Monday, March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, celebrating all things Irish in the U.S. and around the world. Cities celebrate with parades, bar crawls and more.

What does St. Patrick's Day celebrate? Originally ... by a group of Irish raiders and sold into slavery, according to the History Channel. After six years, he fled his captors and returned ...

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Columbus have a long history. The early Ohio newspaper Freeman’s Chronicle reported that in ...

American celebrations of St. Patrick's Day has morphed the occasion into the festive bar crawl that is seen today, however the rich history behind this day of laughter and libations that shan't be ...

But how did a day honoring Ireland’s patron saint turn into one of the most widely recognized celebrations in the world? Let’s look closely at the history and significance of 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 ...

But St. Patrick's Day wasn't always a day for partying ... kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at 16, according to the History Channel. Patrick escaped slavery but returned to Ireland ...

Answer: The potato blight or potato famine, which began in 1845, per History.com. 49. Why are rainbows associated with St. Patrick's Day? Answer: In the Noah's Ark story, a rainbow symbolizes the ...