Today the London Eye is illuminated Green, there is a massive parade in New York, Seoul and Dublin (and pretty much every other main city in the world) and Google has a new logo (just for the day)  What’s going on? It’s St Patrick’s Day and this is something that’s celebrated throughout the world. St Patrick is the patron saint ot Ireland and this is a yearly holiday celebrated on 17 March. It is named after Saint Patrick who lived in the 5th century. It began as a Catholic holiday and became an official day in the 16th century. Recently it has become a must more secular celebration of Ireland’s culture.

And a little film of the St Patricks day parade:

 

If you are in London then I hope you’ll find some way of enjoying yourself in the typical Irish tradition – if you are in another city then do try to find the local Irish pub (there seems to be one in more or less every city in the world) and join in the celebrations.

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