It’s St Patrick’s Day party time again!
Celebrate the first St Patrick’s Day of the new decade in style by trying a Guinness Black Velvet cocktail or impress your mates down the pub with some St Patrick’s Day facts & stats, plus tips on how to enjoy the perfect pint of Guinness!
Wednesday, March 17th, will see people from all over the UK heading down to pubs and bars for a mid week party to raise a pint of the beloved black stuff in celebration of St Patrick’s Day.
Thousands of pub owners will be decorating their interiors with those famous black, white & green decorations and gearing up for the ultimate St Patrick’s Day party of the new decade. Continue reading Party Like It’s 17:59 | Guinness and St Patrick’s Day | March 17 2010
St George and the Modern Day
Despite the patron saint’s dashing credentials, the tradition of Saint George’s Day had waned by the end of the 18th century when union took place with Scotland.
Ironic then that Burn’s Night, the Scottish celebration, and St Patrick’s Day are more widely celebrated in England than the country’s own National Day.
But things are about to change, however. Continue reading For England! St. George’s Day 23rd April 2010
Saint Patrick in History
Saint Patrick’s Day wouldn’t have come into being without the help of the holy man himself, and without doubt Saint Patrick is one of the more colourful saints.
Saint Patrick lived in the mid to late fifth century; modestly self-described in his spiritual autobiography the Confessio as a “most humble-minded man”, he was snatched at the age of 16 by British raiders from his home village of Bannaven Taberniae (possibly in Cumbria) and sold into bondage to a chief named Milchu.
After six years tending sheep and Continue reading Celebrating St Patrick’s Day: 17th March 2010
Saint David’s Day, National Day of Wales
The only day in the year when you can wear a leek in your buttonhole, Saint David’s Day falls on 1st March and marks the death on 1st March 589 of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
The feast day dates back to 1120 and was declared a national day of celebration in the 18th century; today St. David’s Day is marked by parades, recitals, displays and concerts - eisteddfodau – as part of an attempt to raise the international perception of Wales as a cultural centre, much in the same way that Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day has become famous all over the world. Continue reading A History of St David and St David’s Day
