Motivation Mondays: St Patrick’s Day Facts & Quotes
“The list of Irish saints is past counting; but in it all no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as St. Patrick.” Stephen Gwynn

Motivation Mondays: 20 St Patrick’s Day Facts & Quotes
Be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be. St. Patrick
If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you go – you’ll find family. Victoria Smurfit
The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination. George Bernard Shaw
Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. Iain Duncan Smith
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time – a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic. Adrienne Cook
May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more. May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door. Irish Blessing
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Sunday, March 17 is the official day to celebrate this popular, international holiday but many start the celebrations early; last weekend, many of us joined throngs of people in colorful parades everywhere. This is a special occasion because we get to bear witness to the fact that when many gather to honor what matters to them; be it their culture, history or whatever, magic happens. What I love about this day of revelry is how much fun and creativity goes into planning the parades and celebrations. The parades try to showcase the best of Ireland and the Irish immigrant population around the world. Interestingly, it is the immigrant population that originated the first parade in New York in 1762, and the event has grown beyond that first attempt to honor St Paddy and all things Irish. To help us enjoy and survive Saint Patrick’s Day, I have added popular Irish sayings in block quotes above/below each paragraph. I have also added, below each paragraph, insightful facts about this special day. Take a moment to read them.
1. St. Patrick wasn’t Irish
2. He was born in Great Britain and his real name was Maewyn Succat NOT Patrick
3. St. Patrick’s color is blue, and that green hat on your head and on other body parts are our own green-eyed monster inventions; they were probably created for fun
4. It is NOT “St. Patty’s Day!” Please call him St. Patrick or St. Paddy… after all, the last time we checked, Patty was/is/always will be female.
5. St. Patrick’s Day as we know it was invented in the United States of America.
6. St. Patrick’s Day parade was actually first held in New York in 1762, and the Irish in Ireland joined in many years later.
7. March 17th is the day St. Patrick died. So why all the hoopla? Saints are honored on their birthdays.
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“Sufficient for me is that honor which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.” Saint Patrick

Motivation Mondays: 20 St Patrick’s Day Facts & Quotes
Luck is believing you’re lucky. Tennessee Williams
Never iron a four-leaf clover because you don’t want to press your luck. Unknown
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. Pope John Paul II
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. John Millington Synge
I was raised in a very old-fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely. Anne Enright
A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have. William Butler Yeats
You’ve got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket—you might have caught a fish. Darrell Royal
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. Irish Proverb
There are so many popular myths attributed to St Patrick that I couldn’t list all of them if I tried. The good thing about them is that they have become traditions that so many celebrate. Since they’re harmless, many people around the world participate in the festivities. One popular myth that I love sharing is a quote by Patricia Lynch: “If you hold a four-leaf shamrock in your left hand at dawn on St. Patrick’s Day you get what you want very much but haven’t wished for.” The more I think about it, the more the truth shared is revealed. I have to add that I love all things Irish.
8. St. Patrick didn’t drive all the snakes from Ireland; it’s a popular myth.
9. The harp is the symbol of Ireland not the green shamrock. Did you knew that one?
10. The idea that shamrocks and clover were his symbols? Malarkey! They are NOT. Did you know the four leaf clover stands for something? The first leaf is hope, the second is faith, the third is love and the fourth is luck.
11. St. Patrick’s Day used to be a teetotaler aka alcohol dry holiday in Ireland because the Catholic Church wanted it to be so. We should ask the Pope why it all changed.
12. Corned beef and cabbage isn’t a traditional Irish dish. Eat it anyway.
13. Did you know that there are more Irish people living in the U.S. than in Ireland? Ireland has about 4.2. million people and counting.
14. In contrast, we have about 34 million people of Irish descent living in America.
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Motivation Mondays: 20 St Patrick’s Day Facts & Quotes

Motivation Mondays: St Patrick’s Day Facts & Quotes
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. Wilson Mizner
Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. Nora Roberts
The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself. Douglas MacArthur
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act. Barbara Sher
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, may good luck pursue you each morning and night. Irish Blessing
We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm. Marianne Williamson
That’s what the holidays are for—for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn’t that the Irish way? Lara Flynn Boyle
What more do we know? What other popular quotes and facts do you know about St Patrick’s Day? Nevertheless, we should celebrate this special occasion anyway. Read the rest below and share some of your own. Happy Saint Paddy’s Day!
