Here's what you need to know about the day and the saint that it celebrates. Monday, March 17. St Patrick's Day is a religious holiday that celebrates the life of Ireland's patron saint ...

St. Patrick's Day 2025 caps a weekend of celebrating Irish heritage St Patrick's Day falls on a Monday this year, which means the day caps off a stretch of celebrations with the bulk of them over ...

You could follow up by asking the names of the patron saints of the UK and Ireland and, if using the assembly in the days preceding St Patrick's Day, whether anyone can say which Patron Saint's ...

Patrick’s Day? On Montserrat, Saint Patrick’s Day became a national holiday in 1985, but it wasn’t to celebrate St. Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland. The annual festival commemorates the ...

and London is once again hosting a big St Patrick's Day Parade and Festival to celebrate Ireland's national saint. It takes place across central London and spills into Trafalgar Square.

Of the many things associated with the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint, a small number originate with the religious day of observance. There are now two St. Patrick’s Day days worldwide.

St. Patrick's Day originated as a feast day to honor Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Patrick was a fifth-century missionary credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland, and he died ...