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HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY! Today, March 17, is St Patrick's Day honouring the patron saint of Ireland. Here are the best quotes to share on St Patrick's Day. St Patrick's Day parades and events at home and abroad are not going ahead because of restrictions imposed to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
It will be a St Patrick's Day like no other
Ireland's streets are usually packed with parade-goers, participants, onlookers, locals and tourists alike but today those same streets will be quiet and mostly empty.
St Patrick's Day falls on March 17 each year, and celebrates the patron saint of Ireland. Around the world celebrations are held and many don the colour green to represent the country. In Dublin not only was the Festival parade cancelled but also the smaller cultural events planned around the festival and those closures will be echoed around the country.
Parades are held, homes and pubs decorated and Irish people across the world come together to celebrate.
This year celebrations may be different as the coronavirus outbreak has triggered lockdown across many countries.
However, you can still send a message or two to your loved ones to commemorate the day. Tourism Ireland's annual Global Greening project is still going ahead, with hundreds of landmarks and sites in over 50 countries going green including the London Eye, the Sydney Opera House and, Madison Square Garden in New York.
Tourism Ireland said that after giving the matter considerable thought, it decided to go ahead with the initiative to mark St Patrick's Day and to bring some positivity and hope to the 70 million people worldwide who claim links to Ireland.
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
For the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o' March! - Thomas Augustine Daly
For each petal on the shamrock, this brings a wish your way: Good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day.Meanwhile RTÉ is encouraging families to hold their own individual parades, maybe in the house or the back garden and images of the miniature gatherings can be shared on social media using the hashtag #RTEVirtualParade.
Other people are planning to decorate their homes or do some co-ordinated singing from their gardens.
All efforts designed to help people mark the day while sticking to public health advice and keeping themselves and those around them safe and well.
In his St Patrick's Day message, President Michael D Higgins said the values embodied in the story of the country's patron Saint - solidarity and concern for the well-being of fellow citizens - would play a fundamental role in confronting the challenges posed by the coronavirus.
Yeah, it's St. Paddy's Day. Everyone's Irish tonight. - Norman Reedus, "The Boondock Saints"
The list of Irish saints is passing counting; but in it all no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as St. Patrick. Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck.
May St. Patrick guard you wherever you go, and guide you in whatever you do and may his loving protection be a blessing to you always.
St Patrick's Day is often celebrated with eating drinking and dancing - as Lenten restrictions were historically lifted for this day.
There are parades festivals traditional Irish music sessions and celebrators often wear predominantly green clothes.
Often pubs and bars hold special St Patrick's Day events, however, due to the coronavirus spread there may be some restrictions in place this year.
HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY! Today, March 17, is St Patrick's Day honouring the patron saint of Ireland. Here are the best quotes to share on St Patrick's Day. St Patrick's Day parades and events at home and abroad are not going ahead because of restrictions imposed to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
It will be a St Patrick's Day like no other
Ireland's streets are usually packed with parade-goers, participants, onlookers, locals and tourists alike but today those same streets will be quiet and mostly empty.
St Patrick's Day falls on March 17 each year, and celebrates the patron saint of Ireland. Around the world celebrations are held and many don the colour green to represent the country. In Dublin not only was the Festival parade cancelled but also the smaller cultural events planned around the festival and those closures will be echoed around the country.
Parades are held, homes and pubs decorated and Irish people across the world come together to celebrate.
This year celebrations may be different as the coronavirus outbreak has triggered lockdown across many countries.
However, you can still send a message or two to your loved ones to commemorate the day. Tourism Ireland's annual Global Greening project is still going ahead, with hundreds of landmarks and sites in over 50 countries going green including the London Eye, the Sydney Opera House and, Madison Square Garden in New York.
Tourism Ireland said that after giving the matter considerable thought, it decided to go ahead with the initiative to mark St Patrick's Day and to bring some positivity and hope to the 70 million people worldwide who claim links to Ireland.
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
For the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o' March! - Thomas Augustine Daly
For each petal on the shamrock, this brings a wish your way: Good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day.Meanwhile RTÉ is encouraging families to hold their own individual parades, maybe in the house or the back garden and images of the miniature gatherings can be shared on social media using the hashtag #RTEVirtualParade.
Other people are planning to decorate their homes or do some co-ordinated singing from their gardens.
All efforts designed to help people mark the day while sticking to public health advice and keeping themselves and those around them safe and well.
In his St Patrick's Day message, President Michael D Higgins said the values embodied in the story of the country's patron Saint - solidarity and concern for the well-being of fellow citizens - would play a fundamental role in confronting the challenges posed by the coronavirus.
Yeah, it's St. Paddy's Day. Everyone's Irish tonight. - Norman Reedus, "The Boondock Saints"
The list of Irish saints is passing counting; but in it all no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as St. Patrick. Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck.
May St. Patrick guard you wherever you go, and guide you in whatever you do and may his loving protection be a blessing to you always.
St Patrick's Day is often celebrated with eating drinking and dancing - as Lenten restrictions were historically lifted for this day.
There are parades festivals traditional Irish music sessions and celebrators often wear predominantly green clothes.
Often pubs and bars hold special St Patrick's Day events, however, due to the coronavirus spread there may be some restrictions in place this year.
