Ireland - The only place to be on St. Patrick's Day #globalgreening

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Mar 15, 2017, 15:26 ET

NEW YORK, March 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- There is only one place to be on St. Patrick's Day and that's Ireland. The St. Patrick's Festival is truly one of the great spectacles of the world — a week-long celebration of music, dance and outdoor shows culminating in the stunning St. Patrick's Day parade through the historic streets of Dublin on March 17th.

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Happy St Patrick's Day from the Emerald Isle

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Not just renowned for its stunning scenery and breathtaking beaches, the Wild Atlantic Way and our western seaboard encourages you to enjoy the more active side of an Irish vacation.

Travelling to Ireland by air has never been easier.

One can also celebrate at the 'Home of St. Patrick' in Northern Ireland where a stunning new calendar of events launched this year, set around Downpatrick and Armagh where St. Patrick lived when he was in Ireland and where he is buried.

The St. Patrick's festival is the highlight of the early vacation season of what is expected to be another record year for visits to Ireland. 1.4 million people from the US traveled to Ireland last year for the vacation experience of a lifetime.

Ireland's Ancient East - when you explore Ireland's Ancient East you wander through 5,000 years of history. www.irelandsancienteast.com

Northern Ireland - A land of giants, of Titanic and of some of the great golf courses of the world. Northern Ireland Adventure

The Wild Atlantic Way - the longest defined coastal driving route in the world stretching from the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal to Kinsale in County Cork. www.wildatlanticway.com

Dublin - Enjoy a city with a breath of fresh air where you'll move easily from vibrant city-centre life to the peaceful tranquility of its charming coastal villages. Dublin's Fair City

#Globalgreening Tourism Ireland's award winning global greening initiative which encourages famous buildings and landmarks to light up green for St. Patrick's Day is set for another spectacular installment. This year, One World Trade Center in New York, Niagara Falls, The Great Wall of China, the London Eye and the Colosseum in Rome will join over 200 locations worldwide in going green on March 17.

Screen tourism – Lights, camera, Ireland. See some of the famous filming locations that put Ireland on the big screen, from Dracula in Antrim to Braveheart in Co Meath. The diverse landscapes across Ireland have made it the ideal place to film movies and most recently the Skellig islands have played host to the latest episode in the Star Wars movie series and counties Down and Antrim are the backdrop to many of the scenes from HBO's hit show Game of Thrones.

For more information on these stories visit www.tourismirelandinfo.com

For information on traveling to Ireland visit www.Ireland.com

SOURCE Tourism Ireland