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* Saint Patrick’s Day is a cultural celebration of the patron saint of Ireland: Saint Patrick. 

* It is celebrated every year on or around the 17th of March.


* St. Patrick’s Day is a global festival, which is celebrated by Irish communities all over the world. It is a public holiday in Ireland and Northern Ireland, but it is also celebrated in big cities in the United States, due to the large amount of Irish immigrants living in the U.S.