1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Cheathrú Gharbh

School: An Cheathrú Gharbh

Location:
Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Fiachra
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 508

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 508

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Cheathrú Gharbh
  2. XML Page 508
  3. XML “St Patrick's Day”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. St Patrick's Day

    Share Share Post
    Saint Patrick’s day falls on the 17th of March every year. On that day all the people wear a piece of shamrock on their coats. This is to honour Saint Patrick. When he came to Ireland it was by means of the shamrock that he converted the Irish to the true faith. Saint Patrick is the patron St. of Ireland. In olden times the people of two villages gathered together and then they went to the public house and got drunk. Then they often beat
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Patrick (~140)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    V Hunter
    Gender
    Male