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Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, is an __________ celebration of the
patron saint of Ireland. It is a national holiday in Ireland, and millions of
Irish people all over the __________ where there are Irish communities
celebrate. Celebrations are __________ on all things Irish and the colour
green. City authorities in Chicago even __________ the city’s river green for
this day. Many people wear green clothes, eat Irish food and drink the Irish
drink Guinness, which many bars also __________ and dye green. There are also
traditional St Patrick’s Day parades. The one in Dublin is __________ over five
days and attracts half a million people. The New York parade is the __________,
with two million spectators. Many people with no Irish connections celebrate
and __________ themselves Irish for a day.
Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary. Some
__________ say he was born in England, while others __________ he was Italian.
Most agree he lived in the fifth __________. When he was sixteen, he was
captured and taken as a slave to Ireland. He lived as a slave for six years
before __________. He joined the church to __________ as a priest and became a
missionary in the north and west of Ireland. Legend has it that Patrick drove
all the __________ out of Ireland. There are many other legends about Patrick
that have cemented him as a key part of Irish culture. March 17 is believed to
be the __________ of his death. Unlike other saints, Patrick was never
canonized by a Pope, although most Christian churches __________ him as a
“Saint in Heaven”.