Every year thousands of revelers fill the streets in the U.S., Ireland and countries worldwide to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, but the real Saint Patrick wasn’t even Irish. NBC News’ Joe Fryer took ...

St. Patrick's Day, honoring the patron saint of Ireland, is celebrated globally on March 17. Originating as a religious holiday, it has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture, particularly in the ...

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Columbus have a long history. The early Ohio newspaper Freeman’s Chronicle reported that in March 1813, during the second year of the War of 1812, a Franklinton ...

St. Patrick was born into a wealthy household in Britain and, at 16 years old, was captured by Irish raiders in an attack on his family's estate, according to the History Channel. He was taken to ...

St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer and green rivers. So my ...

March 17th is the day of green, shamrocks, and leprechauns. But St. Patrick's Day is so much more than a color, and the many ...

Groundhog Day is behind us. Easter is around the corner. And in the middle is a holiday associated with merry drinking and a centuries-old religious figure: St. Patrick's Day. Monday, March 17, is the ...

NEW YORK -- If it's March, and it's green, it must be St. Patrick's Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. And nowhere is that more so than in the ...

When the Taoiseach – Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin – presented President Donald Trump with a crystal bowl of shamrocks last week in the White House East Room in advance of St. Patrick’s Day, the ...

Luck will not be needed if you are looking to save some green on food or beverages this St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, according to the History Channel. He was ...