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Many St. Patrick’s Day traditions are not from Ireland

ated by regions with an abundance of Irish Green beer
emigrants. Surprisingly, many seemingly Irish Green beer is not an Irish custom, but an
traditions likely began elsewhere. American one. The most common beer con-
sumed in Ireland is Guinness, which is dark
First parade brown to black in color, making green dye
It would be accurate to assume that various ele- useless in Irish pubs since it would be largely
ments associated with St. Patrick’s Day began invisible in the stout.
where St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland,
once resided, including the first St. Patrick’s Golf tournaments
Day parade. However, some of the first parades One would not associate golf with St. Patrick’s
held in St. Patrick’s honor took place in two Day unless they reside in Nome, Alaska. Golf is
North American cities, New York and Boston, a popular Irish pastime, and each year the Ber-
that had high numbers of Irish immigrants. But ing Sea Ice Classic Golf Tournament takes place
historians say the first ever St. Patrick’s Day pa- right around St. Patrick’s Day. Bright green
rade was actually held in St. Augustine, Florida golf balls are used, and breaks are factored in
in 1601, a year after gunfire blasts were used to between holes to warm up at local bars.
honor the saint. The parade may have been at
the request of an Irish priest living there at the Wearing green
time. According to The Christian Science Monitor,
individuals in the United States started wearing
Corned beef and cabbage green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the early
What would St. Patrick’s Day be without an au- 1700s. They believed it “made one invisible to
thentic meal of corned beef and cabbage? This leprechauns.” The official color for the holiday
dish is not so authentic after all, and actually used to be a sky blue known as “St. Patrick’s
is an American innovation. Ham and cabbage Day Blue,” established during the reign of King
St. Patrick’s Day is made special by various was widely eaten in Ireland, but corned beef George III.
traditions. Everything from dyeing major cities’ was a cheaper alternative found in America by In addition to these traditions, specialty items,
rivers green to parades to enjoying green foods immigrants. Therefore, corned beef became a such as coffees and shakes, also are very popu-
has become part of the pageantry of St. Patrick’s staple of poor Irish immigrants living in lower lar. However, most of these do not have ori-
Day. Manhattan. The salted meat was boiled three gins on the Emerald Isle, either. Yet, no matter
The next time you raise a green beer to your times to remove some of the brine and make it where traditions began, there’s no denying St.
lips, you may wonder which traditions are palatable. Patrick’s Day has long inspired celebration.
authentically Irish and which ones were cre-

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