEmbPretoria – Irish Embassy Pretoria)Oslo, Norway
Live in Oslo! Norway’s biggest #StPatricksDay parade!! pic.twitter.com/ZUVtTLYCEA
— Norwegian Irish Soc (@NorwegianIrSoc) 17 March 2018
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.
We're having a great afternoon at Chulalongkorn University Stadium watching the TG4 Ladies All-Stars on St Patrick's Day in Bangkok! #LáFéilePádraig #PaddysDay #StPatricksDay pic.twitter.com/Zjf6njwI45
— Irish Emb Bangkok (@IrlEmbBangkok) 17 March 2018
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.
Happy #StPatricksDay! On and off Earth everybody's favorite color is green today. Check out this beautiful shot of #Ireland from @Space_Station, featuring an amazing green aurora! pic.twitter.com/1qoup5KtnL
— NASA Marshall (@NASA_Marshall) March 17, 2018
In celebration of #StPatricksDay, check out these auroral green hues as seen from the @Space_Station! pic.twitter.com/msh7BZvomu
— ISS National Lab (@ISS_CASIS) March 17, 2018
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