Irishman Looks Forward To Spending St Paddys Day Doing Exactly What He Does Every Weekend Down At Coogee

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Local Irish man Michael O’Neill (25) is excited to celebrate his home country's national holiday doing the exact same thing he does every weekend.

"It'll be mighty good craic" explained the 25 year old construction labourer.

"Meet up with Sean and Patrick and get a few pints into us, then head to another pub and have a few pints, then drink some beers by the water, then to another pub to drink some pints"

Michael is not alone.

Thousands of Irish people from in and around the Coogee area plan on spending St Pattys day doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary.

"I'm going to drink lots of alcohol around other Irish people who are also drinking lots of alcohol" explained Siobhan O'Connor (30) and Irish traffic control worker from the neighboring suburb of Randwick.

"Normally we'd do that on a Saturday but this time it'll be on a Tuesday so it's a bit different."

Locals say the annual celebration has become a familiar sight around the Coogee Pavilion, nearby pubs and the beach, where large groups of Irish migrants can be found doing roughly the same pub circuit they completed the previous weekend, and the weekend before.

Several participants confirmed the only real difference will be the addition of green clothing and the occasional attempt at singing a traditional Irish song before returning to discussing the drama on Sydney's construction sites.

"We might start earlier than usual, though" Michael added.