St. Patrick's Day is celebrated annually on March 17 in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. While not a federal or state holiday in Michigan, many cities hold parades and events to celebrate ...

Irish people in America by the numbers. Many Americans have something to celebrate this St. Patrick's Day, according to a news release from the U.S. Census Bureau:. 30.5 million U.S. residents ...

Initially, St. Patrick's Day was a solemn religious observance in Ireland, featuring church services and feasts in his honor. However, as Irish immigrants spread around the world, particularly to ...

According to the Library of Congress, St. Patrick's Day is “an Irish and Irish-American holiday commemorating the death, as legend has it, of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17 ...

Saint Patrick died on March 17, 461, which later became the day we celebrate him and the Irish. America’s first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was in 1600 in the Spanish colony of present-day ...

St. Patrick's Day is here at last!Whether or not you're Irish, it's hard not to love March 17th each year: The green is a welcome change from the dreariness of long winters, the cheer is ...

Tokyo boasts regular Comhaltas traditional music sessions and an annual St Patrick’s Day parade, while Enya and Riverdance ...

The firefighter was visiting Boston for the St. Patrick's Day parade when he allegedly raped a woman. A retrial is scheduled ...

St. Patrick's Day, observed annually on March 17, marks the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick was a 5th-century missionary credited with bringing Christianity to ...