Ko St. Patrick's Day e mohiotia ana ko St. Bardley's Day me Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig.He hakari hei whakamaumahara i te episekopo o St. Patrick (St. Bode), te kaitiaki tapu o Airani.Ka tū hei te 17 o Maehe ia tau.I te tau 432 AD, ka tonoa a St. Patrick e te Pope ki Ireland ki te whakakiki i te Airihi kia huri ki te Katorika.I muri mai i te taenga mai o St. Patrick ki uta mai i Wicklow, ka ngana nga tangata ririki ehara i te Katorika ki te akina ia ki te kohatu kia mate.Aita o St. Patrick i riaria i te ati e ua ooti oioi atura i te hoê clover e toru rau, o tei haamaramarama maitai i te haapiiraa o te “Toru tahi” o te Metua, te Tamaiti e te Varua Mo‘a.No reira, kua riro te karaka hei tohu mo Airani, a, i taua wa ano, i tino oho te ngakau o Airani ki tana korero, ka whakaae ki te iriiringa nui o St.I te Maehe 17, 461, ka mate a St.Hei whakamaumaharatanga ki a ia, ka tohua e te Irish tenei ra ko St. Patrick's Day.

I ahu mai tenei hararei i Ireland i te mutunga o te rautau 5.Ko tenei ra i muri mai ko te Ra Motu o Airani.He hararei putea ano hoki i Ireland ki te Raki me te hararei ture i te Republic of Ireland, Montserrat, me Newfoundland me Labrador i Kanata.Ahakoa e whakanuia nuitia ana te ra o Hato Patrick i Kanata, i te United Kingdom, i Ahitereiria, i te United States me Aotearoa, ehara i te mea he hararei a-ture.No te mea he maha nga kainoho Irish e whakanui ana i te ra o St.I tua atu i te whakanui nui o Airani ki te whakanui i te ra o St. Patrick, ko etahi atu whenua penei i te United Kingdom, Ahitereiria, Amerika, Tiamana, Hapani me Aotearoa kei te aro nui ki tenei hararei.Hei powhiri i te ra o St. Patrick i tenei tau, ka pania ano e Chicago te awa kaakaariki hei whakanui i te carnival a tau.

He maha nga wa ka waiatahia e te tangata etahi waiata a Irish i te wa e whakanui ana i nga hakari i roto i nga tutaki me te kainga.Ko nga mea rongonui ko "When Irish Eyes Are Smilling", "Seven Drunke n Nights", "The Irish Rover", "Danny Boy", "The Fields of Athenry" "Black Velvet Band" me etahi atu.I roto ia ratou, kua horahia te waiata "Danny Boy" ki te ao katoa.Ehara i te mea he ingoa whare anake i waenga i nga iwi Airihi, engari he repertoire e mahia ana i roto i nga momo konohete.