2024 St Patricks Day Parade
The Tall Ships returned to Drogheda at the 2024 St. Patrick's Day Festival. Working with St. Marys National School, Gaelscoil An Bhradáin Fheasa, Droichead Youth Theatre, Drogheda Men’s Shed and the Special Olympics Drogheda, we collaborated to create a celebratory project for the parade, supported by Drogheda Credit Union.
Featuring over 100 participants, led by artistic director Kieran Gallagher, and the artistic team of Breda Marron, Vivienne Byrne, Darrin Finnegan, Yvonne Dowd Gardiner and Tracey Martin, we were joined on the day by percussionist John McGovern and storyteller extraordinaire Grainne Rafferty.
Big thanks to all the artists, participants, parents, teachers, schools, organisations, Droichead Arts Centre staff and board. Special thanks to Drogheda Credit Union, Love Drogheda Bids and Drogheda Festivals, and Drogheda Patrick’s Day Committee.
Some of the day's highlights in this great video from Bang Bang Visual.
The Tall Ships artistic team
Tall Ship Prop
Banners from the watchmakers
Working out the ship building
2023 St Patricks Day Parade
The judges of this year’s spectacular Drogheda St Patrick’s Day Parade certainly had their work cut out them for them choosing winners of the awards for best entries, but all agreed in the end on the ultimate winner; the Droichead Arts Centre who won Best Overall Float 2023 with their amazing Salmon of Knowledge inspired float and production.
The Droichead Arts Centre worked with four local schools and Ablevision, 5 visual artists, and a choreographer. Two additional organisations, the Special Olympics group and Droichead Youth Theatre also joined in with the Droichead Arts Centre on the day to activate their incredible 20-foot long Salmon of Knowledge float
Big thanks to all the artists, participants, parents, teachers, schools, organisations, Droichead staff and board. Special thanks to Drogheda Credit Union, Love Drogheda Bids and Drogheda Festivals, and Drogheda Patrick’s Day Committee.
Overall Winners
The Great Big Salmon of Knowledge
Some fishy props to follow our salmon
Jellyfish prop workshop
Underwater creatures
Practicing with our props
The salmon smiling
A shoal of flying fish