Irish Week 2023 in Seattle starts this coming Saturday, February 25, with an Irish Soda Bread Cooking Class and continues with various events on Saturday, March 4; on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 10-12; on Friday, March 17, and ends on Saturday, March 18 with a St. Patrick's Day Dinner Dance. It's full schedule of events celebrating St. Patrick's Day and pride in our Irish heritage. We do hope you can join us at some or all of these Irish Week 2023 events. Check the full listing and more details at www.IrishWeek.org.
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2023 St. Patrick's Day Parade Marshals
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Grand Marshal
Neal Thompson
Author Neal Thompson is a dual US-Irish citizen through grandparents from Co. Galway. He is an award-winning journalist, writing for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, etc., and is the author of six highly acclaimed nonfiction books, including The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty.
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Honorary Grand Marshal
Kip Toner
Well-known local benefits auctioneer Kip Toner will be Honorary Grand Marshal of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. With all four grandparents born in Ireland, Kip grew up in a very Irish-Catholic family and has been involved in Seattle’s Irish community nearly all his life as an IHC member and as an officer in the Friends of St. Patrick.
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Special Visitor from Galway
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Galway Mayor
Clodagh Higgins
The Mayor of Seattle’s Irish Sister City is looking forward to her first ever visit Seattle and to meeting as many people as possible while here. She is just the ninth female Mayor of Galway on a list going back 539 years to 1484 when Galway first became a Mayoral City. She will attend Irish Week events in Seattle on March 10-12 and plans to be back in Galway for March 17. Make sure to say Hello and Welcome to Seattle!
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Irish Soda Bread Baking Course
St. John's Parish Hall, 125 N 79th St, Seattle
Registration required as places are limited due to oven space. Learn how to bake traditional Irish recipes, passed down through the generations. $15 fee includes the class, ingredients, and you take home a baked soda bread. Bring a bowel, some measuring cups and an apron!
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Irish Soda Bread Contest
2 - 3 pm at T S McHugh's, 1st & Mercer, Seattle. Admission is FREE and Judging starts at 2 pm. Prizes include Irish Belleek Pottery plates. Entries should be delivered to the restaurant between 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm and contest winners announced at 3 pm. Irish music, stepdancing, and sampling! Registration details at eventbrite.com.
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Irish Business Breakfast
Friday, 7:30 am at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 6th Ave in Seattle. Hosted by Irish Network Seattle, this is a great opportunity to network and learn about Ireland's economic presence in Seattle. Admission is limited to 80 people. Tickets and more event details at Irish Network Seattle.
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Mayor's Irish Week Proclamation Luncheon
Friday, Noon at Shawn O'Donnell's, 3601 Fremont Ave N, Seattle. Proclamations of Irish Week 2023 will be issued by the City of Seattle, King County and the State of Washington. Among the special guests will be the St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal and Honorary Grand Marshal, the Mayor of Seattle's Sister City of Galway, and other dignitaries. More details and tickets at eventbrite.com.
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St. Patrick's Landing
Friday, 5 pm, South Lake Union at MOHAI
St. Patrick was originally brought to Ireland by Irish pirates around 400 AD. Over 1600 years later, we re-create that landing of St. Patrick, dropping him off at South Lake Union (near MOHAI) at 5:00 pm. All are welcome to join the fun for free by joining us at south Lake Union. You will be brought back to 4th Ave and Jefferson by 7:00 pm for the Green Stripe Painting. Kids are very welcome and there's no fee to attend. Contact info@irishclub.org.
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Painting O' the Green Stripe
Friday, 7 pm on 4th Ave, from Jefferson to Pine
In the 1960s, John Doyle Bishop started this custom of painting a street green in downtown Seattle for St. Patrick's Day. Join us in this mini-Parade to paint a green stripe down 4th Avenue to mark the route of Sunday's St. Patrick's Day Parade. The painting starts at 4th and Jefferson St at 7 pm. Participation is free, and children are welcome! Contact info@irishclub.org.
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Irish Festival Seattle
Noon - 6 pm, Seattle Center Armory
Admission to all activities is FREE.
The Festival features non-stop Irish music, singing and dancing, booths selling Irish and Celtic products, Irish workshops, lectures, displays, children's activities, Irish Language and Genealogy Workshops, an Irish Art Exhibit and more. Family-oriented activities include Irish Musicians and champion Irish Stepdancers from around the Pacific Northwest.
Special Irish Cooking Demonstrations on making Irish Soda Bread, Colcannon, Potato Pancakes and black and white sausage, with three live demos and free samples each day.
Plus a special Children's Drawing Contest with prizes for different age groups.
For stage schedules and more specific details on the children's drawing contest, the lectures and workshops, cooking demos, etc., visit
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Raffle for Round Trip Tickets to Ireland
On Sunday March 12 at 5:30 pm, one lucky winner will have won TWO ROUND-TRIP TICKETS TO IRELAND on an Aer Lingus direct flight from Seattle to Dublin - some restrictions apply. The special drawing is on the Seattle Center Armory's main stage, and you do not have to be present to win. Purchase tickets ($5 - maximum 1,000 tickets sold) ONLY at the Irish Heritage Club booth. Contact raffle@irishclub.org for more details.
