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Splattie could you please give some background of St Patricks day? Why do irishmens selebrate it? how do you selebrate it? It's very interesting!

Elita, StPatrick's Day is the most Irish event, celebrated all over the world. That's because there is about 72 mln people in the world, who claim to be Irish, and only about 5 mln of them live in Ireland.
Initially it was a religious event. Later, Irish immigrants in America began to celebrate it in order to prove their irishness and connection with their historical background.
The very first StPatrick's Day parade took place in Boston in 1737, in New York - in 1756. Ireland was opressed by Great Britain those days.
It is remarkable, that the biggest StPatrick's Day parade is usually held in New York.
Every year, on the 17th of March, NYPD bruss orchestra comes to Dublin to take part in the parade.
StPatrick was a real person, who came to Ireland and christend Irish

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