Moving the holiday

United States
July 23, 2007 12:59pm CST
I read an article this morning that said that Church Officials in Ireland had decided to move the St. Patrick's Day holiday up two days, celebrating March 15th, in order to avoid a conflict with Holy Day. This is the first time it's been moved since 1940. Do you agree or disagree with moving the "Celebration" day. Banks celebrate holidays on Monday's so they can have a long weekend. (i.e. presidents day etc..) Is this practice done in your country?
2 responses
ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
24 Jul 07
So, they are moving it to the Ides of March - that's propitious.
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carpenter5
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
31 Jul 07
Go figure right? I'm not familiar with the Ides of March, so I can't really answer this post fully. Perhaps you would enlighten me so that I can learn something new today.
carpenter5
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
29 Sep 07
Intersting bit of history. Thanks for sharing it with me. See, you're never to old to learn Have a good day and thank you for responding to my discussions.
aprilgrl
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
23 Jul 07
I think it should be left alone so it wouldn't get so confued from the dates.
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aprilgrl
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
23 Jul 07
Excuse my Spelling as I am a half asleep :) I meant to say confused* not confued.
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carpenter5
@carpenter5 (6782)
• United States
31 Jul 07
I hope that they will not change it here in the US. I have quite a bit of Irish heritage and look forward to the celebration, even though it's primarily a Catholic holiday, and I'm not Catholic. I still can't deny who my ancestors were can I? Besides, I look good in green.