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52nd Annual
St. Patrick's Day Parade
12:20 pm: Irish Flag-Raising
12:30 pm: Parade Starts from 4th Ave & James
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At 12:20 pm, Parade Grand Marshal Neal Thompson, Honorary Grand Marshal Kip Toner, and Galway Mayor Clodagh Higgins will raise the Irish flag in front of the King-County Administration Building on 4th Ave at Jefferson. That will be immediately followed by the playing of the Irish and US National Anthems.
At 12:30 pm SHARP, the Marshals' whistles will sound to officially start Seattle's 52nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. The parade heads north on 4th Ave to Westlake Park at Pine Street where the Reviewing Stand is located.
All are invited to walk in the parade with their favorite group or behind the banner of their Irish Province - Ulster, Munster, Leinster or Connacht. No pre-registration is required unless a group wants to march with their own banner, etc. See the registration link at www.irishweek.org. Note that the parade will be held no matter the weather. The Senior's Shamrock Shuttle will be available to carry a limited number of seniors in the parade - advance reservations are required to jkeane@irishclub.org.
At approximately 2:30 pm, Parade closing ceremonies will be held on the main stage in the Armory during the Irish Festival Seattle. Please plan to join us there!
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St. Patrick's Day Dash
Sunday, 9:00 am, Seattle Center
Started in 1985 as a training event for Irish Olympian Regina Joyce. 8:30am is the Leprechaun Lap Start, then the main Runners Wave at 9 am followed at 9:10 am by the Jogging Wave. For all the details and to register, visit stpatsdash.com.
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Irish Festival Seattle
Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm, Seattle Center Armory
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Admission to all activities is FREE. The Festival features non-stop Irish music, singing and dancing, booths selling Irish and Celtic products, Irish workshops, lectures, displays, children's activities, Irish Language and Genealogy Workshops, an Irish Art Exhibit and more. Family-oriented activities include Irish Musicians and champion Irish Stepdancers from around the Pacific Northwest.
Special Irish Cooking Demonstrations on making Irish Soda Bread, Colcannon, Potato Pancakes and black and white sausage, with three live demos and free samples each day.
Plus a special Children's Drawing Contest with prizes for different age groups.
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For stage schedules and more specific details on the children's drawing contest, the lectures and workshops, cooking demos, etc., visit
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Raffle for Round Trip Tickets to Ireland
On Sunday March 12 at 5:30 pm, one lucky winner will have won TWO ROUND-TRIP TICKETS TO IRELAND on an Aer Lingus direct flight from Seattle to Dublin - some restrictions apply. The special drawing is on the Seattle Center Armory's main stage, and you do not have to be present to win. Purchase tickets ($5 - maximum 1,000 tickets sold) ONLY at the Irish Heritage Club booth. Contact raffle@irishclub.org for more details.
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Friday, March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig
The Blessings of St. Patrick's Feastday
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St. Patrick’s Day Mass
Friday, 12 Noon, St. John's Church, 7916 1st Ave NW (5 blocks west of Aurora/Hwy 99), Seattle. Mass readings and prayers from the Mass of St. Patrick as celebrated in Ireland. Celebrant and homilist is Fr. Martin Bourke who will be joined by priests of the Archdiocese with our Irish choir leading the singing. For more details, email jkeane@irishclub.org.
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St. Patrick's Day Dinner-Dance
Saturday, 5:00 PM, Glen Acres Golf and Country Club, 1000 S 112th St (just off Hwy-509), Seattle. Enjoy a Buffet Dinner, no-host bar, entertainment and dancing, celebrating Irish heritage on a day recognized throughout the world. Semi-formal dress. Enjoy the Emerald Bards, Bill Barnes and Bruce Cosacchi, with their wonderful Irish music while IHC members provide instruction in traditional céilí dancing. Also enjoy the sound of bagpipes and award-winning Irish stepdancers. Enjoy kicking up your heels to decades of music and enjoy the company of good friends, new and old. Special rate of $40 pp - Reservations required.
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Irish Week 2023 is sponsored by Five Farms Irish Cream.
Five Farms is the world’s first farm-to-table Irish Cream Liqueur, exclusively sourced and produced in County Cork, Ireland. County Cork is Ireland’s largest and southernmost county, home to family-owned farms that dot the coastline where the land meets the sea. It seems to sit on the edge of the world, a rugged backdrop for the farmers who have toiled this land for generations.
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Irish Heritage Club 2023 Membership
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Míle buíochas, a thousand thanks to the volunteers who spend countless hours organizing and planning our various events and activities. We hope you will show your support of their efforts by making sure your membership in the Irish Heritage Club is current. Please go to IrishClub.org to renew your membership or to join.
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The Irish Heritage Club and its affiliated programs:
Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association; Seattle Gaels Gaelic Football, Hurling & Camogie; Seattle Galway Sister City Association; Seattle Irish Immigrant Support; Tacoma Rangers Hurling & Gaelic Football; and Cascade Youth Gaelic Games.
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The Irish Heritage Club and its affiliated programs gratefully acknowledge the support of the Irish government through grants provided by the Irish Abroad Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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The Irish Heritage Club gratefully acknowledges the support of Aer Lingus
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