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St. Patrick’s Day 2022

By Mary Cucinell and Roisin Chapman
IA Newsletter February 26, 2022

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The beginning of March is bringing with it a new outlook, the world is returning to 'normal.'  As part of that 'normal', St. Patrick's Day parades and celebrations will be back from the east to the west coasts. St. Patrick's Day 2020 fell in the midst of chaos as American citizens began panic buying toilet paper and hand santizer as the country went into lockdown. A year … [Read more...] about St. Patrick’s Day 2022

Sláinte!: Saint Patrick

By Edythe Preet, Contributor
April / May 2014

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It is perhaps a love of words that endears the Irish to Saint Patrick.  Son of a West Britain Roman family, at age sixteen Patrick was kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. Six years later he escaped, fled to the coast, and was hired on as kennel master to a German boat that was transporting Irish wolfhounds to the continent. After many hardships, he at last … [Read more...] about Sláinte!: Saint Patrick