St Patricks Day - Date Confusion (18)
Mayo_MidfielderI landed in Kiltimagh, Mayo Ireland2 Threads 45 PostsOk, so the one Irish institution that everyone knows the date of, other than xmas day and new year's day is St Paddys Day. But today I found out that's been changed. ...... to 15th. Would ya believe it? What's more, the church wanted to make it the first available day after Easter which turned out to be 1st April, which they thought wouldn't be taken seriously. (NO, really?) So its Sat 15th now. Has everyone gone mad?
Well the Parade is still on the 17th so we still get the Monday off.
really 
hadn't heard that .... i'll be sticking to the 17th regardless cos i'm so patriotic (and mainly cos it a monday and not a weekend day!! woohoo another day off 
oh its great to be irish sometimes 
)
hadn't heard that .... i'll be sticking to the 17th regardless cos i'm so patriotic (and mainly cos it a monday and not a weekend day!! woohoo another day off oh its great to be irish sometimes )It's the first I heard of it as well, where did you hear this?
Never heard this eiter,,st paddys day will always be 17th for meYep, its officially 15th!! Check out the Politics i.e. website or the Catholic news agency. Various postings. Still a holiday on the monday thankfully.
Apparently it won't happen again til 2160 so thats ok!
Apparently it won't happen again til 2160 so thats ok!
yes paddys day is to be changed this year because apparently there cant be 2 holy days together within the one week.. good friday is the following fri. the 21st. and obviously easter sunday another holy day .....ah well lots of time off to go drinking.
let me be the first to wish yis all a happy paddys/easter
and obviously easter sunday another holy day .....ah well lots of time off to go drinking. let me be the first to wish yis all a happy paddys/easter
I mailed St. Patrick's Cathedral and got this reply.
Dear Mr Walsh,
Saint Patrick's Day is being marked in the Cathedral on 17 March.
Yours sincerely,
Jennifer Hickey
Dear Mr Walsh,
Saint Patrick's Day is being marked in the Cathedral on 17 March.
Yours sincerely,
Jennifer Hickey
well Losty, if the church say it's the 17th, it must be so because they would never lie
oh I feel a whole new thread will come from this
oh I feel a whole new thread will come from thisCorrect me if I am wrong but isn't St Patricks Cathedral Church of Ireland. If this is the case then the we have to back to the crux of the argument. The Catholic Church says they are celebrating St Patricks day on the 15th of March. The Church of Ireland may decide to be traditional and celebrate it on the day it should be celebrated which is the 17th of March.
Quote from WIKIPEDIA??????
The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities due to March 17 falling in Holy Week; this last happened in 1940, when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and will happen again in 2008, when it shall be held on 15 March to avoid the second day in Holy Week.
The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities due to March 17 falling in Holy Week; this last happened in 1940, when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and will happen again in 2008, when it shall be held on 15 March to avoid the second day in Holy Week.
Funny that all the other Churches see fit to mark it on the day that it falls on, though. Only one lot can be right!
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