However, blue still plays a symbolic role in Ireland: Since 1945, the flag representing the president of Ireland has a gold harp with a dark blue background – the color known as St. Patrick’s ...

St. Patrick's Day is the holiday when even the most recalcitrant American feels tempted to don green clothing or sip on some green beer. But what if everyone wore blue on March 17 each year instead?

The luck of the Irish included the weather as the 262nd St. Patrick’s Day Parade stepped off Friday under sunny skies over Fifth Ave. The Midtown marchers, to the sounds of wailing pipes and … ...

St Patrick Parish will celebrate its 4th annual Blue Mass to recognize and appreciate the humble and many sacrifices of our region’s first responders at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, ...

But any commemorations would include the color blue. The Dublin Evening Post reported that in a 1785 St. Patrick’s Day ceremony in Dublin, a group of men identifying themselves as patriots “marched in ...