Wishing you a rainbow
For sunlight after showers—
Miles and miles of Irish smiles
For golden happy hours—
Shamrocks at your doorway
For luck and laughter too,
And a host of friends that never ends
Each day your whole life through! Irish Blessings
15. Your chances of finding a four-leaf clover are slim to none – how about 1 in 10,000? I did find one though.
16. Many St. Patrick’s Day “traditions” have nothing to do with Ireland or Irish culture; officially these invented traditions are known as faux Irish!
17. Female Leprechauns! Oh Female Leprechauns! They don’t exist.
18. “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” was written by a bunch of New York songwriters
19. Green Beer isn’t as Irish as many believe. It is just another entertaining invention.
20. The pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow ain’t coming to a street near you any day soon. (If, by chance, one did happen to find a mystical pot at the end of a rainbow this St. Patrick’s Day, and it contained 1,000 gold coins weighing one ounce each, WalletHub estimated the total current worth at $1.26 million). I still wish each of you a bit o’ luck of the Irish. Happy Saint Paddy’s Day! 💖
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Wow these are some amazing facts. Thank you for sharing this.
I’ve never known anything about St. Patricks Day, so thanks for educating me.
Nice topic, very informative.
All the best.
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Great info. I didn’t know that much about St. Patrick’s Day!
Great facts about St. Patrick, i never knew some of this. You did a good job researching.. Thanks for sharing.
St Patrick wasn’t irish!? I had no idea!!
Finding out that Saint Patrick was not Irish was a shock to me too. I’m still tripping off of this.
Honestly, if it weren’t for my phone then I’d have no clue when St Patrick’s Day was, so interesting facts for someone like me.
Love this!! I’m Irish and I celebrate St. Patty’s day by wearing my leprechaun and beer sweater. I’d make colcannon if I wasn’t so lazy. That stuff is soooo good.
Laughed out loud at some of the facts! So funny how we can twist things up just to make a “holiday” a bit more fun!
I love St. Patrick’s Day. For me it is filled with traditions and friends. I always make time to celebrate it
Interesting facts! This gives me more of a reason to get out there and celebrate St. Patricks Day.
His real name was quite far from St. Patrick. It’s kinda hard to read it.. And thank you for all the corrections.. 😊
Ohh so its like a transition of season too. Cool. Can’t relate since we only have two season here but appreciate the long list in here. Very informative.
Cool facts! Had no clue St. Patrick wasn’t Irish.
Thanks for sharing those interesting facts. I didnt know St. Patrick wasn’t Irish!
I like that you mentioned how the traditions in Ireland on St Patrick’s Day aren’t the same as the ones you hear about here in the U.S.
My husband is part Irish and we’re decided to created our own traditions for the girls. It just makes it easier every year when we discuss St. Patrick’s Day.
such a fun and informative post! There’s so much here I had no idea about. The myths take on a life of their own, don’t they? I love reading your quotes, I actually started printing out a few I like to hang them up for motivation. From this post I really liked Luck is believing you’re lucky. Tennessee Williams- because we do make our own luck, our outlook is everything.
I’m not a fan of St. Patrick’s Day at all. I just feel it’s an American excuse to drink and it’s disappointing.
Too many people associate St Patrick’s day with getting drunk! Beautiful facts, quotes and pictures!
It’s the first time I have learned of most of these. Thanks for Sharing.
These are great!
Nicole, one day you will surprise with with a non-spammy comment. You did not even pretend to read this post. UGH! 🙁
Luck is believing you’re lucky.
I truly believe in the power of Incantations.
good post, thanks for sharing
Patty could be a male name i think it socially acceptable to be female. I didn’t know st patrick was from great britan
I learned so much reading this! I knew a lot of our traditions were off base, but it’s so interesting to see a holiday from a more accurate perspective.
Happy St.Patrick’s Day. We don;t celebrate this Day but I know how special it was for my American friends. Glad I was able to learn more about it.
So interesting to learnt about St. Patrick;s Day. I love seeing green when the Holiday comes.
