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 ...

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 ...

A girl who was part of a procession holds the flag of Ireland on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin March 17, 2021.

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. History: Why do we ...

The streets of South Boston ran green with Irish pride Sunday morning, as revelers poured out for the earlier, stricter edition of Southies annual St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day Parade. “This is ...

St. Patrick's Day is coming up on Monday ... nationalists first and foremost," explains Witt. "The colors of the Irish flag are green, white and orange, the green symbolizing the Irish nationalism ...

The city of Aurora will hold its St. Patrick’s Parade and Irish flag-raising ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday in downtown Aurora. The event “honoring the legacy of the parade’s namesake ...

Organizers said the world-renowned parade has annually drawn about 2 million spectators with 150,000 participants.