So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue. In fact, there’s even a color ...

While today we associate St. Patrick – and everything Irish – with the colour green, the saint was originally depicted wearing blue robes. In fact, that particular shade of blue (known today ...

But any commemorations would include the color blue. The Dublin Evening Post reported that in a 1785 St. Patrick’s Day ceremony ... the United Irish adopted the “wearing of the green ...

So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue. In fact ... the United Irish adopted the ...