Saint Patrick


It is the annual festival which celebrates Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is usually celebrated on March 17 countries that speak English. This date is usually measured by church authority. People dress in costumes of green, leaving the streets in a festive long walk.
At Saint Patrick's Day people wear green for St. Patrick who wore a three-leaf shamrock to explain about the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The first Saint Patrick's Festival was held on March 17, 1996. In 1997, he became a three-day event, and in 2000 was a four-day event. In 2006, the festival lasted five days.
In the past, St. Patrick's Day was just a celebration of beer. It became a public holiday in 1903. In England it was introduced in Parliament by Irishman James O'Mara. Later, O'Mara has introduced a law that forbade the pubs shut on March 18, a move that was not changed in 70 years. The first outbreak occurred in Dublin in 1931, and was criticized by the Minister Fitzgerald.