There will be lots of craic today as cities go green for St Patrick’s Day. But there’s nothing Irish about the tradition. OPINION by Ronan McDonald. For a start, St Patrick’s colour is really blue. StPatricksDay StPatricksDay2022 craic
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There will be lots of craic today as cities go green for St Patrick’s Day. But St Patrick’s colour is really blue, a shade that was often worn in parades by Irish regiments in the British Army, where at least some tradition of St Patrick’s Day celebrations derive. From the beginning, St Patrick’s Day was about transnational movement and cultural adulteration as much as national tradition.
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