Every year, on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in earnest all over the world. Although the holiday has become synonymous with wearing green and downing pints of Guinness among other ...

• Saint Patrick was kidnapped from England at the age of 16 and sold into slavery in Ireland. • He escaped after six years, only to return to convert Ireland to Christianity. • The medieval saint ...

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The history of Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, who is credited by myths with bringing Christianity to the Irish and driving the snakes out of Ireland. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of ...

Google’s latest Doodle is saluting St. Patrick’s Day with a nod to the rich history of Ireland and St. Patrick himself. The Google Doodle, the work of Irish artist Ross Stewart, uses the ogham ...

How do you plan on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? If you’re not sure how to honor this festive day on March 17, you’re in the right place. We’ve rounded up some fun and engaging St. Patrick’s Day ...

St. Patrick's Day in America may be seen as some as a pot of gold on the calendar – a chance to don green while swigging jade beer and searching for an ounce of Irish ancestry with the same tenacity ...

We don't know how tall St. Patrick was, but we do know the statue of Ireland's national saint at Slieve Patrick is the world's tallest of its kind. Verena Wolff/dpa Visits to Armagh often start out ...

Clover head decoration on head of girl close-up. Saint Patricks day, parade in the city, selectriv focus, copy space Every year, St. Patrick’s Day parades ring in the holiday with much fanfare and ...

I love Cardinal Dolan. He’s the wonderful shepherd of this huge flock in the metropolitan New York area,” one mass-goer said.

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Every year on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day, the Chicago ...