ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE 2008
ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE 2008, Vote for BalconyTV in the Viral Video Category of the 2008 Webby Awards by going to pv webbyawards com Register Film and Video Viral BALCONYTV!!!! BALCONYTV COM 17/03/2008 COMMENTRY BY STEPHEN O REGAN TOM MILLETT and HUGO O REGAN Saint Patricks Day Irish: Lá le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig colloquially Paddys Day or St Pattys Day is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick 373 493 the patron saint of Ireland on March 17 It is the Irish national holiday and one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland a bank holiday in Northern Ireland ; the overseas territory of Montserrat; and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador In the United States Australia and rest of Canada it is widely celebrated although not an official holiday It became a feast day in the universal church due to the influence of the Waterford born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding as a member of the commission for the reform of the Breviary 1 in the early part of the 17th century A common practice among gardeners is to plant at least one potato no matter how cold the weather on St Patricks Day This is done in order to ensure a good harvest for the coming year Some speculate that this may have arisen from the Irish Potato Famine Tune in tomorrow!!!