Happy St. Patrick ‘s Day everyone This is one of the special Holiday for me. So excited to see the parade!
Truly enjoyed this post, as with every post here.. the Tennessee Williams quote is so true.. and that quote about ironing your leaf had me loling….
Can’t ask for more motivation.
Thanks for sharing.
We don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day here in the Philippines so I know very little about this occasion. Glad to know more about St. Patrick’s Day – and the fact that his name isn’t Patrick, haha. 🙂
We don’t observe this holiday but we sometimes do. I like that it’s green and it’s mostly associates with clover leaf. I think Ireland is where it originated.
We do not celebrate St. Patrick’s Day here in our country so this is really helpful and informative for me. Thank you for sharing this trivia about it. I definitely learned a lot.
Cool info! Never really knew this about St. Patrick’s Day. Btw, I love the quotes shared here.
Oh i got curious why this day was held on his death anniversary. That was really something different. Just wondering..?
Ohhh I think I am now a St. Patrick expert! haha anyway this is also associated with luck right?
Wow, never heard of saint Patrick’s day. I’m happy the saints are celebrated for their good works even after death. Thanks for sharing this insight.
My favorite one is a poem by St. Patrick. The travellers’ poem: May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, may the sun rise upon your face and rain fall soft on your heels. And God hold you in the palm of his hand, until we meet again.
So many different days going on. I live in England and we actually had a small St Patrick’s day celebration in the pub that I work at!
Good to know he wasn’t Irish and this day was invented in the US.
Great article on Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day
Ah, I learned so much! So overall, this holiday was created as an excuse to be silly and drink lol! It really is such a fun holiday. I always assumed it was invented by Americans, but I was confused when I found out they also celebrate in Ireland. Also, corn beef and cabbage isn’t a traditional Irish dish?! I had no idea.
I love this!!!!! thanks for the enlightment and corrections.
Oh wow i didn’t know that green wasn’t supposed to be the color. I also didn’t know the four leaf clovers leaves stood for something different. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the background on St. Patricks day. I had no idea that St. Patrick was not Irish.
I am absolutely mind blown at the fact he wasn’t Irish and was born in GB! And the fact that green was not part of him, I feel betrayed! I found a 4 leaf clover only once many years ago, are the really lucky?
I enjoyed reading this post! It’s great to learn about random facts once in a while.
Wow I’ve never heard about the Facts of Saint Patrick as far as I know St Patrick day is an occasion in the USA now I have an idea 🙂
Always look forward to your posts!
Happy St. Patrick’s day to all of us..!
I literally remember this celebration because my best friend name is Patrick! Those information about this day is interesting, never heard about it before.
All along I thought the 4 leaf clove means luck, now I know that it means that the first leaf is hope, the second is faith, the third is love and the fourth is luck. Thanks for sharing such an informative post about St. Patrick’s day.
wow I didn’t know most of these facts about st patrick, they are all very interesting though
This is one of the Holiday I havebeen waiting for each day. So excited to see green all over the city and watch parade.
Though we are not celebrating this Holiday. I ahve hear a lot of this. And I always wanted to experience St.Patrick’s Day.
Yesterday we were talking here about St Patrick’s Day. But I did not know so many facts.
Lovely! It’s appreciated to share the goods on every day too!
Most of these facts I had no idea of. I am now wondering why the color green was associated with St. Patrick’s day. Oh, and the symbolism of the four leaf clover is something new I learned today.
Why St.Patrick’s day is associated with the color green is a good question! I would love to know. Gonna re-read and see if I missed that.
Why all that Green on St Patrick’s Day? According to some legends, wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day prevents you from getting pinched by a leprechaun. In Irish folklore, wearing green makes you invisible to Leprechauns.Plus it is color of fecundity … growth in nature.:)
I didn’t really know anything about St Patrick’s Day so thanks for sharing as I defo learnt something new.
I learned some interesting things about St. Patrick and St. Patrick’s Day here. It is always great to know the origins of holidays and celebrations.
Thank you! I was surprised when I found much of this info
I really don’t know much at St. Patty’s Day – that is, until now. I am not Irish, and really do not celebrate the day at all.
St Patrick or St Paddy NOT Patty!
This is amazing, love it!!! Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Will go find myself a four-leaf clover, i know i can lol.
