(upbeat music)
- Every year, on March 17th, St. Patrick's day
all across the world
- our tribe of 80 million come together to celebrate
Ireland and the Irish.
- Here in Dublin, our team have the honour
of hosting the national St. Patrick's Festival.
- We bring the world famous St. Patrick's Festival Parade
to the streets of our capital city
- and we create fantastic live events
and arts experiences for all to enjoy.
- While sadly we cannot gather on the streets of Ireland
for St. Patrick's day this year,
- right now, all across the nation our artists,
performers, makers, and dreamers...
- Both events crew and festival makers,
- our rigors, roadies, and technicians,
- our filming and production teams,
- our editors and designers,
- our pageant and community groups,
- are working safely to create for you
- a very special online St. Patrick's festival
for the world to enjoy.
- From March 12 to 17, we will be broadcasting
from Ireland to the world on St. Patrick's Festival TV.
- We invite you to tune in and experience the real Ireland.
Our Ireland.
- You can find St. Patrick's Festival TV on our website
stpatricksfestival.ie for March 12th.
- Join us for six great virtual days and nights.
- Celebrating our vibrant, contemporary culture
- and proud ancient traditions
- all in St. Patrick's Festival TV at stpatricksfestival.ie.
- The theme of this years festival is Dúisigh Éire!
Awaken Ireland.
It is a clarion call to all our people across the world.
- To throw off the long dark months
- and rise to embrace brighter days ahead.
- We recognize a heartbreaking year
of loss and isolation for so many.
- Recently our brave frontline warriors,
national heroes, one and all.
- And we also recognise a year of community spirit,
local heroes...
- ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
- We offer joy and light, conversation or reflection,
laughter and tears, bringing all our communities together
to celebrate our national day.
- (simultaneously) In our program for young people,
St. Patrick's Festival Óg.
- We'll have event, performances, workshops
and loads of fun experiences
- for the little ones,
- middle ones,
- and not really kids anymore ones.
- We'll be clowning around in Kerry.
- Hi, we're Tumble Circus
and we'll be tumbling through the skies in Belfast for you.
- We will be dancing and performing.
- No longer censored by history.
It's time to exhibit a new Ireland now.
- In our science program, you'll find
- Sessions and hooleys from our finest,
traditional artists and performers.
- And buckets of rock, pop, indie, electro,
hip hop, and more.
- We'll have you jigging and reeling
around your kitchens.
(all laughing)
- And singing along with us at the top of your voices,
- we'll heal your souls,
- and pummel your ears
- set your feet tapping
- and keep your heart's pumping
- and your body's bumping
- with the sounds of Ireland right now.
- In our stories program you'll find
literature, film, and poetry.
- We'll stir your hearts with our words and verses,
- provoke and inspire with our film adventures
- and share with you our hopes for our future.
- There's comedy, performance, and art in there too.
(laughs)
- We'll sing and tell the stories of our past
- and feed your creative spirit.
- We'll make you laugh...
and probably cry.
- Our Living Ireland program is a reflection of Ireland now.
- How we live and love, and work and play.
- How we make, creates, remember and celebrate.
- Soothing your soul
- with yoga
- and meditation
- and filling your mind with culinary inspiration.
- We'll be showing you some of Ireland's
most amazing places
- and welcoming you into our homes and communities.
- We'll have lunchtime charts with some
of my favorite people
- and a treasury of Irish voice.
- We have so much more to announce for
St. Patrick's Festival 2021,
- which we'll be telling you all about in the coming week.
- Head on over to stpatricksfestival.ie
- where you can see just some of the great events
coming your way.
- Six great virtual days and nights
- to fill your hearts with Ireland.
- From March 12th to 17th
- on St. Patrick's Festival TV.
- Enjoy the craic responsibly!
Kick back, tune-in, festival on!
- We cannot wait to welcome you to Ireland,
when it is safe for all of us to gather again.
- Ni féidir linn fanacht le fáilte a chur
romhat go hÉireann, nuair atá sé sábhálite dúinn
uile teacht le chéile arís.
- We'd like to thank all of those
- who have made St. Patrick's Festival 2021 possible.
- A very special thank you, go raibh míle maith agaibh
- Minister Catherine Martin and The Department of Tourism,
Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media,
- Failte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and Dublin City Council,
- The Department of An Taoiseach,
- and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- Thank you to the Board of St. Patrick's Festival
for their continued support and commitment.
- Happy St. Patrick's festival.
Féile Shona Pádraig.
- Happy St. Patrick's festival!
- Happy St. Patrick's festival.
- Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
- Happy St. Patrick's Festival!
(yells)
- Dúisigh Éire!
- Awaken Ireland!
- Dúisigh Éire.
- Dúisigh Éire. Awaken Ireland.
- Dúisigh Éire.
- See you at St. Patrick's Festival 2021!
- Dúisigh Éire! Awaken Ireland!
- Dúisigh Éire. Awaken Ireland.
- Dúisigh Éire.
- Happy St. Patrick's Festival.
- Dúisigh Éire.
- Awaken Ireland.
- Awaken Ireland!
- Awaken Ireland.
- Dúisigh Éire!
Awaken Ireland!
(upbeat music)