Happy Saint Patricks Day from Shockya.com
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Here’s a few tidbits of information about Saint Patrick’s Day and a really good recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage. “Saint Patrick’s Day is a yearly holiday celebrated on 17 March. It is named after Saint Patrick (circa AD 387–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland. It began as a purely Catholic holiday and became an official feast day in the early 1600s. However, it has gradually become more of a secular celebration of Ireland’s culture. It is a public holiday on the island of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) and widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora in places such as Great…








