While we associate St. Patrick’s Day with everything green, boozy and sweet, the history of this holiday has much deeper roots. March 17th was officially declared a holiday in the 1800s to ...

The Irish government didn’t recognize St. Patrick’s Day as a public holiday until 1903, and the first parade in Dublin wasn’t held until 1931. Even pubs remained closed on March 17 until 1961.

On March 17, the feast of St. Patrick himself, even the waters and the sky turn green in his honor. Grand parades, with pipers and bands, march down the south sides of many American cities to ...

On March 17, the feast of St. Patrick himself, grand parades, with pipers and bands, march down the south sides of many American cities, to commemorate the heritage of the Irish.

Members of Lackawanna County’s Friendly Sons of St. Patrick have gathered for the Emerald Isle-themed event for 119 years. highlighting the traditions of their Irish heritage, as they enjoy a ...

St. Patrick's Day, or the Feast of St. Patrick, is a religious holiday that always falls on March 17, which is the traditional death date of the Patron Saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.

Among the most renowned St. Patrick's Day parades, according to the Library of Congress, are the ones held in: New York City, which officially dates to March 17, 1766. An unofficial march was held ...

Her feast day is on Feb. 1 and folk history says she also died on that day. She is one of three patron saints of Ireland, along with St. Patrick and St. Columcille.

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.

St. Patrick's Day celebrations in America are a far cry from the solemn holy day it once was in Ireland. On March 17, the feast of St. Patrick himself, even the waters and the sky turn green in ...