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Saint Patrick’s Day
March 17th marks Saint Patrick’s Day! If you don’t know what this is, it is a cultural/religious holiday that honours a bloke named St. Patrick (the patron saint of Ireland). Basically, he brought Christianity to Ireland in the 5th Century. According to legend, he used a shamrock (think 3 leaf clover) to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish peeps. St. Paddies day is basically a celebration of his death, which is believed to have occurred on March 17th, 461 AD. Realistically, though, it’s just an excuse to have a good old knees-up, get pissed, drink copious amounts of alcohol and…