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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. 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 ...
Ahead, you'll find the actual reason behind St. Patrick's Day, information on Saint Patrick himself, and why we associate the color green with the day. We've even gathered ideas to help you ...
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.
In 1903, St Patrick’s Day became an official public holiday in Ireland. This year (and every year) it is celebrated on 17 March, but St Patrick’s Day 2024 falls on a Sunday.
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 ...
Templepatrick, County Antrim (from Irish Teampall Phádraig, meaning 'Patrick's church') [152] St Patrick's Hill, Liverpool, on old maps of the town near to the former location of "St Patrick's Cross" [153] Parroquia San Patricio y Espiritu Santo. Loiza, Puerto Rico. The site was initially mentioned in 1645 as a chapel.
The first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in the U.S. The first recorded parade on the Catholic Feast Day of St. Patrick was held on March 17, 1601, in a Spanish colony in modern-day St ...
In its beginnings, Saint Patrick's Day was meant as a day spent in celebration of the 1768 uprising by the enslaved and the free communities against the oppression and poverty suffered at the hands of the wealthy plantation owners. March 17 can also be called "Heroes Day," due to Sir Howard A. Fergus' work in popularizing the uprising. [11]