Patrick's mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. He then retired to County Down and died on March 17 in 461 AD. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since. The first year St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in this country was 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts.













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We celebrate Saint Patrick's Day each year on March 17th. This festive holiday has everyone wearing green and chatting of four leaf clovers, shamrocks, lucky leprechauns, and kissing some big rock called a blarney stone. Over 100 U.S. cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades.