A few facts to get you through your day!
- First American St. Patty's Day Celebration was in Boston in 1737
- A Shillelagh is a short, stout, oak club
- 'Erin Go Braugh' means Ireland forever
- St. Patrick was not Irish
- There are 34 million U.S. residents that claim Irish ancestry
- The Irish immigrated to the U.S. due to the Great Potato Famine in 1845
- The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in the U.S., not in Ireland
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