St Patrick

St Patricks Day in Australia
What to do on St Pat's Day
St Patrick's Day in Australia was a big event when I was a child. A special church service, and a special dinner too. The best part of the day was the family get together with story-telling, music and dance and all of us wearing something green. These days, I grab the opportunity to make a a traditional Irish meal and to visit one of the Irish venues in Melbourne or I jump on the train to celebrate St Patrick's Day in Ballarat. the beast

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
A Lens to Help You Celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick's Day is a holiday rich with history and meaning as well as a fun time to wear green and shamrocks! There really was a man who became known as Saint Patrick in Ireland, and some of his letters and writings survive to this day. This lens will look at some of the history of Saint Patrick St. Patrick's Day as well as some of the music, culture and fun associated with Ireland and Saint Patrick. Feel free to send this link to your friends for a St. Patrick's Day e-card!

Fun Stuff To Wear For St Paddy's Day
Enjoy St Patrick's Day With Fun Stuff To Wear
Everybody, well almost, wants to be Irish on Saint Patricks Day. Why is it such a fun day. Well of course there are the parades, the drinking, the celebration of Ireland and its culture, the drinking, wearing silly hats, the drinking and singing Irish songs and ballads. Did you notice that I mentioned drinking three times. It seems that some of the typical humour associated with Saint Patrick's Day, such as tales of prodigious drinking, has upset the US Congress. The Committee on Irish affai...

Did St. Patrick Drive the Snakes from Ireland?
Ireland is 100% Snake Free
My husband recently mentioned that he wanted to attend the St. Patrick's Day parade this year in Kansas City. As an Irish-American who lives not far from the fourth largest parade in the world, who happens to have that day off work, he's eager to take part in festivities he's been forced to miss for the last several years. He, along with several family members, are enthusiastic enough about their heritage that they traveled to Ireland a few years ago. I knew he'd probably know more about the...

St Patricks Day: Vintage Style Greeting Cards
St Patrick's Day, A Great Irish Holiday Enjoyed By Everyone
St Patrick's Day is upheld in Ireland as a holy day of obligation. Elsewhere, wherever Irish emigrants have settled, it is seen as a celebration of Ireland and everything Irish. The country, the colour green, shamrock, blarney, the Irish harp, Irish ballads and of course guiness - that most Irish of stouts. Because of this in countries with a large population of Irish emigrants, It is seen as a very popular holiday, and most often celebrated with processions and parades through the streets an...