Wexford Town St. Patrick's Day Parade

Welcome to the official website of the Wexford Town St. Patrick's Day Parade. We hope it will be of some use to you; be it for finding general information on the parade, downloading application forms, viewing picture galleries or finding contact information.

There will be a number of outside bands participating in the 2008 parade. The parade will start at 11 o clock from the Fisher's Rowe area of Wexford. The assembly area for groups is from Fisher's Rowe up to the Maudlintown Green. Floats will assemble from the old Cash and Carry in Trinity Street down to Talbot Hotel on the right hand side of the road. The parade will travel from Fisher's Rowe, down Trinity Street, along the Quays and into Redmond Square. It will break up in West Gate / Hill Street.

If you are a visitor to our town, may we extend a Céad Mile Fáilte to you, and hope that you will enjoy the hospitality of our town.

Wexford Town's St. Patrick's Day Parade is probably the oldest parade in the country; it started back in 1917 and continued until the outbreak of world war two. In 1946 the parade was re-started and one of today's committee members, George Furlong, was one of those that re-started it in 1946. In the early days the parade started in the Swan in the Faythe and would make its way to Rowe Street Church in time for mid-day mass.

The parade has grown over the years, and today Wexford Town hosts one of the premier parades in the country.
We would like to extend a grateful thanks to anyone who sponsored or contributed to the funding of the 2008 parade. If you wish to advertise on this website or make a donation to the parade, please contact the secretary of the Committee. Contact details can be found here.