St. Patrick's Day, marked on March 17th, is an alive and kicking festival commemorating Ireland's patron saint and reflecting the nation's rich cultural heritage. The most iconic feature of this ...

St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer and green rivers. So my ...

Originally, the Irish holiday was meant to honor the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. Now, the day has become a ...

The holiday has been celebrated in Ireland for over a thousand years in observance of Saint Patrick, who introduced ...

Patrick wrote in Latin, and signed his works “Patricius.” In some accounts of his life, Patrick was given the birth name Maewyn Succat, but historians do not agree on this.