St Patrick´s Day

St Patrick´s Day is on 17th March. It is Ireland's national holiday but

people in Britain and America celebrate too.

St Patrick´s DayPeople celebrate St Patrick’s Day by wearing green. Some people

even have green hair!

St Patrick´s DayBuildings are also painted

green especially for St Patrick’s Day. The town of New London, Wisconsin changes its name to New Dublin on every

St Patrick’s Day!

St Patrick´s DayThere are lots of parades in

Ireland on St Patrick’s day. The biggest parade is in Dublin. People wear traditional Irish

clothes, eat Irish food and drink Irish drinks.

St Patrick´s DayThere are also big parades in

America. The Parade in New York is the biggest.

St Patrick´s DayLondon and Chicago

celebrate in a different way. Chicago dyes the river green and London dyes the water in

the fountains of Trafalgar Square green too!

ChicagoTrafalgar Square, London

St Patrick´s DayYou can celebrate St Patrick´s Day by wearing green, wearing a shamrock, doing Irish dancing, dressing up as a leprechaun or saying “Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig “ which is Happy St

Patrick´s Day in Irish Gaelic!