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    The Bulletin: What to do on Saint Patrick’s Day, summer announcements, and giving people the finger [Issue #16]

    The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

    By The MainMarch 16, 2023 - Read time: 8 min
    The Bulletin: What to do on Saint Patrick’s Day, summer announcements, and giving people the finger [Issue #16]Mounted gentleman with top hat at the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Montreal – somewhere around 1930.

    Top o’ the morning to ya, Montreal: It’s going to be a great big drunken weekend this time around. Seriously, when was the last time Saint Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday? We’re willing to bet our Montreal Expos baseball cards that the whole thing will hit this city’s bars like a typhoon of Guinness, whisky, vomit, and all-around debauchery, right up until Monday when everyone will call in “sick” to work.

    If you’re going out to be a little bit Irish, we’ve got you with recommended spots to go get plastered. If you don’t drink (or if you prefer to drink in moderation)? No problem! A lot of Montrealers aren’t going to let something like Irish festivities get in the way of more wholesome stuff to do, so we’ve got you covered there, too.

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