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While many towns had St. Patrick’s Day celebrations last weekend, including parades, pub crawls and more, the fun isn’t over yet.
Another round of events will be up and running this weekend, including these offerings:
-- The doors at Catherine Rooney’s (1616 Delaware Ave., Wilmington) will swing open at 9 a.m. Friday, welcoming the Irish (and wannabe Irish) for a full day of festivities for those playing hooky. There will be 14 hours of live entertainment in two rooms, including an afternoon performance by Broesler School of Irish Dance and a 5:45 p.m. happy hour show by the Ceól Néamh School of Piping and Drumming. Also: McMark & Son (11 a.m.), Chris Huff Irish duo (3:30 p.m.), O'Eleanor & the Roosevelt's Band (9 p.m.) and DJ Andrew Hugh and DJ Gaetano all night. The menu is stuffed with traditional Irish dishes, including corned beef/ham and cabbage, fish and chips, Shepherd's pie and more. Pints of Guinness and Smithwick’s will clink and Jell-O shooters will jiggle.
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-- The New Castle County Irish Society (1301 S. Rodney St., Wilmington) will be serving ham and cabbage lunches and dinners from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. The platter costs $9 for adults and $4 for children 8 and younger. Take-out platters ($9) are available in person or by calling ahead: 658-8288. The bar will be open with alcoholic beverages available. And at 4:30 p.m., Delaware’s McAleer School of Irish Dance will perform.
-- At 5 p.m. Friday, the seventh annual Toasting the Town: St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl kicks off in downtown Milford. This bar-hopping event pairs five downtown Milford spots with local breweries, wineries and distilleries. Buy a commemorative T-shirt ($18-$20) on site for entry. Venues include It’s About Time (Dogfish Head), Second Street Players/Riverfront Theater (Mispillion River Brewing and Sposato Family Vineyards), The Music School of Delaware (Beach Time Distilling), Petite Sweets (Crooked Hammock Brewery) and Lifecycle (Revelation Craft Brewing Company and Rubber Soul Brewing.)
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-- Dover's annual St. Patrick’s Day parade takes over the town Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. The parade will start at the intersection of Forest and S. Kirkwood streets and will make its way down Loockerman Street ending at Federal Street. More than 60 units will march in the parade, including Delaware Technical Community College’s Hammerin’ Hawks Drumline to a Delaware Choral Society ensemble. Food trucks and family activities will be centered in Loockerman Way Plaza from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
-- If you're still standing Saturday night, Mispillion River Brewing’s A Very St. Patrick’s Day Party kicks off at 6 p.m. at 255 Mullet Run St. in Milford. Milton-based country rockers Federal Street Band, led by Bob Jones, will provide the tunes and Haass’ On the Go, the Dover-based catering arm of Haass’ Family Butcher Shop, will handle the food. Mispillion will also debut its new Shamrock Shake mint stout.
Contact Ryan Cormier of The News Journal at rcormier@delawareonline.com or (302) 324-2863. Follow him on Facebook (@ryancormier), Twitter (@ryancormier) and Instagram (@ryancormier).