St Patrick’s Day 2012 promises to be bigger than ever on irishtimes.com with videos, live blogs and interactive features to help get you in the mood.
If you can't make the Dublin parade, fear not as it will be streamed live from 12pm on irishtimes.com/stpatricks2012/
Check out if it really is getting bigger and better and compare it to previous years by viewing the archived slideshows and galleries from this year.
Irish Times journalists will also capture the colour, sights and sounds from the event in a liveblog running all day on Saturday.
This year, for the first time, sees the introduction of an interactive TweetMap to catch all the action from around the country.
So if you’re dancing in Dingle, looking at leprechauns in Limerick or partying in Portumna let us know by tweeting your photos with the location and the hashtag #paddytimes, for example “best Galway parade ever #paddytimes”.
And by the end of the festival see if your town can lay claim to being the most fun place to celebrate the day.
With the rise of Irish hip-hop, The Ticket asked five acts to write a new rap about what it means to be Irish. Check out the results and watch videos from the Original Rudeboys and Rob Kelly or listen to Temper-Mental MissElayneous on the site.