Patricia

It’s my dads birthday too and he’s already Patrick! There wasn’t room for two Pats in the family :)

Happy birthday

My birthday too tomorrow.. although my real name isn’t patrick due to another family member born in march before me and the name patrick was given to him.

I can relate to the first tweeters tweet. Us birthday folk get brushed aside.

My birthday is 9 months from tomorrow so i may as well celebrate my conception.

Its a day that “Irishness” is celebrated around the globe. Not too shabby for a small, wee rock in western Europe. Most countries would kill for that kind of exposure. Especially small nations such as Ireland. Its a great opportunity to promote our global image and businesses.

The day is not my cup of tae, but what the hell. During me teens I got drunk and ended up with girls that I shouldnt, and in my late teens-twenties, worked. Only good memory of the day was when I was in playschool and got to roll out in the Dublin play – in me homemade car. Beep, beep! Vroom, Vrom!

Its a day for the neglected diaspora imho. I hope they enjoy the day and eventually return home to set up new businesses and rejuvenate Ireland.

Keep that green, white and orange flag flying high, cause Ireland shall never die!

haha well said Eileen!

Wow Eileen. Who Pissed on your cornflakes? Lol

I said it a while ago. Stephen was caught out a few times. Instead i got red thumbed everywhere. No people are waking up to him.

@Eileen. Wouldnt like to be that child in your photo today hah ha…”get out while you can, son”!

The church did not ruin This country people did.

You reckon its a fishy name eh.

the ride ?

The Paddys Day drunken fumble down the lane. If yer careful she might not even drop her curry chips!

It’s gets very messy about town n that, all the drunk fools about the place, can be quite dangerous,

What about the chocolate, people? Won’t somebody please think of the chocolate?

I was going to post earlier re that Stephen Mc wing nut, that I’d put money on it that St Patrick would not exist as a saint in 20 yrs, similar to St Christopher. Thanks for that info. Have A Great St. Patricks Day!

Story of the snakes was a metaphor for getting rid of the ancient Celtic Druids of Ireland. An absolute tragedy. The reason I don’t like this day.

Ryan don’t despair, there are still Druids about.. they gather at Tara like they always did for the solstice..

It was a dull dreary day when I was a child. I still hate the day

Ah will ya stop ya moany bollix.
It’s only a bit of Craic.

Ah come on Stephen the history of paddy has been done to death over the years

I hope you know I nearly dropped my phone into the fire after reading that, we’ll done sir

I am entitled to have a good moan at the absolute flat out ignorance of the Irish media towards a catholic feast day and Saint himself. And I will carry on moaning thank you very much.

It’s paddy’s day to me!

I’ll have a pint for you Stephen. Sure I suppose you’ll be only drinking the communion wine?

As far as I know, St Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland, not Catholism. And he is celebrated by Catholics and Protestants alike, both north and south. It’s just a small point. As for people like me who are not religious, it’s just a day to be proud of who we are….and of course to laugh at the Yanks

Stephen Protestants celebrate the day too, it has nothing to do with Catholicism but everything to do with Christianity.

It has to do with Catholicism and was a day celebrated by Catholics long before the Protestants came along in the 15th C. However if it is a day in which other Christians celebrate it then why not have an article presenting how they all celebrate this feast?

And as far as I know Patrick did not bring Christianity to Ireland as it was already here. Snakes on the other hand were never in Ireland. He was of Roman decent and was supposed to have been born in the Welsh area. His colour was blue and not green.

Patrick had a very good marketing team!

In any case it is a good enough day to celebrate being Irish with all our friends and past relations from across the water.

Name another saints day which is known world wide.

Valentines .

It was a pagan feast to mark the end of winter that the Christians stole don’t ya know:-) go and get locked on alter wine my friend. You might even enjoy yourself.

You would miss the Druids(snakes) tbh

I know some really loose birds. I think you need to meet them

At Stephen mc btw.

Get involved, heaven is on earth

Stephen, you must have missed a previous article today about places in Ireland that will bring one closer to the story of St Patrick. It has a fair amount on his history – very nice article. Perhaps you could read it and then visit each place. I’m sure you’d enjoy that.

I would like to meet these birds too.

Hey Stephen, how come your faith is so deep for Roman Catholicism? Why?

just because you care about your religion, doesn’t mean everybody else has to. read a catholic newspaper if you want. go to church if you want. don’t expect it from others. catholicism is dying in ireland with the likes of you, thankfully. some religious people need to learn that their beliefs aren’t automatically imposed on everyone. grow up.

Fair play to ya dwickedchicken, there are a load of miserable bastards about. Cheer up ye moany aul feckers!

Ok, meet me at Stephens green entrance. I’ll be wearin a fur coat and sandals.

We accept all major credit cards and good jokes

ADEBAYOOOO

Do it with me,

Adebaaaaaaaaaaayooooooo!

You need to get your weight behind the B.

Life’s good guys, never mind the press, happiness is within

@ Stephen Mc Elligott You criticise “the absolute flat out ignorance of the Irish media” with regard to their treatment of St. Patrick and his feast day, yet you yourself display considerable ignorance on the subject.
You say, “It has to do with Catholicism and was a day celebrated by Catholics long before the Protestants came along in the 15th C”.

When Patrick was sent to Ireland as a bishop in the mid 5th century there were already several other clerics here ministering to what would have been known then as simply a Christian community here. The term “catholic”, means universal and the early church used this term but it didn’t apply it and make a distinction with other Christian churches until the late 11th century.
There was no Protestant church in the 15th century. Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation began in the early 16th century, this then led to the formation of Protestant churches.
In short Stephen, maybe its not the media, who you criticise, that are ignorant but you.
P.S. Just in case, there never were any snakes in Ireland for St. Patrick to drive out, that was believed to be refer to the early Irish worshiping a god called “Crom Cruach” which may have involved human sacrifice. It was this that Patrick drove out. Also,the early people of this Island would’ve already been familiar with double and triple deities in the one god, like the Roman god Janus, making it unnecessary to use symbols like a shamrock to explain the Trinity.

I think it would be fair to say that some parts of Ireland had come in contact with Christians through trade routes, but it was Patrick who converted many Kings and chieftains to Christianity. This meant that their subjects were similarly converted. Palladian had been sent earlier to convert the Irish but there is no evidence that he arrived. If it wasn’t for Patrick the Irish conversion might have happened much later and it could be said that Christianity might have died out in Europe altogether because of this. We kept it going strong in this part of the World when the barbarian invasions were destroying the Roman Empire. We then sent monks, such as Columba and Columbanus, across Europe to convert their leaders. Europe in turn spread it across the world. If it wasn’t for Patrick the world would be a very different place today.

Jed, you just wasted a few minutes of your life there. Stephen is just a very good troll. Getting wound up with long winded posts is what he thrives on. Best to just leave a shots IDGAF post :)

On the ball Barry, in fairness though he is good. Which is commendable

Well, a great big whoop for us then. The world would be a different place? No doubt it would.