Lá Fhéile Pádraig(Fête de la Saint-Patrick)

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 every year. It marks the traditional date of death of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, in 461 AD. It is a fixed-date holiday in the Gregorian calendar.

St. Patrick's Day is an Irish cultural and religious celebration honoring Saint Patrick, who is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Originally a Catholic feast day, it has evolved into a global celebration of Irish culture marked by parades, traditional music, wearing green, and shamrocks.

St. Patrick's Day is a public holiday in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and is widely celebrated in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina by communities with Irish heritage. Chicago famously dyes its river green for the occasion.

St. Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In other countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK, it is not a public holiday, but it is widely observed as a cultural celebration.

Traditions include wearing green clothing and shamrocks (Ireland's national emblem), attending parades (New York City hosts one of the world's largest), listening to traditional Irish music, dancing Irish step dances, and drinking Irish stout. In Ireland, pubs and restaurants serve traditional foods like Irish stew and soda bread.