Did you know that St Patrick's day parades were first held By Ulster Scots, while serving with the British Army in the American Colonies, before the War for Independence. Even in the early 1960s St Patrick's day in Ireland was a Religious holiday with no Parades.

Did you also know that Glasgow City council spend more on St Pats day celebrations than they do on St Andrew's Day

Republicans rioted this year in Belfast City centre after the St Pats parade, funny how the BBC choose to ignore this , I wonder why, considering their wall to wall coverage of the Unionist Flag protests ?

Guinness pulled their sponsorship from this years NY parade, because the orginisers banned Gay IrishAmerican marchers from taking part