St Patrick's Day - March 17

Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick "the Day of the Festival of Patrick" is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated annually on 17 March, the death date of the most commonly-recognised patron saint of Ireland,Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461).

Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day  in the early seventeenth century and is observed by the -

• Catholic Church
• Anglican Communion
• Eastern  Orthodox Church 
• Lutheran Church

The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland as well as celebrates the  heritage and culture of the Irish in general.

Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals,ceilithe, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocls