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Why do Irish people celebrate St Patrick's Day?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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It is Ireland's national holiday. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, just as St. George and St. Andrew are the patron saints of England and Scotland, respectively.

Irish-Americans make a bigger deal of St. Patrick's Day than the Irish in Ireland do.

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