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Home / Society / Holidays / St. Patrick's Day / History
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- Christine O'Keeffe's St. Patrick's History - Includes an overview of the oldest source materials with excerpts, legends, placenames, and customs, with bibliography.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1502/shistory/stpathis.html
- History and Folklore - Provides background information on the shamrock, the claddagh, leprechauns, and the Blarney Stone. Also includes photos of the Blarney Stone.
members.tripod.com/~kmarcrum/history.htm
- History Channel: The History of St. Patricks Day - Tells about the holiday and the man behind it. Also provides general information on Ireland and its people.
www.historychannel.com/exhibits/stpatricksday
- History of St. Patrick and St. Patrick's Day - Tells how the holiday came into practice explains and its symbols.
www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/historyofpatrick.htm
- Patrick the Saint - Based largely on St. Patrick's autobiographical writings, this article on Christianity.net offers a detailed, yet readable account of Patrick's life.
www.christianity.net/christianhistory/60H/60H010.html
- St. Patrick's Day - Provides history on life of Saint Patrick and links.
www.entourages.com/barbs/stpatrick.htm
- St. Patrick's Day -- Customs and History - Page explains St. Patrick's Day customs and traditions.
wilstar.com/holidays/patrick.htm
- St. Patrick's Day History - Page describes and explains St. Patrick's Day traditions.
holidays.lovingyou.com/march/history.shtml
- St. Patty's Day - Brief historical overview.
www.morristown.com/StPattiesDay/St.Patrick.html
- The Confessio of St. Patrick - This autobiographial confession of St. Patrick is believed to have been written about 450 A.D. It provides striking insight into the man behind the myth.
www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/patrick.html
- The History of St. Patrick's Day - Search an interactive map of Ireland and find out more about St. Patrick, his holiday and other Irish personalities.
www.historychannel.com/stpats
- The St. Patrick You Never Knew - This article from St. Anthony Messenger seeks to separate facts of St. Patrick's life from the myths about him.
www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Mar1997/feature1.asp
- Will the Real St. Patrick Please Stand Up? - This biographical sketch introduces readers to the man whose memory St. Patrick's Day honors.
www.joyfulheart.com/holiday/pat.htm
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