St. Patrick's Day (in English: Saint Patrick's Day, Irish: There 'lePádraig or There Fhéile Pádraig), is the annual festival whichcelebrates Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland, and isusually celebrated on March 17 by countries that speak English.This date is usually measured by church authority. People dress incostumes of green, leaving the streets in a festive long walk.
At Saint Patrick's Day people wear green for St. Patrick who worea three-leaf shamrock to explain about the Trinity: Father, Son andHoly Spirit.
The first Saint Patrick's Festival was held on March 17, 1996. In1997, he became a three-day event, and in 2000 was a four-day event. In 2006, the festival lasted five days.
In the past, St. Patrick's Day was just a celebration of beer. It has become a public holiday in 1903. In England it was introduced inParliament by Irishman James O'Mara. Later, O'Mara has introduced a law that forbade the pubs shut on March 18, a movethat was not changed in 70 years. The first outbreak occurred inDublin in 1931, and was criticized by the Minister Fitzgerald.
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