Should I celebrate St. Patricks Day? (Mexican, death, March, compare)

[lilyflower3191981]

Originally Posted by ozarknation

I don't have any Irish parents or grandparents, but as per my Y-DNA test, I have Irish DNA. (R1b1b2a1a2f*)
Should I celebrate Saint Patrick's Day?

I think it is up to you.

[Robert&Ripley]

Originally Posted by BornintheSprings

Everyone is Irish on St. Patricks day

Bingo! My last name on St Paddy day is O'Benito. Cheers and Slainte!!!!

[No_Recess]

Should I celebrate St. Patricks Day?

Not necessarily now but when I was younger anything that placed me in close proximity to hot chicks drinking, wearing sexy outfits, and looking for fun made me sign my name to anything.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by ozarknation

I don't have any Irish parents or grandparents, but as per my Y-DNA test, I have Irish DNA. (R1b1b2a1a2f*)
Should I celebrate Saint Patrick's Day?

No, because if you're not Irish, that would be cultural appropriation. And that's baayyyyd.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by no_recess

not necessarily now but when i was younger anything that placed me in close proximity to hot chicks drinking, wearing sexy outfits, and looking for fun made me sign my name to anything.

Ain’t that the truth ..

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

No, because if you're not Irish, that would be cultural appropriation. And that's baayyyyd.

Only “white people” can be baayyyd though ..

[ozarknation]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Yes

Ok, Thanks !!
Apparently I am related to "the Niall of the Nine Hostages"

[kat in aiken]

Well, y'know, they say that on saint Patrick's Day everyone is Irish... so...

[Brave New World]

America just invented a lot of St Patrick's Day, and a lot of it is just based on myth rather than reality, whilst the over commercialisation and gimmicky retail nonsense is just a bit embarrassing.

Here's some actual facts -

How America Invented St. Patrick's Day | Time

Porter/Stout was actually an English drink, it was only later that Guinness in Ireland started bewing stout.

Stout - Wiki

Porter: The Entire History - Anchor Brewing

Whilat Arthur Guinness the founder of the brewey in Dublin was a staunch British protestant unionist.

Hey Irish America! Arthur Guinness was a Protestant, a Unionist and Irish and British | The Huffington Post

As for St Patrick, he wasn't even Irish, he was English according to research, and he was kidnapped at 16 and made a slave in Ireland and no he did not banish all the snakes from Ireland.

The Birthplace of St. Patrick in Somerset, by Harry Jelley

Still you can always sing that great Irish tune 'Danny Boy'.

Ireland's most beloved song was written by an Englishman about Scotland - Happy St. Patrick's day!

Corned Beef and Cabbage is yet more nonsense.

Corned Beef and Cabbage for St. Patrick's Day? Not So Irish - New York Times

Even the green colour is questionable, as Irelands taditional historic colour was blue, the use of green is far more recent. Even the Irish Constitution is encased in the country's traditional blue.

So you know Ireland's national colour might not be green, right? - The Journal Ireland

Every country in the British Isles has a saint St Patrick's Day - Patron Saint of Ireland, St David Day - Patron Saint of Wales, St Andrew's Day - the Patron Saint of Scotland and St George's Day the Patron Saint of England.

[Icy Tea]

St. Patrick wasn't Irish but the country adopted him. So St. Patrick's Day is a day anyone who wants to be Irish can be Irish.
Wear your green and you can be Irish AND a Philadelphia Eagles fan.