Castletownbere St. Patrick'd day Parade 2026

Castletownbere's St Patrick's day parade 2026. A fantastic turnout thank you all

Thank you

Every St. Patrick’s Day I walk up the town and I am always so proud of the Beara Community!! The turnout of floats are the best so I would firstly like to give a huge thank you to all who participated in the parade, while organising and event is a challenge, it would be of no use if it wasn’t for the work and effort that goes into each and every float, behind the scenes. You give up your day to decorate, organise and participate. Without your support there wouldn’t be a parade so for each one, who gives up their time and put so much effort into the day THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I would like to thank Bere Island Radio for coming into the square to be part of the day. Always a lovely start to the day. It’s always a pleasure to listen to you every week but lovely to have you in Castletownbere on the day. To Harrington's Home Value for providing the stage

Next up on the thank you list are the members of the Castletownbere Development Association for the stage, putting out the barriers and selling the tickets. Special thank you to Dorothy Brophy and Helen Harrington for selling the tickets your help in an essential part of the parade thank you all.

Donal Kelly, Lehanemore, for helping with organising the judges.

John Joe O Sullivan and Donal Dan O Sullivan who registered the floats.

Ivalo Linder our sound guy, thanks a mill for all your help sorting the sound system for the radio, the parade band etc. You’re a patient man and nothing is any trouble to you.

Our piper Dermot Milner who had led our parade. Thanks to our the gardaí, especially Garda Geraldine and Sargent Stephen for your help on the day.

Well done to our stewards, Sean Cronin, Brendan Driscoll, Jimmy Murphy, Vincent Murphy, & Anthony Regan

thanks, for your help ensuring the parade progressed through the town without a hitch.

Ecki Krupp and his band Garnish Sound for keeping us entertained. Thanks, a mill to all for you for your entertainment on the day. It was a fantastic show well done.

Amanda Cronin for giving out the medals to all the children on the floats.

I think the hardest job of the day went to our judges.

Gerard Burke Laura McHugh who had a hard time picking the overall winners. They took a long time to deliberate and took their job seriously. I know you had a tough time making your final decision. Thank you for being so professional.

Fundraising Raffle, this raffle helps fund the parade so thank you to all who supported it.

A huge thank you to the following who donated a prize to the raffle.

Super Valu, Hamper,

Monamar, Cottage Heights B&B

Winners

Over all winner

Cahermore national school

Best Business Float Lios Lara riding stables

Best commercial float Chris Barry plant hire

Best voluntary float Caha Center Adrigole Men’s Group

Best walking group Beara for Palestine

Best Effort Scoil an Chroí Ro Naofa Castletownbere