On March 17th, the Irish celebrate their biggest day, St. Patrick's Day. With this, they're commemorating the death of their patron, St. Patrick. Even though this celebration started in Ireland, because of Irish immigration to other countries, it's now celebrated in many other places, such as the USA, Canada and Australia. In those countries, this day has become a big celebration of Irish culture, rather than a Catholic commemoration of St. Patrick, as it originally was. The tradition of wearing green, for example, which is internationally spread nowadays, actually began in the USA, since that colour reminded Irish-Americans of the old Irish flag, despite the fact that green is considered an unlucky colour in Ireland.
St. Patrick's celebrations in the world include, besides wearing green, drinking Irish beer, eating Irish food and dancing Irish folk music. It's the day when people from all over the world who share an Irish origin feel proud to be Irish.
If you'd like to know more about the origins and celebrations of St. Patrick's Day, click on this link:
And since we're talking about Ireland, would you like to know something more about this amazing country? Here's a video for you to enjoy and see the wonders of Ireland:
And, to end this post, nothing better than listening to one of the most popular Irish bands, The Cranberries. Its leading singer, Dolores O'Riordan, sadly left us last year, so this is also a way to honor her.
What do you think of Ireland? Would you like to travel there? What does the song Zombie speak about? Feel free to make any comments.
Slán go fóill! (See you in Irish Gaelic)
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