{"id":300844,"date":"2026-02-16T12:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/300844\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:09:07","slug":"vogue-williams-named-st-patricks-day-grand-marshal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/300844\/","title":{"rendered":"Vogue Williams named St Patrick’s Day Grand Marshal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vogue Williams has been announced as the Grand Marshal for this year’s National Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.<\/p>\n

The Dubliner, one of the best-known Irish faces in the UK, has built a career across broadcasting, fashion and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

Ms Williams said it was a huge honour to take on the role, which allows her to champion Irish creativity and storytelling on a global stage, and in London where she is based.<\/p>\n

The theme for this year\u2019s parade is ‘Roots\u2019 and explores identity, belonging and shared stories across generations, celebrating where we come from, what grounds us and how we continue to grow together as a community.<\/p>\n

“Growing up in Dublin, St Patrick\u2019s Day has always been a special time for me and leading the parade through the city is something I\u2019ve always dreamed of,” she said.<\/p>\n

She added: “I\u2019m delighted with the theme of roots this year, as I will talk up my home country and what I love about being Irish any time I get the chance.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s going to be such an incredible day of celebration, and I\u2019m really looking forward to sharing it with people from home and from the Irish community around the world.”<\/p>\n

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\nVogue Williams said the parade will be ‘really cool’ for her children to attend<\/p>\n

Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam said Ms Williams “embodies the energy and ambition of a global Ireland.”<\/p>\n

“Her journey reflects the lived experience of so many of our people at home and abroad. As we celebrate Roots and Ireland\u2019s one shared story, I know she will lead this year\u2019s Parade with warmth, pride and a great sense of occasion.”<\/p>\n

Speaking on RTE’s Oliver Callan, Ms Williams said being chosen as Grand Marshal was the “pinnacle of her career”.<\/p>\n

She said said she did not tell anyone prior to this morning’s announcement for fear that it might not happen.<\/p>\n

“It’s exciting now. I can finally tell people because I didn’t want to tell them in case it didn’t happen,” she said.<\/p>\n

“But now it’s out there. It’s happening. They can’t take it back. I’m doing it.”<\/p>\n

Ms Williams said that the occasion would be “really cool” for her three young children.<\/p>\n

“You just never know what they’re going to be interested in,” she said.<\/p>\n

“They were kind of impressed by I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, and they had absolutely no interest in watching me on Gladiator.<\/p>\n

“But I think that this is such a spectacle, and they’re going to love it so much.<\/p>\n

“It’ll be their first parade in person, so I’m excited to bring them along,” she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vogue Williams has been announced as the Grand Marshal for this year’s National Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-300844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}