Happy St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day!!

Tuesday 17^th March is St. Patrick’s Day so we carried out some research to find out what it is all about, here is what we found.

*St. Patrick’s birth name was Maewyn.

*He wasn't  actually Irish, he is British.

*He was a patron saint of Ireland that brought Christianity to the country.

*According to legend, he used the three leaf clover (shamrock) to explain the Holy Trinity.

*He wanted the main colour of his celebration events to be blue, not green.

*He died on the 17^th March in the 5^th century.

*St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t an Irish public holiday until 1904.