His name, before adopting “Patrick”, was thought to be Maewyn Succat. 385 and his parents were Roman citizens.
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According to history.com, he was taken prisoner at the age of 16 by Irish raiders who attacked his home. And while the holiday named for him is now associated with the color green, St. Patrick’s was originally associated with a blue that was used on Ireland’s Presidential Standard.
Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland and, according to the legend, talked about the sense of the religion with the example of shamrock, which later in days became one of the symbols of Ireland.
On a typical day, Americans drink about 600,000 pints of the Dublin-based beer.
And if people ask you about what Ireland gave the world, point out to them that, among many, many, many other things, Michael Fassbender is one of ours.
“In the Irish culture, we would use the term “Plastic Patties” to describe someone who decides when they want to be Irish”, he said. That all changed in the 17th century. Green, however, has become the color used to symbolize the Emerald Isle. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through the city.
Though, as we all know, nothing annoys Irish people more than Americans referring to Paddy’s Day as Patty’s Day. New York City and Boston host some of the largest celebrations.
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How do we celebrate St Patrick’s Day?
St. Patrick’s is celebrated on March 17th, a day remembered as the namesake’s feast and anniversary of his death.
“While St Patrick’s Day is traditionally associated with drinking Guinness, our data tells us that the black stuff comes a distant second to Bailey’s Irish Cream as Australia’s most popular Irish alcoholic beverage”, said Andrew Price, Consumer Manager of the research body. This number is more than seven times the population of Ireland (4.6 million).
There are over 39 million people in the US claiming to have Irish heritage. The Catholic Church designates the day a saint dies as a holy day, because it’s believed he or she then enters heaven.
In honour of the annual celebration, Google turned its usually multicoloured logo green, and added an acrobatic shamrock for good measure.
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Note: If you don’t find anything, don’t turn to green beer to drown your sorrows.
