This Saturday we will be celebrating St Patrick’s Day as many do each year. Many have heard about this event but are unsure of what it actually means, and you would be surprised how truly influential St Patrick had on Irish history.
We celebrate Saint Patrick's Day as the name
suggests, St Patrick is credited for not only converting Ireland to
Christianity but also being the foremost patron of Ireland. He is known of course for converting Ireland
to Christianity in AD 400s and having a message so strong that it lives on to
today. The date of the celebration is 17th of March every year to
commemorate the death of Saint Patrick.
There are many traditions that are
celebrated on this day, that many Irish families and towns still partake in. For
example, wearing Shamrock otherwise known as a clover. Another tradition that
takes place is the St Patrick's Day Parade and this is probably the most
recognisable tradition.
The colour
green is now very heavily associated with Ireland for two reasons, one being
that there is green on the Irish flag of course and also because if the
shamrock that is also a big part of Irish culture.
Many
don’t know that St Patrick’s Day is also to celebrate the religious relevance
as well as of course pride and happiness, but for many families Christianity is
what this day is all about.
In 4
years approximately 300,000 Irish people emigrated to live elsewhere but what I
would like to know is that if St Patrick's Day is so important in Irish culture, do people still celebrate the day,
even though they no longer live there?
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