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One traditional icon of St. Patrick's Day is the Shamrock.

The shamrock stems from a more bona fide Irish tale
that tells how Saint Patrick used the
three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity.

He used it in his sermons to represent how
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist
as separate elements of the same entity.

His followers adopted the custom
of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

~Excerpt from Compton's Encyclopedia~

Patrick pre-dates the Roman Catholic Church, and was considered a "saint" before the Roman Church created its own Canon of Saints.
(They just added him to it.)

St. Patrick was not Irish, he was a missionary to Ireland from Britain.

Patrick was chiefly responsible for converting the Irish people to Christianity. He became known as the Apostle to the Irish. His name in Latin is Patricius.

He used the Shamrock as an anology to explain the Christian Trinity.

St. Patrick's Day is a national holiday in Ireland. It also is celebrated outside of Ireland in cities with a large number of people of Irish descent.

In North America, it is observed primarily as a secular (non-religious) holiday. Many people wear green clothing, and they hold parties and march in parades.
St. Patrick's Day is March 17th.

I am part Irish.
My paternal grandmother's family was Irish.
The family names are Black and Cole. So, I claim some Irish ancestry, and am proud of it.

Irish Recipes

Here are some actual Irish desserts!
Simply type one of the listed desserts
into this St. Patricks' Day search engine
and create some decadence from Ireland.

Apple and Barley Pudding
Bailey's Chocolate Mousse Pie
Burnt Oranges
Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake
Donegal Oatmeal Cream
Dublin's Finest Caramel Apple Cake
Frozen Black Irish
Ginger Marmalade
Glazed Irish Tea Cake
Green Irish Whiskey Sour Jello
Guinness Cake
"Irish Coffee" Cake or Pudding
Irish Jig Dessert
Irish Sherry Trifle
Irish Whiskey and Ginger Cream
Irish Whiskey Cake
Irish Whiskey Pie
Lemon Curd
Potato Pie Dessert

My Favourite Irish Toasts

Here's to you and yours and to mine and ours and if mine and ours ever come across you and yours I hope you and yours will do as much for mine and ours as mine and ours have done for you and yours.

May you have warm words on a cold evening a full moon on a dark night and the road downhill all the way to your door.

Some Irish Humour

Q: What's Irish and sits outside in the summertime?
A: Paddy O'Furniture!

Mrs. Pete Monaghan came into the newsroom to pay for her husband's obituary. She was told by the kindly newsman that it was a dollar a word and he remembered Pete and wasn't it too bad about him passing away. She thanked him for his kind words and bemoaned the fact that she only had two dollars. But she wrote out the obituary, "Pete died." The newsman said he thought old Pete deserved more and he'd give her three more words at no charge. Mrs. Pete Monaghan thanked him and rewrote the obituary: "Pete died. Boat for sale"