St. Patrick's Day Facts

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Here are some inter­est­ing facts about this emer­ald hol­i­day, cour­tesy of Finnegans Rainbow St Patricks Day Facts

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Saint Patrick was not actu­ally Irish.

“Erin Go Braugh” means Ireland forever

The first American cel­e­bra­tion of Saint Patrick’s Day was in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1737

Nine of the peo­ple who signed our Declaration of Independence were of Irish ori­gin, and nine­teen Presidents of the United States proudly claim Irish heritage–including our first President, George Washington.

St.Patrick intro­duced the Roman alpha­bet and Latin lit­er­a­ture to Ireland.

Green is the Irish national color, sym­bolic of the lush green land­scape of the Emerald Isle.

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4 Responses to “St. Patrick's Day Facts”

    Kymberlie R. McGuire
    March 17th, 2004 at 22:06

    Just com­ing by to wish you happy birthday! :-)

    Anonymous
    March 18th, 2004 at 00:11

    Happy Bday Bro

    Anonymous
    March 18th, 2004 at 00:15

    Just wanted to wish you a happy birthday

    Pariah Burke
    March 18th, 2004 at 02:09

    Wow! Thank you very much!

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