As the fastest growing city in Upper Canada, as it was known until 1841, Toronto saw many Irish arrive on its shores. By the ...
It was among Irish American communities that the day became the celebration it is, from its roots as a more solemn day with a ...
More than two-thirds of parents in Northern Ireland want their children to be educated alongside those from the other ...
According to the paper, “Trends in the Religious Composition of the Population of the Republic of Ireland 1946-71”, between 1946 and 1971 the total Protestant population declined from 158,000 ...
“St. Patrick” is symbolic in the United States of Irish Roman Catholicism and all it stands for. But the Protestants of Ireland, usually called “Scotch Irish,” take a very different vie ...
St. Patrick's Day is the feast day for St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Irish citizens celebrate the day by ...
Local historian Professor Donal McCracken shares a bit of history about St Patrick's Day and how the day is celebrated.