Most alcohol-related St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in South Boston will end by 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 16. In anticipation of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, liquor stores will close by 4 p.m. as usual on Sundays.

There is perhaps no other holiday tied more to a city than St. Patrick's Day in Boston. According to historians, the city was the first in the country to throw a celebration for the patron saint of Ireland on March 17, 1737, as a way to support the city's wave of Irish immigrants.

Musical superstar Ed Sheeran played a surprise St. Patrick's Day show at a popular Boston pub on Monday. NBC10 Boston was there as the "Galway Girl" singer performed at The Dubliner downtown. A crowd thronged the bar while he played.