Leicester Square

Leicester Square hosts the Irish Cultural Village. It will feature a variety of Irish music, song, dance, crafts and children's activity.

Running order

12.00 - London Comhaltas Musicians
12.30 - The London Irish Pensioner's Choir
1.00 - Ceili Band
2.00 - Ceim Oir Dance Company
3.00 - Ceili Band
4.00 - Ceim Oir Dance Company
5.00 - West London Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Senior Plearacha Group

Children’s Area

The Children’s area will be packed with creative children's activities to the festivities for St. Patrick's Day. Located across one entire side of Leicester Square, all the fun is FREE and will include roving entertainers, an arty crafts area where kids can wade through the materials on offer and get involved in activities that are quick and creative, from painting t-shirts to making lucky clovers and hand prints.

Fabulous Face Painters will be on hand to colour smiles, braid hairs, and trace fun tattoos.

There are Challenges and skill tests, while fun tumbles are everywhere in the Under 5's Area.

Federation of Irish Societies Health Bus

The Federation of Irish Societies Health Bus will be providing a range of information and advice on health related issues including diet, alcohol, smoking, diabetes, mental health, exercise, sexual health and more. Qualified NHS nurses will also be on hand to check your blood pressure and cholesterol and answer any specific questions you have.

Irish Film Screening – Prince Charles Theatre

At The Prince Charles Cinema from 2.30pm

Tell It To The Fishes
(10 Minutes. Director: William Sinclair) Comedy.

Introduction by M.Hickman and T.Murray from Irish Studies Department, London Metropolitan University on the making of the Archive 'the Irish in Britain' and how the documentary came into being to help build profile and raise funds.

Irish and proud of it
(1938, 78 minutes) BW

Donogh O'Connor is an Irish singer making good in London who, at a banquet, expresses the desire to return to the little village, Ballyvoraine, where he was born. Two of his friends, owning an airplane, gratify his desire by kidnapping him and depositing him on a moor near his birthplace. Thus, begins the adventure of the middle-aged Irish gentleman with his London-acquired manners and his full-dress suit contrasting with the humble clothes of the villagers. He forms a friendship with a pretty, young colleen, Moira Flaherty, and aids her in reforming her sweetheart, Sean Casey, who has joined a gang illegally distilling whiskey. The gang is led by an American gangster, Mike Finnegan, who has also returned to his boyhood home. The two old-sod homeboys vie for control of the hearts and minds of the villagers, with O'Connor having the distinct advantage of being able to sing the old Irish ballads

Once
(2006, 85 minutes. Directed by John Carney)

An (unnamed) Guy is a Dublin guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day, and singing and playing for money on the Dublin streets by night. An (unnamed) Girl is a Czech who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day and takes care of her mom and her daughter by night. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other as the Girl helps the Guy to put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract. During the same several day period, the Guy and the Girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs.


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Parade Festival Planning your day Covent Garden Leicester Square Trafalgar Square Mayor's Dinner Festival Week Slideshows Sponsors	Leicester Square Leicester Square hosts the Irish Cultural Village. It will feature a variety of Irish music, song, dance, crafts and children's activity. Running order 12.00 - London Comhaltas Musicians 12.30 - The London Irish Pensioner's Choir 1.00 - Ceili Band 2.00 - Ceim Oir Dance Company 3.00 - Ceili Band 4.00 - Ceim Oir Dance Company 5.00 - West London Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Senior Plearacha Group Children’s Area The Children’s area will be packed with creative children's activities to the festivities for St. Patrick's Day. Located across one entire side of Leicester Square, all the fun is FREE and will include roving entertainers, an arty crafts area where kids can wade through the materials on offer and get involved in activities that are quick and creative, from painting t-shirts to making lucky clovers and hand prints. Fabulous Face Painters will be on hand to colour smiles, braid hairs, and trace fun tattoos. There are Challenges and skill tests, while fun tumbles are everywhere in the Under 5's Area. Federation of Irish Societies Health Bus The Federation of Irish Societies Health Bus will be providing a range of information and advice on health related issues including diet, alcohol, smoking, diabetes, mental health, exercise, sexual health and more. Qualified NHS nurses will also be on hand to check your blood pressure and cholesterol and answer any specific questions you have. Irish Film Screening – Prince Charles Theatre At The Prince Charles Cinema from 2.30pm Tell It To The Fishes (10 Minutes. Director: William Sinclair) Comedy. Introduction by M.Hickman and T.Murray from Irish Studies Department, London Metropolitan University on the making of the Archive 'the Irish in Britain' and how the documentary came into being to help build profile and raise funds. Irish and proud of it (1938, 78 minutes) BW Donogh O'Connor is an Irish singer making good in London who, at a banquet, expresses the desire to return to the little village, Ballyvoraine, where he was born. Two of his friends, owning an airplane, gratify his desire by kidnapping him and depositing him on a moor near his birthplace. Thus, begins the adventure of the middle-aged Irish gentleman with his London-acquired manners and his full-dress suit contrasting with the humble clothes of the villagers. He forms a friendship with a pretty, young colleen, Moira Flaherty, and aids her in reforming her sweetheart, Sean Casey, who has joined a gang illegally distilling whiskey. The gang is led by an American gangster, Mike Finnegan, who has also returned to his boyhood home. The two old-sod homeboys vie for control of the hearts and minds of the villagers, with O'Connor having the distinct advantage of being able to sing the old Irish ballads Once (2006, 85 minutes. Directed by John Carney) An (unnamed) Guy is a Dublin guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day, and singing and playing for money on the Dublin streets by night. An (unnamed) Girl is a Czech who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day and takes care of her mom and her daughter by night. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other as the Girl helps the Guy to put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract. During the same several day period, the Guy and the Girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs.

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