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St. Patrick’s Day ~ Erin Go Bragh

Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day so get your green on!

Saint Patrick’s Day is in honor of the Patron Saint of Ireland, who brought Christianity to the Emerald Isles, as Ireland is known. It is truly a day of celebrating Irish history, ancestry, traditions and customs.

Are you Irish perchance? Well, the saying goes everyone is a little Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day.

Roots of Tradition: Saint Patrick’s Day is held in honor of Saint Patrick, the missionary who brought Christianity to the Irish people in the 400’s AD.

Erin Go Braugh is perhaps the most common Irish term you will hear. It means “Ireland Forever”

Some trivia…over 34 million Americans are of Irish descent. That’s almost nine times the population of Ireland!

Find more fun trivia at http://www.holidayinsights.com/

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