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St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, with plenty scheduled around Charlotte in celebration. Although many have come to associate the holiday with parades, bar crawls and light-hearted fun, the ...

We know it as an excuse to attend a parade, visit an Irish pub, drink a Guinness, buy festive food or maybe even dye a well-known river green. While not a federal holiday in the U.S., St. Patrick's ...

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 ...

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 is typically filled with lively Irish music, festive parades and delicious food. Even if you partake in St. Patrick's Day fun, there are a lot of surprising facts you may not know ...

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 ...

Ready to go green, especially here in Florida, which may have been the location of the first St. Patrick's Day parade in America? If a search of the closet doesn't turn up anything appropriate, you ...

Every year on March 17, the world turns a little greener—literally! From parades packed with leprechauns to rivers dyed emerald, St. Patrick's Day is a celebration like no other. But beyond the ...