{"id":11467,"date":"2021-03-17T20:54:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=11467"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:54:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:54:51","slug":"la-fheile-padraig-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/la-fheile-padraig-3\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig"},"content":{"rendered":"

L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig<\/em> – St. Patrick’s Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, so today we will discover some relevant vocabulary as well as how the Irish celebrate and the history of the holiday.<\/p>\n

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Photo from Pixabay, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n

Who is St. Patrick?<\/strong><\/p>\n

St. Patrick is the Romano-British patron saint of Ireland, and is credited with bringing Christianity to the island in the 5th century. He was captured and brought to Ireland as a slave as a teenager, but escaped to return to his family. Eventually he returned as a missionary and became the revered patron saint of Ireland that we all know of today.<\/p>\n

History of St. Patrick’s Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, the day of St. Patrick’s death, in both an originally religious celebration as well as a cultural way to celebrate Ireland as a whole. It is thanks to emigrants, particularly those in the <\/span>United States, who transformed St. Patrick\u2019s Day into a largely secular holiday of revelry and celebration of all things <\/span>Irish. Cities with large numbers of Irish immigrants staged the most extensive celebrations, which included elaborate parades. Boston held its first St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade in 1737, followed by New York City in 1762.<\/p>\n

Since St. Patrick’s Day is held during the Catholic celebration of Lent, the prohibitions against the consumption of meat were actually lifted so people could feast and drink in celebration, and that tradition continues to today.<\/p>\n

Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n

L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig sona duit<\/em> – Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you<\/p>\n

L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig sona daoibh<\/em> – Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all<\/p>\n

Beannachta\u00ed na F\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig dhuit<\/em> – St Patrick\u2019s Day blessings to you<\/p>\n

Beannachta\u00ed na F\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig oraibh<\/em> – St. Patrick’s Day blessings to you all<\/p>\n

“Wetting the shamrock” is an old Irish saying meaning “to go for a drink,” particularly on St. Patrick’s Day, so if you plan on meeting someone to celebrate you can say this:<\/p>\n

C\u00e1 mbeidh t\u00fa ag fli\u00fachadh na seamr\u00f3ige? –<\/em>Where will you be wetting the shamrock?”<\/p>\n

Sl\u00e1inte!<\/em> – Cheers!<\/p>\n

\u00c9irinn go Br\u00e1ch – Ireland forever (<\/i>Erin go Bragh is the\u00a0\u00a0anglicization)<\/p>\n

Seamr\u00f3g<\/em> – shamrock<\/p>\n

Go n-\u00e9ir\u00ed an t-\u00e1dh leat<\/em> – May luck rise to you (good luck)<\/p>\n

\u00c1dh na n-\u00c9ireannach<\/em> – Luck of the Irish<\/p>\n

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An Irish saying that I find particularly relevant, especially since our last blog post and the discussion surrounding the importance of preserving the Irish language:<\/p>\n

T\u00edr gan teanga, t\u00edr gan anam<\/em> – A country without a language, a country without a soul<\/p>\n

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L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig sona daoibh –<\/em><\/strong> Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig – St. Patrick’s Day Today is St. Patrick’s Day, so today we will discover some relevant vocabulary as well as how the Irish celebrate and the history of the holiday. Who is St. Patrick? St. Patrick is the Romano-British patron saint of Ireland, and is credited with bringing Christianity to the island…<\/p>\n

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