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St. Pat's I Don't Believe It
| St. Pat's I Don't Believe It I was googling through information on Uruguay and I came upon this site and I had to laugh.I started reading the funny introduction but then I got down to where they were talking about celebrating St. Patrick's Day. This seems too funny to me that people in Uruguay would be celebrating something that started in Ireland. They are talking about a party and green beer, Jameson's Whisky and green Vodka. I would just never have believed it if I hadn't read it. |
| "St. Patrick's Day and the Irish in Uruguay"
I had no clue about the green beer or vodka either. Interesting! But I am not surprised at all about the celebration itself taking place in Uruguay. If I am not mistaken St Patrick is worshipped the world over. My own grandmother, an Italian-Uruguayan, was a devoted believer who carried images of St. Patrick in her purse. A little history: Uruguay has an Irish community, which is rather small but has had a presence in the country since the beginning of the 19th Century. The original Irish settlers in Uruguay were sheep-farmers from Kilrane parish in County Wexford and also from Westmeath and Longford. The life of Irish sheep-farmers in rural Uruguay in the nineteenth century is described in Hugh Fitzgerald Ryan's novel "In the Shadow of the Ombú Tree" (Enniscorthy: Chaos Press, 2005). In the twentieth century, the Irish presence in Uruguay included missionaries and educators. In May 1955 Br. Patrick C. Kelly opened Stella Maris school in Carrasco, Montevideo. Stella Maris is a distinguished education centre aimed at the sons of Catholic families. The school achieved some renown when a Uruguayan aircraft carrying the Old Christians rugby team composed of Stella Maris graduates crashed in the Andes. Sixteen of the forty passengers survived and were rescued in December 1972. |
| "St. Patrick's Day."
It isn't celebrated at all. There are a coupple of Irish pubs that organize a special event as a commercial hook for clients. |
Comment #304/13/10 08:16Rural east Colonia departmento | "St Patrick."
Wherever there are Irish people (or even 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc generation Irish people, ) St Patrick's day is celebrated. An estimated 70 million of us are spread world-wide so St Pat's day gets celebrated world-wide... though not necessarily with green alcohol :-) |
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