Saint Patrick's Day Celebration
Every year on March 17, Irish Americans celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with parades and pageantry. The holiday honors the man who brought Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century.
According to legend, Saint Patrick used the three leaves of the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. Leprechauns, a mythical race of elves who bestow their hidden treasure on anyone who can catch them, symbolize the famous “luck of the Irish.”
Saint Patrick’s Day or St. Patrick’s Day, holiday honoring Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is celebrated annually on March 17, his feast day. Saint Patrick was a missionary in the 5th century ad who is credited with converting Ireland to Christianity. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland. It is also celebrated by people of Irish descent in many other countries, especially by Irish Americans in the United States.
One popular St. Patrick’s Day tradition is wearing green clothing. Green, the national color of Ireland, symbolizes the island’s lush landscape. The main symbol associated with the holiday is the shamrock, a small three-leafed clover or clover-like plant. According to legend, St. Patrick used the shamrock, because of its three leaves, to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish people. The shamrock is now the national emblem of Ireland.
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