# Surprising Places Where St. Patrick's Day Is Observed **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272 "2022-03-17T19:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/1 "2022-03-17T19:47:15Z")
Yeah, happy St. Paddy’s Day (and you’ll notice that two D’s is the proper way to spell it 😉 ). I was just wondering, recently in fact. Everyone knows St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Ireland (duh 🙂 ). And the USA, Canada, Australia, etc. for obvious reasons. Where else is it celebrated? And are there any places where it’s celebrated that would really surprise you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/2 "2022-03-17T19:56:33Z")
According to Wiki > **[Saint Patrick's Day | Celebrations elsewhere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day#Celebrations_elsewhere)** > > In England, the British Royals traditionally present bowls of shamrock to members of the Irish Guards, a regiment in the British Army, following Queen Alexandra introducing the tradition in 1901. Since 2012 the Duchess of Cambridge has presented the bowls of shamrock to the Irish Guards. While female royals are often tasked with presenting the bowls of shamrock, male royals have also undertaken the role, such as King George VI in 1950 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the While so... Malta, Norway, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Scotland, Lithuania, Mexico, Argentina, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and the International Space Station. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/3 "2022-03-17T20:17:18Z")
I’m not religious, but I’m spiritual. I celebrated St Patrick’s Day last weekend. I also celebrated St Practice Day the weekend before that. Currently in recovery mode. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/4 "2022-03-17T20:19:12Z")
You should celebrate today, too! It’s St. Patrick’s Day! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/5 "2022-03-17T20:19:50Z")
That’ll be my excuse for opening a cellared beer. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/6 "2022-03-17T20:20:53Z")
Nice. IPA? Stout? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/7 "2022-03-17T20:29:49Z")
Either a stout or a sour. My collection is heavy in that area. IPAs get consumed immediately, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/8 "2022-03-17T20:34:09Z")
Well, it’s a good thing that you are doing. Go forth in goodness. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/9 "2022-03-17T20:35:50Z")
Well, I’ve seen Irish pubs everywhere I went in the world, and I guess that in everyone of them there is a party today. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/10 "2022-03-17T20:43:38Z")
I once got into big trouble with my Irish grandmother when she overheard my conversation with my Mexican brother in law. I was mentioning the scarcity of Irish restaurants versus the ubiquity of Irish bars, while Mexican restaurants were every freaking where. Irish food sucks, I told him, and Grandma would have killed me if I hadn’t been in the bloodline. What about Irish stew? She says. And that was it, I’m not about to argue with her about it. But… stew? Really? Meat, potatoes and/or veggies in gravy? Grandma, that’s a dish that every group of localized humans on this planet has come up with. It was just a thing I said to my BIL, i wasn’t saying that there is no good Irish food, but compared to Mexican food? Let’s go to a Mexican restaurant, then an Irish bar. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/11 "2022-03-17T20:48:42Z")
My wife is FROM Ireland and she doesn’t celebrate it. She’s convinced the secular holiday was invented by Guinness the same way Valentine’s Day was invented by Hallmark. Apparently, it was just a minor Church holiday in Ireland when she immigrated to the US in the 1980s. Since then the holiday has been reimported from the US as an excuse to get drunk. She scoffs whenever anyone tells her that; “The Irish have never needed an excuse to get drunk.” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/12 "2022-03-17T21:26:40Z")
Just heard today on the radio that the only other place in the world where today is a holiday, other than Ireland, is the Caribbean nation of Montserrat. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/13 "2022-03-17T23:22:22Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > IPA? Stout? So I ended up opening my “mystery stout”. I won it 4-6 years ago at a bar. It has a $36 sticker on the bomber bottle. I remember it being a barrel aged stout, and that’s exactly what it tastes like. Crazy high %ABV, too. When I brought it home years ago after winning it the bottle got wet and I lost the label. Oh is this good! 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/14 "2022-03-17T23:34:42Z")
Happy St. Patrick’s day! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/15 "2022-03-17T23:41:48Z")
Well, here is an ode to ancient Irish traditions. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TU6Fo6aFKYk/hqdefault.jpg "2003 - Cinco de Mayo in Ireland") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU6Fo6aFKYk) ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272/16 "2022-03-19T16:57:05Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Switzerland The mention in Wikipedia only describes college students. Most people have no clue. On St. Patrick’s Day I mentioned I was wearing green because of St. Patrick’s Day and I just got puzzled looks. There are a few (more than a few) Irish and British pubs in Switzerland. They and their guests have observed the day in the traditional manner.