☘️🇮🇪Why do Irish celebrate St Patrick's day if St. Patrick was not Irish? ☘️🇮🇪

St.Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain, but as a child he was captured by Irish pirates and taken  to Ireland as a slave. He escaped and returned to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to convert the pagan Ireland into Christianity. ☘️🇮🇪
He often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity, this , together with the greeness of the landscapes of Ireland has made green the national colour. He died on 17 March 461. ☘️🇮🇪
Traditionally this has been a religious feast day, which has evolved in a variety of festivals celebrating Irish culture; parades, typical food as corned beef and cabbage and to drink....why not a pint of Guinness or any other Irish stout? ☘️🇮🇪

International women´s day (IWD) is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their social, economic, cultural and political achievements. It is a call for gender parity.

 IWD first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and around Europe. It all started in 1909 in the USA on 28 February to remember the 1908 garment worker´s strike in New York, when women protested against working conditions.

Next year, in 1910, there was a meeting in Copenhagen when a women´s day was established to support women´s rights and universal suffrage for women, but it wasn´t till 1975 when the UN began celebrating International Women´s Day on 8th March.

Since then, each year International Women´s Day sees thousand of events held by different organizations.I leave you a link of the speech of Emma Watson in the UN about gender equality, it´s worth watching it!Enjoy it!

https://youtu.be/263Fz3W8fQM