St Patrick's Day: A look back at past Sheffield celebrations from Irish dancing to parties and parades
St Patrick’s Day has been a global celebration for many years now, and Sheffield has certainly got in on the action.
By Julia Armstrong
Published 17th Mar 2022, 11:09 BST
Events held in the city on March 17 have ranged from cultural celebrations centred on Sheffield’s Irish community to fun drinking sessions and parties organised to join in with the (Guinness-based) fun.
Here are some pictures to show how Sheffield has marked Ireland’s national day over the past couple of decades.
A St Patrick's Day celebration getting under way for the staff of the Frog and Parrot on Devonshire Green, Sheffield in 2016. Pictured are Luke Skinner Fawcett, Siobhan Humphries and Sara Charlesworth Photo: DEAN ATKINS
Friends of Charlton Brook, Sheffield organised a St Patrick's Day tea in March 2017 to raise funds for play equipment. Sheffield Lord Mayor Denise Fox is pictured with, from left, Sheila Constance, chairman, Barbara Howard-Brisk, volunteer, and Micheele Dickinson, fundraiser Photo: Marie Caley
A St Patrick's Day Parade in Sheffield in 2010, led by piper Joe McNulty, started St Marie's Cathedral and finished at the town hall Photo: Sarah Washbourn