How St. Patrick’s Day celebrations originally featured the color blue
With nationalism ascendant and Catholics outnumbering Protestants, green was widely embraced, particularly since it had been ...
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My grandparents emigrated from Counties Sligo, Limerick, and Cork. Fittingly, the first book I took out of the children’s ...
Why the color of St. Patrick’s Day changed from blue to green
St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color ...
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110 IN THE SHADE: St. Patrick’s Day for all
I did cook the requisite corned beef, cabbage and potatoes, yesterday, the Holy Day, March 17. I also offered a meatless ...
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Stories of Resistance: The Saint Patrick’s Battalion
On St. Patrick’s Day, Mexicans celebrate in honor of the Irish battalion that defended their country against the invading ...
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How a new wave of Irish are flying the flag at 'the richest club in the world'
“Geordies are the closest thing to the Irish you’ll find in England,” former United favourite and Ireland international John Anderson, who still resides in Newcastle, told the Irish Examiner.
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Why do people wear green on St. Patrick’s Day?
Wearing green is one of the most important aspects of Irish culture and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, but not everyone knows ...
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Last of the Irish Lords: ‘There’s a love-hate relationship between Irish people and Anglo titles’
remains festooned with conspicuous links to Ireland and the Republic. The Irish harp is still part of the royal standard, the flag of the British monarch, and so can be seen stitched all over the ...
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How the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green
He wasn’t Irish; rather he was born in ... Since 1945, the flag representing the president of Ireland has a gold harp with a dark blue background – the color known as St. Patrick’s blue.