Hi everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's History It's St Patrick's Day folks. So happy it's

St Patrick's Day. This podcast is first broadcast on the 17th of March 2021. I have one

though St Patrick's Day, a giant celebration of Irishness. My dad's born in Ireland and

I'd go to weddings in Ireland. I remember one on a St Patrick's Day probably 15 years

ago now, where I was one of the few English guys in the room. And remember my Irish cousin

was marrying a unbelievably gorgeous and fantastically intelligent, wonderful human

being the kind of woman that I would love to have married at the time when I was a lonely

single. And then we celebrate this wonderful wedding as only the Irish know how. And

after the service we watched Ireland play England in the rugby at Twickenham, a home

game for England. As the only England fan in the room, I was quite happy when England

took a lead. And then Ireland scored in the last minute and won the game to a universal

meltdown at the wedding. It took the wedding up again when I thought we were already in

fifth. I've got to be honest. So that's my lesson Patrick's Day story. Everybody's got

one. Adrian Mulligan has a few. He's a wonderful academic and associate professor of geography

interestingly. It's Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. We're a fascinating talk about

St Patrick's Day. It's origins, Irish nationalism of course. And it's global significance

nowadays. How it's turned into a festival that everyone feels able to join in and as

way around the world. But also particularly the Irish American experience now. So Patrick's

Day was almost exported to North America and then imported back into Ireland from the

diaspora. Fantastic. Interestingly interesting stuff. If you wish to get some more history

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