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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Cultural and religious celebration on 17 March For other uses, see Saint Patrick's Day (disambiguation). Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick depicted in a stained-glass window at Saint Benin's Church, Ireland Official name Saint Patrick's Day Also called Feast of Saint Patrick Lá Fhéile ...
An Irish population in this cluster of Midwestern cities hosts an St. Patrick's Day parade. It is "the only bi-state St. Patrick's Day Parade in the USA", according to the St. Patrick's Day Society of the Quad Cities, [108] crossing the Centennial Bridge from Rock Island, Illinois into Davenport, Iowa. Being so close to Chicago, this parade ...
A 1909 St Patrick's Day postcard with the Irish slogan "Erin go bragh" (Ireland Forever). Patrick features in many stories in the Irish oral tradition and there are many customs connected with his feast day.
Ever wonder about St. Patrick's Day history? Find out the facts behind this global holiday and its traditions, as well as the identity of Saint Patrick himself.
St. Patrick’s Day is a feast day in the Catholic faith honoring the patron saint of Ireland, who lived in the fifth century. St. Patrick was brought to Ireland as a slave as a teenager, History ...
St. Patrick's Day marks the day Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, died in 461, but many of the lively traditions we know today began with Irish Americans.
The popular celebration as we know it today took shape in the 1700s, as parades began popping up in America.
1985 – A Flag to Fly: Based on True Story of the St. Patrick's Battalion in Mexico 1847, by Chris Matthews; 1996 – The San Patricios, directed by Mark R. Day; 1997 – In the Rogue Blood, by James Carlos Blake, winner of Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1998 – St. Patrick's Battalion, documentary film directed by Jason Hool