Authorities are investigating a possible hate crime after a Catholic Church named after St. Patrick was discovered with ...

Neither green nor orange were originally associated with St. Patrick. The 5th-century missionary and bishop actually sported sky blue and even had a light blue shade named after him. It wasn’t until ...

If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global ...

Wearing green is one of the most important aspects of Irish culture and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, but not everyone knows why people wear green when celebrating the holiday worldwide. According to ...

Yet green remains the color associated with St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland throughout the world, largely due to the Catholic diaspora and its association with nationalism. However, blue still plays a ...

However, blue still plays a symbolic role in Ireland: Since 1945, the flag representing the president of Ireland has a gold harp with a dark blue background – the color known as St. Patrick’s ...

A girl who was part of a procession holds the flag of Ireland on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin March 17, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne) Irish nationalist groups active in the U.S. — the ...