Thanks for sharing all this great information about SPD.
Oh thanks for all the interesting facts! Apparently there’s a lot I didn’t know about St. Patrick’s Day!
I have to admit I really like St. Patrick’s day. It is a holiday to celebrate and we know exactly how. It is probably the most fun holiday experience we have with friends
I have never understood St. Patrick’s day but this has definitely helped understand a bit.
LOL I thought St Patrick was Irish. Thanks for clarifying that. People hype it up as an “Irish holiday”.
We never celebrate St. Patrick at my side but this info is good to comeby
I totally forgot it was this Sunday. Happy St Patrick’s Day. To be honest i know very little about it other than it’s an excuse for people to go to the pub and get drunk.
Very nice perspective on a very religious celebration – when people gather to honor what matters to them, magic happens. If more people started sharing this view, a lot of religion-based friction in the world would simply vanish.
– Nandita
This is amazing, Im not from United States and I didnt know why you guys celebrate St Patricks Day or what it really means. Now Im so much clear about it. Every day you learn a new thing!
great info on st. patrick’s day. i always find it amusing that we think it’s an irish holiday, but it’s really not. either way, i’ll eat all the corned beef!
These are some really ironic facts about St. Patrick! It makes you wonder how we ever came to celebrate the holiday as we do. Super interesting read.
Such great facts to learn about St. Patrick’s Day! I love it because of all the green and had no idea the original color was blue!
I love St. Patrick’s Day celebration because Irish stuff is so close in my heart. My two sisters and their families live in Ireland and my sister even gave me the leprechaun!
I always knew the holiday was “Americanized” as we know it, but I didn’t realize just how much! There’s so much of this I hadn’t heard before.
Great post and thanks for the correction.I always call it St Patrick’s not knowing it St Paddy’s day.
It is correct to say St Patrick and/or St Paddy Day. The mistake is when people call it St Patty. Patty is NOT the short version of Patrick. It’s a girl’s name.
I definitely didn’t know MOST of these facts, haha. Interesting read, thanks for sharing!
So many facts here that I had no idea about! Loved learning a little bit more about St. Patrick’s Day
I had no idea about all of these st patricks day facts! so awesome. looking forward to all the fun festivties on Sunday.
An interesting event, I may say. I don’t remember we have like this at home.
Besides getting a green t-shirt for my daughter for school, I did not know much about St Patrick’s feast, shame on me for never looking onto it. I am grateful that you shared some information with us.
Loving the st Patrick’s day quotes, v seasonal and also motivational
I found a four leaf clover once too when I was a child and kept it with me for some time, until it dried. My boyfriend is half irish so we will definitely celebrate this coming sunday.
I think St Patrick’s Day is one of those rare national holidays which resonates all over the world. Anyway, I hope you have a lovely St Patrick’s Day!
Thanks for the great tidbits about the real St. Patrick and the day. I should wear blue on that day.
Such a great quote we can relate and practice to our daily lives. This blog definitely help us to be a better person for everybody.
I don’t know much history behind St. Patricks Day so this article was super helpful. I loved the facts you shared!
It’s so ccool to hear what parts are the real holiday and what America has made up. Great post!
I love how you find the motivation in everything! Motivation is needed EVERY single day because as humans, life gets us down at times. But the goal is to not stay down! I hope you enjoyed International women’s day! Happy Women Month and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Thank you and same to you! 🙂
how crazy!! I didn’t know any of this stuff !!
Haha love that his name wasn’t even Patrick!
Wow there is so much information here that I didnt know about St Patrick’s day. Very cool!
I am full blown Irish Canadian myself, married to a lovely Irish Canadian girl. And yes, you are correct. St. Patrick’s is more of a North American thing. You’ll barely find any notice of it on the Emerald Isle itself.
I really enjoyed reading this. I learned so many fun facts. & I’m guilty of saying St. Patty’s day.. now I know better!
Looking forward to St Patrick’s day – it has come round pretty quick, because it is this weekend – Happy St Pads day to you in advance xx
I never knew that St. Patrick’s real name was Maewyn Succat and that he was not Irish. Such cool facts!
