Attention all - St Patrick's day is on the 15th this year!

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Kushan

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Ok, normally I wouldn't bother posting this sort of thing, but so far literally EVERYONE I've told this to has immediately told me that I was wrong and should be ashamed to call myself Irish - but it's true, St Patrick's day is on the 15th of March this year, not the 17th like every other year.

Now before you post calling me silly, read the explanation why:

The Catholic church occationally (very rarely) moves the date so it does NOT fall on "holy week". "Holy week" is the most sacred of all weeks within the church (moreso than Christmas!). It's the week Jesus died AND rose, so they're not too keen on people starting the week by getting absolutely ######!

To give you an idea as to how rarely this happens (And probably why nobody believes me when I tell them), the last time it happened was 1940. The next time wont be until 2160!

Here's a couple of sources so you all:

It became a feast day in the Roman Catholic Church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding[1] in the early part of the 17th century, and is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this last happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and will happen again in 2008, when it shall be held on either March 14[2][3] or March 15.[4] After 2008, March 17th will not fall during Holy Week again until 2160.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Day

ST Patrick's Day has been moved back two days this year because it falls on the Monday of Holy Week.

The earliest Easter since 1913 has prompted the Roman Catholic Church to move St Patrick's Day from March 17 to March 15 as it discourages the celebration of feast days during Holy Week.

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/St-Pa...arly.3852553.jp

The Catholic Church will move St Patrick's Day 2008 after discovering it clashes with a key day in the Church's calendar.

Bishops discovered the Irish patron saint's feast on March 17 clashes with the second day of Holy Week next year.

Church rules decree the saint's feast day does not rank as highly as the Monday before Easter and therefore has to be moved.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/worl...+in+2008/608847

So there you have it, now you've got NO excuse for missing out on the Celebrations! Go out on Saturday, be merry and have fun! Everyone's Irish on St Patrick's day =)

And what the hell, throw two fingers to the Catholic church and celebrate BOTH dates, just for the hell of it!

This public service announcement was brought to you by a genuine Irishman.

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Nikv

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I will be devoting my time to help the education deprived at the university, as everyone else should.

So I will not be drunk. :cry:

Plus, every St. Patrick's day, there is an accident near my house. Every year. :cry:

yeahhhh.

gtfo

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Jason S. Global Moderator

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i think most people getting bombed on st patricks day, tomorrow and/or monday, are probably not religious enough to care about the real meaning of st. patricks day. It's simply International Drinking Day. So, why not get smashed on both days.

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Pikey

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There's an Irish social club near me .. and they are definitely not moving their celebrations to tonight! In fact all the irish folk I've spoken to don't seem to give a hoot what the church says .. paddy's day will always be on the 17th no matter what ...

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kjordan2001

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i think most people getting bombed on st patricks day, tomorrow and/or monday, are probably not religious enough to care about the real meaning of st. patricks day. It's simply International Drinking Day. So, why not get smashed on both days.

We've got to get drunk just like St. Paddy did to rid ourselves of snakes ;)

Happy whacking day everyone!

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