.1 Saint Patrick wasn't Irish his was from Wales (not like the mammal it is a country).
.2 Saint Patrick's day originally used blue not green they considered green to be unlucky .
.3 the first Saint Patrick's parade took place in New York in the 1760's
.4 Traditionally, every year the Irish leader hands a bowl full of shamrock to the US President and The shamrock grown in Kerry, is immediately destroyed by the Secret Service after the exchange.
.5 Saint Patrick's day is the biggest celebration in