Power 95.9 » st. patrick’s day in Ireland http://power959.com Your #1 Hit Music Station Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:07:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 St. Patrick's Day in Ireland – Sober and Solemn? http://power959.com/st-patricks-day-in-ireland-sober-and-solemn/ http://power959.com/st-patricks-day-in-ireland-sober-and-solemn/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:00:46 +0000 April Barnard http://power959.com/?p=2988 While many people associate St. Patty's with heavy drinking and pub crawls, in Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a historically solemn and sober holy day for Roman Catholics. Believe it. Until the 1970s, pubs were actually legally required to close up shop for the day.

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