Happy St Patty's Day: Irish Blonde Waving The Flag Of Ireland
Beautiful Irish woman posing with the flag of Ireland celebrating Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day
or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the
Festival of Patrick") is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17
March. It is named after Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the most commonly recognised
of the patron saints of Ireland.
Saint Patrick's Day
was made an official Christian feast day in the early seventeenth century and
is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the
Church of Ireland),[2] the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. The day
commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland,[1] as
well as celebrating the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.[3]
Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, céilithe, and the
wearing of green attire or shamrocks.[4] Christians also attend church
services[3][5] and the Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol are
lifted for the day, which has encouraged and propagated the holiday's tradition
of alcohol consumption.[3][4][6][7]
Saint Patrick's Day
is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland,[8] Northern Ireland,[9]
Newfoundland and Labrador and Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the
Irish diaspora around the world; especially in Britain, Canada, the United
States, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. -Wikipedia
