Tablescaping for St Patrick's Day

St Patrick’s Day is an excuse to get out our tablecloths and wares so the dining table looks its best for a festive gathering

Kate O'Dowd, owner of wedding and event planning company, Love and Gatherings, with one of her special occasion tablescapes. Photo: Ivana Patarcic.

IT’S TWO years since Covid drove out our traditional St Patrick’s Day parades along with tricolour badges, harps and sprays of shamrock pinned to our jumpers. But as the tradition of standing on the side of the street getting soaked in the rain makes a comeback on Thursday, we home birds will stay indoors and play tablescaping to accessorise the presentation of our traditional bacon and cabbage dinner.

And there’s help in setting the scene with some tabletop foundational items like textiles.