Happy St Patrick’s Day, Wear a Shamrock and dance an Irish jig for good old St Paddy! St. Patrick is the patron Saint of Ireland and March 17th is his his feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have celebrated this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years, and it has grown in popularity and enthusiasm with each passing year, not just in Ireland, but anywhere where there is a large Irish ex-pat community. More on St Patrick’s Day by Somewhere in the world today… Picture: Today’s my Guinness / St. Patrick’s day event, Failte, March 17, Tuesday by Puamelia on flickr

Happy St Patrick’s Day, Wear a Shamrock and dance an Irish jig for good old St Paddy!

St. Patrick is the patron Saint of Ireland and March 17th is his his feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have celebrated this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years, and it has grown in popularity and enthusiasm with each passing year, not just in Ireland, but anywhere where there is a large Irish ex-pat community.

More on St Patrick’s Day by Somewhere in the world today…

Picture: Today’s my Guinness / St. Patrick’s day event, Failte, March 17, Tuesday by Puamelia on flickr

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