Victoria Smurfit has been announced as the Grand Marshal for this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade.
The actress will lead the floats through Dublin city centre on March 17th.
Best known for roles in Ballykissangel, Once Upon A Time and more recently Rivals on Disney – she follows in the footsteps of the likes of Patrick Kielty, Kellie Harrington and Deirdre O’Kane
The announcement was made this morning at the Mansion House in Dublin, with CEO of St Patrick’s Festival Richard Tierney, Fáilte Ireland’s Ciara Sugure and the Lord Mayor of Dublin Emma Blain.
In addition to the parade on St Patrick’s Day, which attracts visitors from around the world every year, there will be a host of other events held between 15 and 17 March.
Tickets to watch the parade from the Grandstands on O’Connell Street have once again been priced at €250, a price that caused some controversy in 2023.
Tickets are available on the St Patrick’s Festival website.
The parade attracts over half a million spectators every year and features more than 4,000 participants.
The theme of this year’s St Patrick’s Festival and parade is ‘Eachtraí’, the Irish word for adventures.
This year’s parade will feature seven large scale pageants, six showpieces and 12 marching bands from across Ireland, North America and Austria.
