And now, anger

You know what day I really hate?

St. Patrick's Day.

The reason why I hate it? Because I'm part Irish.
Yes, I hate the day of Éire's Patron Saint because I have Gaelic blood.

Lemme explain.

St Patrick's day is a very important holiday to Irish Catholic people, because St Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.

Only, instead of "snakes" it's "pagans" and instead of "drove them out" it's "killed them all"
But that's just arguing semantics.

Anyways - that's what St Paddy's Day is SUPPOSED to be about - you know, Church, feast in the Saint's name (remember, it's Lent, so no breaking your sacrifices) and all that.
Shamrocks are very important because St Patrick used the three leaves as an example of the Holy Trinity

HOWEVER, what St Patrick's Day has become is "International Drink Until You Pass Out" Day
All over the place you'll see people just drinking, and fighting and generally being as un-Irish as possible. People with shirts or banners that say "Irish for a Day", or calling out "Keith's Me! I'm Irish!" (Pro tip - Keith's is as Scottish as a CANADIAN beer can get). It's also generally the only time of the year they'll drink Guinness, they'll never drink a proper Irish whiskey, or even Scotch - they'll instead drink Canadian or American stuff, which, while good (Canadian stuff anyways - and only when mixed) is crap compared with the real thing.

And what the FUCK is with Green Beer? Wanna know how to make Green Beer? Drop green food colouring into a pint of Budweiser. Gotta be bud, 'cos it's the only one light enough in colour.
Talk about non-Irish.

There's the Green obsession - which is fine, the obsession with four leaf clovers on the other hand, is not.
Another Pro tip - four leaf clovers are as Irish as the Queen.

All of this isn't to say that true Irish people can't don't drink on St Patrick's day - most do. But, the usual celebration is to go to the pub, have a Pint of Guinness, and a glass of either Jameson's or Bushmills. In addition to a family dinner, and going to church - it is, after all, a Catholic holiday.

Mid March would be a much nicer time if people stopped ruining Ireland's good name.

Éire go Brách