Home of St Patrick Festival, Armagh - Saturday 11 – Sunday 19 March 2023

Free, but booking essential through The Market Place Theatre.  Armagh Cathedrals Partnership invite you to a special evening of music, story, poetry and prayer to celebrate St Patrick. The guest speaker will be the Reverend Henry Hull who is the Church of Ireland Dean of Down. He’s responsible for St Patrick’s Grave and also pilgrimage events in Downpatrick. This promises to be a very special evening as we celebrate the St Patrick’s Festival in Armagh and light refreshments will be served afterwards.  

Free, but booking essential through The Market Place Theatre. On the eve of St Patrick’s Day, the Primates of the two principal Churches in Ireland, Archbishop John McDowell and Archbishop Eamon Martin will discuss what St Patrick means to them in a 21st century context and how his words continue to resonate across the world.

This event has become a popular activity during the city’s Home of St Patrick’s Festival. The Vigil Walk by torchlight is led by the leaders of the city’s two Cathedrals, both called St Patrick’s. Join them in prayer and conversation as the Vigil starts from the Church of Ireland Cathedral and moves to the Roman Catholic Cathedral, a symbolic reflection of St Patrick’s own journey to unite through Christianity.