Interesting Facts

St. Patrick's Day is an annual feast day celebrating the patron saint the day is named after. Patrick's Day has become a popular holiday in the United States. People wear green and eat corned beef and cabbage.. Here are a few more facts that you may not be aware of about St. Patty's Day.

St. Patrick was not Irish. He was from Wales.
The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in New York in the 1760s.
For many years, blue was the color most often associated with St. Patrick. Green was considered unlucky. St. Patrick's blue was considered symbolic of Ireland for many centuries and the Irish Presidential Standard is still blue.
Don't be fooled by any holiday decorations showing lady leprechauns. In traditional Irish folk tales, there are no female leprechauns, only nattily attired little guys.
An estimated 34 million Americans have Irish ancestry. Some are pure-blood Irish, meaning they or their parents came from Ireland, but many more have mixed ancestry today. By contrast, there are 4.2 million people living in Ireland.

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About St Patrick's Day

Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patricks Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.

St Patrick's Day celebrations continue to be a show of Irish strength and patriotism. So, get our your green and get ready to celebrate! Happy St Patrick's Day!

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
An Irish Toast

Browse our list of St Patrick's Day Slogans below:

On St Paddy's Day I don't get drunk; I get Irish.

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² Irish Until I Pass Out

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³ I Beat Up a Leprechaun for this Shirt.

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St Paddy's Drinking Game: Take a Shot for Every Shot

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⁵ Who's St. Patrick? Will He Buy Me a Beer?

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Surround Yourself In Green

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⁷ In Heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink it here!

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If you're dating an Irish girl raise your glass... If not, raise your standards.

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⁹ I didn't do it, the Leprechaun did!

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¹⁰ You can't say you've been drinking all day, unless you start before noon.

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Quotes on being Irish and St Patricks Day
Irish and St Patricks Day Quotes:

"St. Patrick, one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish." -Charles M. Madigan
"An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth." -Irish Saying
"That's the Irish all over — they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke." -Sean O'Casey
"An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth." -Irish Saying
"St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic." -Adrienne Cook

¹¹ If you have a drink, please put it in the air!

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¹² Get green! Every hour on the hour

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¹³ Irish Today Hungover Tomorrow

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