The rich history behind St. Patrick's Day, a time of laughter and libations, shan't be forgotten in the surge of shamrocks ...

The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland but in America. "Records show that a St. Patrick’s Day parade ...

St. Brigid's Day, February 1, is when Ireland remembers the Celtic goddess Brigid and her ... The spiral of the Brighid cross invokes the North Star and the pattern that the Big Dipper makes ...

For 2,000 years St. Patrick has been the undisputed uncrowned ... St. Brigid's Day is linked to the Celtic festival of Imbolc which marks February 1 as the beginning of spring.

onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross. While Patrick is known as the patron saint of Ireland, he was never actually canonized by the Catholic Church. He was likely ...