St. Patrick’s Day celebrations on video
THERE will be no parade or public events to mark St Patrick’s Day for a second year in a row, but a team of local volunteers are producing a short video that will be released online on March 17th.
The Dundalk St Patrick’s Day committee has just announced that they are working on a ‘very special local production’ that will ‘allow people from Dundalk to share their pride in the beauty of their hometown’.
Chairperson of the voluntary committee, Cllr. Conor Keelan, says he is really pleased that the volunteers have secured funding for the production. ‘When we met at the start of 2021, we knew it was very unlikely that there would be public gatherings or a parade or any of the things that we have come to anticipate for St Patrick’s Day. We have, like a lot of other organisations, had to move online this year and we are putting together a short video that we hope makes people feel nostalgic about the past and hopeful for the future.’ He added ‘We are very grateful to Louth County Council and to Dundalk Chamber of Commerce who have put finding behind this production at very short notice. As always, they have been supportive of the community outlook of the committee and the efforts made to mark St Patrick’s Day. A lot of work has already been done on the script and the visuals. We are using local companies and people in the production and hope that the public will be pleased with it’.