What is the story and special day behind the date and month each year?

Every year many Irish/Irish-American people celebrated on the 17th of March because Saint Patrick himself died on that day. However, in Ireland, the Government decided to mark an official national holiday each year from 1903. Who introduced St Patrick to the Parliament in Ireland? It was James O’Mara, the Irish Member of the Parliament.

So who is Saint Patrick to many Irish, Irish-American, Catholic, and other Christianly people? Here is the detail from Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick

Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the “Apostle of Ireland”, he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigit of Kildare and Columba. Patrick was never formally canonised, having lived prior to the current laws of the Catholic Church in these matters. Nevertheless, he is venerated as a Saint in the Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland. He is also regarded as a Saint within the framework of their respective doctrine by the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches. (Full article…) 

Saint Patrick Day is actually something to ‘celebrate a day’ as a Christian feast day by celebrating the life of St. Patrick and the spreading of Christianity to Ireland. Today we celebrated a revelry day by wearing ‘green colour’ related to Ireland, our families’ ties to Ireland, preparing Irish meals, even drinking Whiskey or Guinness beer.

My partner – Peter (hearing) and I (deaf), have genealogy traced back to Ireland, but Peter is not interested in genealogy basely on his choice. Yes, Peter knows his parents came from Cork, Ireland, and he asked me to show the photos where I visited Cork and other cities and local villages during my travelling times. My family, through my mother’s side, came from Eniskille – Co. Fermanagh (medieval Ireland to Northern Ireland), Blaney (Blarney) Mill, Galway, Leitrim, Co. Leitrim, Killarney, Co. Kerry and several small places. My cousins of Nottinghamshire had a son who served in the army in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and I did not have a chance to visit him there. Unfortunately, he passed away due to cancer last year, and he was young by leaving a wife and a sixteen-year-old son. I am continuing to trace my genealogy back to the earliest days. Oh, I wish to travel back to Ireland again, BUT my time for travelling was far over for I travelled more than 35 years in the past and time to settle down with Peter and three dogs in Eureka, Waikato.

There are a couple video clips from Ireland recently as they celebrated Irish Sign Language to mark Saint Patrick Day. https://youtu.be/WK1dObLkhOg and https://youtu.be/-GHDDVw7rk4

I came across a video clip under YouTube, and one of the Deaf school in Bishopstown Community School in Cork https://youtu.be/kZPKKNq33uI and they were signing their Ireland National Anthem. Unfortunately, there is no subtitle for any D/deaf viewers, including other people who wish to watch the ISL video (Irish Sign Language). Here is the verse of Irish National Anthem – “Amhrán na bhFiann” as in English “The Solider’s Song”. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irish_national_anthem_(1916).jpg

If you wish to explore further information about St. Patrick and here are a several links for you https://www.raysofmercy.com/saint-patrick-ireland/ and https://www.ireland-information.com/articles/saintpatrick.htm

Lastly, I came across many wonderful videos worldwide, and the song was ‘Blessing’ – The Irish Blessing. I pasted two video clips from Youtube – one video in subtitles and the second in ISL without subtitle.

Without subtitle – https://youtu.be/AE6JYMEOehw

with subtitle and music – https://youtu.be/TascsWZPj8U

Enjoy

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit (Happy St. Patrick's Day)