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

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. 

4 thoughts on “St. Patrick's Day Facts

  1. Anonymous

    Just want­ed to wish you a hap­py birthday

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