VOLUME VI / ISSUE III / MARCH-APRIL 2022
LUXE
OF THE IRISH
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W HETH ER YOU'R E TRAV E L IN G O R STAYIN G H O M E , C E L E B RAT E MA R C H 17 T H I N ST Y L E
AINT PATRICK’S DAY IS NEARLY UPON US, AND WE’RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE IT IN A WORLD THAT’S LOOKING MORE AND MORE POST-COVID. AND AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, WE’RE ALL IRISH!
When it’s not March 17th, almost 40 million Americans—11.1 percent of the total population—still report having page 82
Irish ancestry, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (Irish is the second most popular ethnicity that Americans claim, following German). An additional three million people separately identify as Scotch-Irish – their ancestors were Ulster Scots who emigrated from Ireland to the United States. Compare that to a current population of only 6.4 million on the island of Ireland itself. Here’s a quick primer for those who may not be fully up to speed on St. Patrick’s
Day and its traditions (but first, a fun fact: according to Statista, one in 161 Americans is named Patrick). The holiday began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland, marked on the day of his death. Ironically, St. Patrick wasn’t born in Ireland: according to the traditional narrative, he was born in England in the 5th century, and at age 16 he was enslaved by Irish raiders who transported him to the Emerald Isle and held him
