St Patrick"s Day, celebrated on March 17, honours Ireland"s patron saint and national apostle, Saint Patrick—a fifth-century missionary. A national holiday in Ireland, the festivity is marked by a range of cultural events, parades and traditional music and dance enjoyed across the globe. Interestingly, the first St Patrick"s Day parade wasn"t held in Ireland but in the United States. The earliest celebration was organised by Irish vicar Ricardo Artur in St Augustine, Florida, in 1601.
Happy St Patricks Day!
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Tour de France
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Mount Hamilton, San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
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Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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World in Progress by artist Saype in Geneva, Switzerland
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City of ice
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Giants of the Southern Ocean
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Remembering D-Day
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Our forgotten forests
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Hogmanay
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Bernina Pass, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Taking the long view
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Great North Run
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Keel-billed toucan, Costa Rica
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