RIGHT?:)
the holidays are always good I hope a happy days for all
I live in Ireland and St. Patrick’s day is a pretty big deal here. And yes, don’t call it St. Patty 😉 Great post! Thanks for sharing!
Hahaha…I don’t understand why people mix up the name. Patty is NOT short for Patrick. UGH! TY! <3
I do often celebrate St Patrick’s Day with friends as it’s big in the UK but didn’t know there was so much to it and so many facts so thanks for educating me tonight!
Saint Patrick’s day is one of my most favorite holidays. I love all of these quotes. Thanks for sharing.
Yes yes, am always enjoy St patrick day 😀 thanks for sharing this, learnt much more about it. cheers, siennylovesdrawing
Oh wow! Actually, I am not so familiar on this Holiday but thanks for letting us know all that! Happy St. Patrick Day to all!
Happy early St. Patrick’s Day! These facts are so interesting! I think I only knew a couple of them prior to reading
These are so interesting! I didn’t realize until just now that I really didn’t know much about St. Patricks Day at all!
I’m kinda new to the Saint Patrick’s day as we don’t celebrate that here in the Philippines. At least now I have discovered it. 🙂
Loved the Wilson Mizner quote about luck.
Thanks for sharing.
I am one of those 34 million of Irish descent! My maternal great grandparents came to America from Belfast! St. Patrick’s Day is a big deal in my family 🙂
Here in Chicago they color River with green all over. It’s a beautiful sight to enjoy. Lots of people gather to see this event. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.
Interesting trivia! We don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day here in my country so I know very little about this holiday. Glad to have learned more about this occasion after reading this post. 🙂
These quotes are amazing. Happy st Patty’s day!!! Very great read!
You really go above and beyond with your motivational mondays and I love it. Looking forward to St. Pattys day
It’s St Patrick or St.Paddy. Patty is a girl’s name. 🙂
Very informational, inspiring and thoughtful of you to write it that way!
Wow! I didnt know those facts! Seems kinda wrong to celebrate it now! I’m sure most people don’t know that.
Admittedly I had no idea that most of these myths were just that–myths! The most puzzling one though is the fact that there are no female leprechauns. I wonder how the male leprechauns came to be if they didn’t have mothers.
Hahaha! Great comment. I wonder too. 🙂
i used to call saint patty’s day “leprauchan day” 😂😂😂😂 but anyways ima little sad there are no female ones. 😔 oh well. thanks for sharing
So much history! Hope you have a wonderful st patricks day!
“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” and “the night is always followed by day”. The important factor to notice is the time, that’s continuously changing we just have to be patient, keep working hard and push through hard times. Wonderful article
This is such a great post to read. It gives me an additional knowledge about St. Patrick and why we are celebrating this day. I am sure everyone are so excited to have fun to celebrate St. Patrick Day!
It’s a nice tradition that spread all over the world, I think was just needed back then to have people think of other stuff, but still some of these facts I did not know, and it was nice to learn something new about an “Irish” holiday 😀
These are fun facts and quotes for St Patrick’s Day, I feel Irish even though I’m not lol. I learned something new from reading this post!
And he isn’t Irish?! Omg my childhood beliefs are torn apart! Why our folks do this.
Still a good reason to celebrate it.
Happy saint Patrick’s day! These quotes are all so amazing and inspirational the one that stuck with me the most is” Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. There are fewer words to than these.
These are new facts about St, Patrick I got to read. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Italy has started to celebrate St. Patrick’s day only some years ago and actually no-one knows the background of this date! This is just a chance to drink more!!!! Nice you have taken me thriugh the facts!
Very motivational quotes as usual! Happy St. Patrick’s! My sisters in Ireland are currently enjoying all the festivities in there!
“Luck is believing you are lucky”
A lot of green always goes on on St.Patrick’s day but it’s funny to realize that the color should be blue! We’ve gotta get blue now!
Thanks for sharing now I know everything about St Patrick’s day.
Thanks for the info. We have no idea since we are in the different part of the world.. But appreciated the post for sharing.
Woah!These facts came as surprise and shock to me. The day originated in US and not Ireland is something I would have never guessed. Interesting facts.
What an informative post. I knew little or nothing about St Patrick’s Day until now. Thanks for sharing.
Nice reading more about St Patrick’s Day. I would love to see it in person in Ireland.
