St. Patrick's Day

When is St. Patrick's Day?

St. Patrick's Day is on the 17 of March.


What color do you wear on St. Patrick's Day?

Green


What drink is popular on St. Patrick's Day?


Geen beer






What do you know about St. Patrick's Day?

The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick's Day 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


What stories are associated with this Day?

During his mission in Ireland, St. Patrick once stood on a hilltop (which is now called Croagh Patrick), and with only a wooden staff by his side, banished all the snakes from Ireland.


What countries celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

It is a public holiday on the island of Ireland, including Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora, especially in places such as Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and Montserrat, among others.








What is the name of the delicious black Irish beer with a white creamy head?

Guines


What is an Irish coffee?

Coffee with cream and Wisky


What do you know about Ireland?

Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe.
The population of Ireland is estimated to be 6.2 million. Slightly fewer than 4.5 million are estimated to live in the Republic of Ireland and slightly fewer than 1.8 million are estimated to live in Northern Ireland. This is a significant increase from a modern historical low of 4.2 million in the 1960s but still much lower than the peak population of over 8 million in the mid-19th century prior to the Great Famine.
Irish culture has had a significant influence on culture world-wide, particularly in the fields of literature and, to a lesser degree, science and learning. A strong indigenous culture exists, as expressed for example through native sports and the Irish language, alongside a common Western culture, such as contemporary music and drama, and sports such as rugby, golf and the English language.


What Irish singers do you know?

U2, Enya, Westlife, The Script, The Coronas, B*witched, BoyZone and Black 47.


What are the colors of the Irish flag?




What is a shamrock?

According to legend, Saint Patrick used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish people.

What is a leprechaun?

A leprechaun is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been linked to the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology. Popular depiction shows them as being no taller than a small child.


What did Saint Patrick do in Ireland?

At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave. According to his Confession, he was told by God in a dream to flee from captivity to the coast, where he would board a ship and return to Britain. Upon returning, he quickly joined the Church in Auxerre in Gaul and studied to be a priest.
In 432, he again said that he was called back to Ireland, though as a bishop, to Christianize the Irish from their native polytheism. Irish folklore tells that one of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of proselytizing, he died on 17 March 461, and according to tradition, was buried at Downpatrick. Although there were other more successful missions to Ireland from Rome, Patrick endured as the principal champion of Irish Christianity and is held in esteem in the Irish Church.


When was Saint Patrick alive?

Little is known of Patrick's early life, though it is known that he was born in Roman Britain in the fifth century.


When did St. Patrick die?

St. Patrick died on 17 March 461.