Today is St. Patrick’s Day and because most of you Go Hards use this day to binge drink green beer and Irish whiskey, I figured we here at the Daily Hustle can at least give you meatheads a little history lesson so the adult beverages have some sort of context before you sickos black out…
St. Patrick was born in 385 AD and was the patron saint of Ireland who was largely responsible for bringing Christianity to Ireland… St. Patty’s Day is held on March 17th each year (the day St. Patrick died), and it has since turned into a massive celebration of the Irish heritage all around the world.
Apparently St. Patrick used a three-leaf clover to explain the trinity to the pagan Irish and thus the shamrock and the color green has become the symbols that represent the holiday…
Unfortunately, St. Patty’s Day has come under attack for various reasons and many people have even tried to ban the holiday altogether… As a 3rd generation Irish American that is damn near 75% from the native land according to 23 & Me, I take great pride in the holiday and I am grateful to be able to celebrate my heritage and ancestors who have paved the way for me and the entire O’Byrne family…
Yup, O’Byrne is our original namesake, but the O was dropped and an S was added upon arrival into the United States. When the Irish first landed on Ellis Island, they dealt with all sorts of discrimination so “Americanizing” names were relatively prominent.
Maybe us Irishman overindulge a bit and we can be a tad boisterous at times, but the concept and idea of St. Patrick’s Day and the celebration of the Irish culture is an awesome opportunity to sit the kids down and teach them about the history and legacy of the Irish people…
Look, we are all from different places around the world and what makes America great is that it is a gigantic melting pot of ethnicities and cultures… This isn’t something that we should try to bury, this is something that needs to be taught and celebrated regardless of hypersensitivities to various “appropriations.”
Yes, we are all Americans, but we all have roots that stretch far & wide beyond this land… The beautiful thing about this place is that we are all different and so long as we continue to champion our differences while educating the next generation about the history & beauty of ALL cultures, the United States will continue to be the greatest mixture & nation in the world…
-EB