The Saint Patrick Centre

New Nicolas Mosse Pottery is available at the Saint Patrick Centre Gift Shop.

Visit our Arts Drawn Together Exhibition. Proceeds going to Autism NI.

Congratulations to Janice Lightfowler and the Artists Drawn Together Group who launched their fantastic exhibition yesterday afternoon in the Saint Patrick Centre

Laurence just sent in this picture of the Open Day this afternoon at beautiful Inch Abbey, Downpatrick.

Beautiful ceramic angels available at the Saint Patrick Centre Gift Store.

Join us today for the artists drawn together exibition, meet the artist day. Its not too late to pop down!

A GLOBAL COMMUNITY Did you know that if you celebrate Saint Patrick you are part of a Global Community? Let's meet some members of our extended family - starting with New York which has just celebrated it's 257th parade.
One of the first North American parades honoring the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was held in New York in 1762 by Irish soldiers serving in the British army.
... Early Irish settlers to the American colonies, many of whom were indentured servants, brought the Irish tradition of celebrating St. Patrick’s feast day to America and with the dramatic increase of Irish immigrants to the United States in the mid-19th century, the March 17th celebration became widespread. Today, across the United States, millions of Americans of Irish ancestry celebrate their cultural identity and history by enjoying St. Patrick’s Day parades and engaging in general revelry.
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Meet the Artists in the Artists Drawn together Exhibition on Saturday Afternoon 2pm-4pm at the Saint Patrick Centre.

Chef Sean and his team are cooking up a storm in the Saint Patrick Centre. Come visit and try our new Lunch Menu!

Calling all Budding Archaeologists for excavation of Cathedral Hill! Newry, Mourne and Down District Council are coordinating a cross-community excavation will take place near Down Cathedral over four weeks from 31 July to 24 August through Down County Museum
The excavation will be conducted by professional archaeologists from the Archaeology Dept at Queen’s University Belfast – but they are looking to recruit a team of volunteers to help them from across the community! It will be possible for ‘young archaeologists’ and adults to take part in the sessions, between Tuesday and Saturday, as long as they can volunteer for at least 26 hours each. The excavation team is planning to conduct tours of the dig and update visitors about their findings each Sunday afternoon from Sunday 5th August during the excavation.

We are now stocking the famous St Brigid's Cross as Bronze Plated Wall Plaques in the Saint Patrick Centre Shop. An ideal gift for your home.

Explore Saint Patrick's Country. Historic Environment Division will be exploring the archaeology of the Inch Abbey site Co Down where the legend of Patrick and the snakes was written between 11.00 to 16.30 on Sunday 5th August .

To learn about the writings of Saint Patrick buy our new 'Letters of Saint Patrick' Historic Translation by Marcus Losack and John Luce from the Saint Patrick Centre Online Shop - 96 pages, £15. http://www.saintpatrickcentre.com/…/the -letters-of-saint-pa…

Visit Saint Patrick’s Country and the Saint Patrick Centre.

We are delighted to announce our new Exibition from the 28th July- 1st Sept by Janice Lightfowler and Artists Drawn Together in the Saint Patrick Centre
There will be a special meet the artists session on Saturday 4th August with an Autism Awareness talk being incorporated into the programme.

We have Summer all wrapped up with our new range of wrapping paper in the Saint Patrick Centre Shop!

Come see our new Nicholas Mosse Range at the Saint Patrick Centre.

The Saint Patrick Gift Shop is now stocking unique Meab enamel brooches, pendants and earrings.