St. Patrick’s Day Facts & Trivia…..

Screen Shot 2016-03-15 at 11.58.56 AM

A little “Brain Power” relief as we move past Year End and await the arrival of Spring…..

  • In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday similar to Christmas and Easter.
  • The very first St. Patrick’s Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in Boston in 1737.
  • Over 100 US cities hold a parade every year.
  • Green is associated with Saint Patrick’s Day because it is the color of spring, of Ireland, and of the shamrock.
  • 110 million people will celebrate the day by wearing green, making an Irish-inspired meal, or going out to celebrate.
  • There are 33.7 million U.S. residents who are of Irish ancestry. That number is almost nine times the population of Ireland itself.
  • St. Patrick is a hero in Ireland. There are about 60 churches and cathedrals named for him in Ireland alone.
  • 13 million pints of Guinness will be consumed on St. Patrick’s day.

1 thought on “St. Patrick’s Day Facts & Trivia…..”

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Other Posts

SET 1099 PAYMENTS

The process for setting/unsetting 1099 payment field in the voucher file has been modified so that a vendor can be marked as a non-1099 default...

Read More...

Reported Hours

This is the forth installment in a series of discussions on Backups, Disaster Recovery and Security. In this installment we will focus on Security and...

Read More...