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St. Patrick’s Day
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•St Patrick’s day is the feast day of St. Patrick, which is celebrated on the 17th of March.
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• St. Patrick’s Day was made an official feast day in the early seventeenth century, and has gradually became a celebration of Irish culture.
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St. Patrick’s day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador and Montserrat.
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• St. Patrick’s Day is also celebrated in Britain,
Canada, USA, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.
Chicago River dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day
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• Originally the colour associated with St. Patrick was blue, over the years the colour green grew and now the colour is green.
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• Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St. Patrick’s day as early as the seventeenth century.
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• One of the main decorations is the green three leaf clover, this is a symbol for St. Patrick because often held it and used it.
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Celebration in Belfast
• Belfast city centre becomes awash with colour and joy as the St. Patrick’s carnival takes to the streets.
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Community groups from all four corners of the city will join professional and amateur
performers, musicians and acrobats in the annual St. Patrick’s Day carnival Parade.
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Celebrating in BrisbaneEveryone is invited to come and have a look at the celebration. There are Irish Dancers, Gaelic Football men and some people dress up as famous Irish people.
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My Family
• My Uncle Vinny is from Northern Ireland and has grown up celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
• Vinny moved to Brisbane in the mid-1980s
• He finds it very important to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
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Queensland Irish Facts
• First Irish settlers in QLD were in 1820.• Queensland’s first governor was Irish,
his name was George Fergusen Bowen.• Half a million Queenslanders have Irish
ancestors.
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Thankyou for listening
Information: My Aunty Louise and Wikipedia