we should probably all know saint patrick's day is a holiday commemorating the patron saint of ireland, saint patrick-not his real name-who is hailed as the saint who brought catholicism to ireland and taught pre-christian irish the holy trinity via the shamrock.
but the holiday has kind of evolved since then into more of a national recognition of the emereld isle altogether and is considered the countries official holiday wether protestant,catholic or other.
now, only one side fo my family-and not direct bloodline related mind you-is catholic but we do have quite a bit of irish heritage (pierce/helton) and are distantly related to the "queen of ireland" as well through blood relation
(victoria of the house of hanover) so yes, we do celebrate saint pattys day as a heritage based holiday.
but my question is do you feel it is more a catholic holiday, a heritage holiday or an excuse to drink green beer and boiled cabbage?
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