>>>hi all,
>>>just a note to say Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona to you all, enjoy the day where ever you are
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>>To you as well. I was in Dublin for St. Patrick's Day once and was surprised it was so different from the way it is observed in the U.S.
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>What do they do there?

It's a religious holiday. There is a parade and whatnot but it is not a day of drunkenness. They consider that something the American philistines do on St. Pat's.