{"id":301632,"date":"2026-02-17T00:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/301632\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:06:10","slug":"vogue-williams-revealed-as-grand-marshal-of-2026-dublin-st-patricks-day-parade-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/301632\/","title":{"rendered":"Vogue Williams revealed as grand marshal of 2026 Dublin St Patrick\u2019s Day parade \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Irish presenter and podcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/vogue-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/vogue-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vogue Williams<\/a> has been announced as the grand marshal for the 2026 national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/st-patricks-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/st-patricks-day\">St Patrick\u2019s Day<\/a> parade in Dublin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Williams described the announcement as \u201ca real honour\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cGrowing up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\">Dublin<\/a>, 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,\u201d the My Therapist Ghosted Me podcast host said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI\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. It\u2019s going to be such an incredible day of celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Speaking at the announcement, Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam said: \u201cVogue represents a modern Ireland \u2013 confident, creative and outward-looking \u2013 while remaining deeply connected to home\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">St Patrick\u2019s Festival artistic director, Aoife Carry said that they were \u201cthrilled\u201d to announce the media personality as grand marshal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">She described Williams as \u201ca figure who embodies the spirit of contemporary Ireland and brings an infectious energy, warmth and authenticity to this role\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The national St Patrick\u2019s Day parade begins at noon on March 17th in Dublin city centre, running from Parnell Square in the north of the city, down O\u2019Connell Street, over O\u2019Connell Bridge and through the south side of the city, ending at the Cuffe Street\/Kevin Street junction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The parade will feature 12 large-scale floats from independent parade companies and 3,000-plus participants, including eight American marching bands from Ohio, Arizona, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, Indiana and Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">No tickets are required to attend the parade, but there are a limited number of tickets available to purchase for grandstand seats along the route priced from \u20ac125 to \u20ac160. Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/stpatricksfestival.ie\/grandstand-tickets\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/stpatricksfestival.ie\/grandstand-tickets\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish presenter and podcaster Vogue Williams has been announced as the grand marshal for the 2026 national St&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[615,93,61,60,63762,12460],"class_list":["post-301632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dublin","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-st-patricks-day","tag-vogue-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301632","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=301632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}