Happy St. Patrick's Day (Historic background, mind-boggling)

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Heute feiert Irland den St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick ist der Schutzpatron und National-Heiliger von Ireland und lebte ungefähr im 5. Jahrhundert CE. Geboren in Britannien unter römischer Herrschaft (Roman Britain), soll Patrick als Teenager nach Irland entführt und versklavt worden sein. Nach 6 Jahren gelang ihm die Flucht nach Britain und später kehrte er nach Irland zurück, um als katholischer Missionar Irland zu christianisieren. Ist eine ziemlich abenteuerliche Geschichte.

Jahrhunderte später wurde Irland nicht nur religiös, sondern unter König Henry VIII auch politisch Teil von UK, mehr oder weniger sukzessive von England annektiert.

Nach dem ersten Weltkrieg kam es dann 1919-1921 zu dem anglo-irischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, der die Teilung des Landes zur Folge hatte. Ein Konflikt, der bis heute andauert, aber durch den EU-Beitritt bzw. nach dem Brexit mit einer Sonderstellung zwischen Irland und Nordirland entschärft wurde.

Der St. Patrick's Day wurde übrigens erst 1903 zu einem offiziellen arbeitsfreien Feiertag in Irland und ist heute so etwas wie der Nationalfeiertag von Irland.

Nicht der Unabhängigkeitstag, sondern der St. Patrick's Day wurde zum Nationalfeiertag von Irland.

Was sagt ihr dazu?

St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland

English

Today Ireland celebrates St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick is the patron and national saint of Ireland and lived around the 5th century CE. Born in Britain under Roman rule (Roman Britain), Patrick is said to have been kidnapped to Ireland as a teenager and enslaved. After 6 years he managed to escape to Britain and later returned to Ireland to Christianize Ireland as a Catholic missionary. Mind-blogglilng story.

Centuries later, Ireland not only became part of the UK religiously, but also politically under King Henry VIII, and was more or less successively annexed by England.

After the First World War however, the Anglo-Irish War of Independence broke out between 1919 and 1921, resulting in the division of the island. A conflict that continues to this day, but has been defused by EU membership and, following Brexit, a special treaty between Ireland and Northern Ireland was made.

Incidentally, St. Patrick's Day only became an official bank holiday in Ireland in 1903 and is now something like the national holiday of Ireland.

Not Independence Day, but St. Patrick's Day became the national holiday of Ireland.

What do you think? Do you also find Ireland's history fascinating and mind-boggling?

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Happy San Patrick!

Here they say beer Patrick

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Ach heute ist das? War mir nicht bewusst. 🍀

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I find it interesting, and I think its a good day to have a holiday.

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Yes, it is a curious story.

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Enjoy :) If you remember the beer we sampled in the club in Vienna, it's perfectly fitting this holiday :))

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I find it part fascinating, a bit ironic, yet a good enough reason to have a drink.
Cheers 🍺

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yeah, wild and ironic story if true 🍀

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️

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It's quite fascinating how many people celebrate St. patrick's day all over the world.

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Eine wahrlich wilde Geschichte :-) Ich wünsche einen traumhaften Aufenthalt.

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Wow, St. Patrick really had a wild life, kidnapped, escaped, then came back like, Nah, I’m not done here yet. Another day bigger than independence day, that's legendary achievement

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!BEER

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I do, but I'm part Irish! St Patrick really became a huge figure for Ireland, even though so little is really know about him apart from the Declaration which may or may not have been written by him. It's a great holiday though, Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

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Oh cool, yeah it's a wild story if true, happy St Patrick's Day 🍀

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!BEER

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Happy St Patrick's Day!!

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Ireland's history is really amazing and inspiring to me

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I hope to experience celebrating St Patrick's Day soon

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