March
17th
is
an
Irish
holiday
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honours
the
patron
saint
of
Ireland
,
St
Patrick
,
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brought
Christianity
to
the
Irish
people
.
According
to
tradition
,
St
Patrick
,
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father
was
a
wealthy
man
,
was
actually
born
in
England
.
At
the
age
of
16
,
he
was
kidnapped
by
pirates
and
sold
as
a
slave
.
Some
years
later
,
he
escaped
to
France
,
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he
lived
for
many
years
and
became
a
priest
.
At
the
age
of
60
,
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he
returned
to
Ireland
,
he
built
his
first
church
.
On
March
17th
,
the
day
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St
Patrick
died
,
people
wear
green
clothes
decorated
with
the
shamrock
,
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is
the
national
symbol
of
Ireland
.
