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St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
By Velda | March 15, 2011
St. Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday celebrated throughout the world on March 17. It is named after St. Patrick who in one of the most commonly recognized patron saints of Ireland. It became an official feast day in the early 17th century.
St. Patrick’s feast day was being celebrated by the Irish in their homeland in the 9th and 10th centuries. St. Patrick’s feast day was acknowledged in the early 1600s and became an official public holiday in Ireland in 1903.
In the mid 1990s the Irish government began a campaign to use St. Patrick’s Day to showcase Ireland and its culture.
Looking to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Calgary? Visit any Irish Pub and you will find a party happening. Don’t forget to get flowers first for your Calgary florist.
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