Published on : Friday, March 16, 2018
Kicking off the St Patrick’s celebrations in London in style, Tourism Ireland arranged for a troupe of Irish dancers to ascend The Shard, to perform Europe’s highest Irish dance. A spectacle not to be missed, the dancers will return on St Patrick’s day itself, with performances throughout the afternoon. To honour our patron saint, anyone with the name Patrick, Patricia or Pádraig will gain free entry to The View from The Shard.
And, Tower 42, the third-tallest skyscraper in the City of London, is set to display the world’s largest digital green shamrock – which will be visible right across the capital throughout the Mayor’s three-day festival.
Tourism Ireland’s 2018 Global Greening initiative is under way – and includes numerous locations across Great Britain lighting up green to celebrate the island of Ireland and St Patrick. A new ‘Greening’ for 2018 is ‘Hope’ – the Blue Whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling at the Natural History Museum. Discovered in Wexford in 1891, the 4.5-tonne mega skeleton now takes centre stage at the museum. Other iconic London landmarks taking part in Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening include the London Eye, Selfridges, the fountains in Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column – which are all set to go green to celebrate Ireland’s national day.
Source:- Tourism Ireland
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