wht is saint patricks day???

Answer 1

This is a day to Honor A Sain't. People Have parades and eat cornbeaf and cabbage. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for thousands of years.

On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.

Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "Irish Aid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.

No Irish Need Apply
Up until the mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to a million poor, uneducated, Catholic Irish began to pour into America to escape starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and funny accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.

However, the Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended New York City 's St. Patrick's Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in America.

Wearing of the Green Goes Global
Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore, and Russia.

In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows.

Answer 2

Hello. -

St. Patrick's Day, the religious feast day and anniversary of St. Patrick's death, is celebrated on March 17. This day has been observed in Ireland for thousands of years as a religious holiday. Boston first publicly celebrated St. Patrick's Day in the United States in 1737.

In 1762, New York City put on the first St. Patrick's Day parade, and now Ireland uses the holiday as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. The St. Patrick's Day festival in Dublin, Ireland is a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows!

St. Patrick, whose given name was Maewyn, is believed to have been born in Wales in 385 AD. After being sold into slavery and escaping, Patrick was eventually appointed as the second bishop of Ireland, where he served for about thirty years. He died on March 17, 461 AD. St. Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland who is most credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland.

Have a nice day. :)

Answer 3

Why Saint Patrick's Day?
Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide.

So, why is it celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that that is the day that St. Patrick died. Since the holiday began in Ireland, it is believed that as the Irish spread out around the world, they took with them their history and celebrations. The biggest observance of all is, of course, in Ireland. With the exception of restaurants and pubs, almost all businesses close on March 17th. Being a religious holiday as well, many Irish attend mass, where March 17th is the traditional day for offering prayers for missionaries worldwide before the serious celebrating begins.

In American cities with a large Irish population, St. Patrick's Day is a very big deal. Big cities and small towns alike celebrate with parades, "wearing of the green," music and songs, Irish food and drink, and activities for kids such as crafts, coloring and games. Some communities even go so far as to dye rivers or streams green!

Answer 4

saint patrick's day is when saint patrick died. St. Patrick was a Brit who was supposedly called upon by God to save the Druids,people who lived in Ireland. They worshiped things like trees twigs marshes etc.so he converted the druids to cathlocism. most people think that this holiday is just for wearing green and leprechauns, but it is more than that. St. Patrick explained to the druids that God is like a clover, God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Ghost.

Answer 5

March 17

Answer 6

Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide.

So, why is it celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that that is the day that St. Patrick died.


Saint Patrick is believed to have been born in the late fourth century, and is often confused with Palladius, a bishop who was sent by Pope Celestine in 431 to be the first bishop to the Irish believers in Christ.

Saint Patrick was the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland who is credited with bringing christianity to Ireland. Most of what is known about him comes from his two works, the Confessio, a spiritual autobiography, and his Epistola, a denunciation of British mistreatment of Irish christians. Saint Patrick described himself as a "most humble-minded man, pouring forth a continuous paean of thanks to his Maker for having chosen him as the instrument whereby multitudes who had worshipped idols and unclean things had become the people of God."

Saint Patrick is most known for driving the snakes from Ireland. It is true there are no snakes in Ireland, but there probably never have been - the island was separated from the rest of the continent at the end of the Ice Age. As in many old pagan religions, serpent symbols were common and often worshipped. Driving the snakes from Ireland was probably symbolic of putting an end to that pagan practice. While not the first to bring christianity to Ireland, it is Patrick who is said to have encountered the Druids at Tara and abolished their pagan rites. The story holds that he converted the warrior chiefs and princes, baptizing them and thousands of their subjects in the "Holy Wells" that still bear this name.

Answer 7

32 counties and 40 shades of green,
Saint Patrick plays the bodhrán, the likes you've never seen.
We're all proud to be Irish especially on March 17th
So when you're from the Emerald Isle its 40 shades of green.

Sing it Dustin!!!

Answer 8

I'm not sure why we have it but it is an Irish Holiday. You wear green and if you don't wear green people pinch you. Little kids sometimes go looking for Leprechans (which obviously aren't real) and if they "find" one it will show them where gold is. Four leave clovers are assosiated with St. Patricks day, and people beleive them to be of good luck.

Answer 9

Supposedly it is a Holiday celebrating the running out of snakes or rats in a city, which didn't really didn't happen anyway, St. Patrick was afraid of them!!! SO it is realy just a day to get drunk and stupid!

Answer 10

You must be living on the moon.
Maybe in the North Pole.
Never admit this ignorance in anIrish bar in New YOrk City.
God help us.
Oh yes: March 17,
You had better go to church that day and ask for forgiveness.

james whalen