St. Patrick’s Day is a day of fun, joy and friends to me. I like everything about this holiday. I don’t drink so I can’t say it’s a booze day for me like for many people but it is a day of great music to me
I really learned alot about St. Patrick’s day, thanks for sharing this wonderful post, I really enjoyed alot.
This is the perfect post for St. Patrick’s Day and most of these facts I didn’t know. So interesting! I learned yesterday that in Chicago there was a Polish alternative holiday. Who knew there was so much to St. Patrick’s day!
I always wanted to see them dye the river green in Chicago. After St. Patrick’s Day, the weather usually gets a bit nicer in the northeast, which is nice.
I always love reading more about St Patrick’s Day. I used to celebrate it, but completely missed it this year 🙁
Oh wow, we sure got it wrong hey! It’s still a fun tradition to celebrate, but it always makes me a little sad knowing how it really has almost nothing to do with what we originally thought! Great share! I learned so much:)
This is great info on St. Patrick’s day!
Which part of it exactly?
Finally! I have been looking for a blog post where I can get all the information but I could never find it. Thank you for taking time to write it!
The fact the St.Patrick wasn’t Irish haha good job on all of those facts, good job! Than you for sharing!
This is so interesting. I see so many parties and events related to St. Patrick’s Day but it is only now that I got to read real information about the holiday. Thank you for this post!
I found this really informative, although I do know about St Patricks Day and the celebrations but still shows we are always learning x
Every festival has such rich history <3
“Luck is believing you’re lucky” – that’s interesting. Thanks for sharing the facts. Never thought he’s not even Irish. Well, we never celebrated St Patrick’s Day because I didn’t who he was. I know people celebrate his day, yet it was an ordinary day for us. But it was really nice to see all the pictures from the parade, costumes and everything.
Very informative post, I knew about St Patrick`s Day after reading this.
Yes, Bernard Shaw hit it right in the nail, “Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.”
Great to see that you are so up-to-date with your love of Ireland and facts. Culture is what makes this all real for the Irish. Let me see if I can find some authentic Shamrock and a Leprechaun and send them over to you. 😉
I just had an idea about the existence of St Patrick’s Day but didn’t know a thing about it. You covered everything related to it and it was interesting to learn something new for me.
I love how positive and HAPPY this article is! I also love that we have a day dedicated to being happy. We should all strive to be intentional each day and change the world by being happy and sharing love with everyone we meet.
It’s neat to learn about history and the history of holidays. Thanks for sharing all these interesting tidbits!
This has always been one of my favorite holidays just because of all the fun that it brings. I loved to read about the background of it all!
I was never been to religious. like knowing all the sacred rules and facts. But with information or articles like these it triggers my interest to research and know more about our saints.
I always though St Patrick is an Irish since he is from Ireland. Wow, mind blowing information. Great to know this stuff.
Great info about St. Patrick. I did not know much about it. Thanks for the informative post.
I would love to have a chance to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland. I know it will be expensive to fly there but I can always start saving up for it!
I had no idea that Patrick abstained from drinking. I mean I can understand it but I had no clue and it’s curious as to why it has become such a drinking holiday.
This is a great discovery, “St. Patrick’s color is blue, and that green hat on your head and on other body parts are our own green-eyed monster inventions; they were probably created for fun.” Amazing how some traditions and celebrations were altered through the years and make things totally different.
Just learnt that he introduced Christianity to Ireland. I had no idea!
these are some amazing facts. thanks for sharing
Great article on st patricks day and good to know facts about him.
I know I have spend my time trying to find a four leaf clover. It’s never very easy to find. But I do believe I have found one or two throughout my life. So much to learn about St. Patrick here and things which aren’t true as well.
Such fun St. Patrick’s Day things to read!
It was nice to learn more about St Patrick’s Day. Thank you for sharing.
such a fascinating article! I always learn new things when I visit your blog !
This was so entertaining to read lol! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh I see, I thought he was an Irish. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Facts about St. Patrick … i really didnt know a lot about these … thanks for sharing.
I learned so much from your post! Even growing up and being raised as Catholic I never knew so much.
Thank you for this post. I am an Indian and have many us friends. I knew very little about st. Patrick but your post helped me a lot about it.