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Article: FESTIVE MEAL IS FIT FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY.(Living Today)(Recipe)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 15, 1988
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Byline: Beverly Dillon Chicago Tribune
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is credited with converting the people of that country to Christianity, an accomplishment the Irish and millions of others seem to be enormously grateful for, especially on March 17, St. Patrick's Day.
On that day in cities across the country, indeed across the world, the memory of the 5th century ecclesiatic is celebrated with prayer, parades, partying and, almost universally, the partaking of food.
In Ireland St. Patrick's Day is a solemn, holy day of obligation in the church, when Catholics must attend mass.
But it is also a day looked on as an oasis of ...