St. Patrick's Day

When is St Patrick's Day celebrated?

• On 16^th March.

• On 17^th March.

• On 19^th March.

• On 1^st April.

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Where is St Patrick thought to have been born?

• In Ireland

• In Roman Britain

• In Italy

• In Spain

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What do historians believe was St Patrick's name at birth?

• Maewyn Succat

• Alden Beckett

• Flaitheas Éireann

• Roy Keane

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How did St Patrick first come to Ireland?

• Sold as a slave

• As a stowaway hidden in an English ship

• Sent by the Pope

• Following a leprechaun

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After six years of slavery, St Patrick escaped to _____, where he became a priest.

• Spain

• Italy

• France

• Germany

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What did St Patrick use to teach the Irish about Christianity?

• An Irish potato

• A cross

• A shamrock

• A pot of gold

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St Patrick was said to have expelled all the ______ from Ireland.

• monkeys

• donkeys

• caterpillars

• snakes

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What does the colour orange on the Irish flag stand for?

• An Irish harp

• Guinness beer

• Irish Protestants

• Catholicism

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What does the colour green on the Irish flag stand for?

• Irish landscape

• Shamrocks

• Irish Catholics

• Irish people's green eyes

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What does the colour white on the Irish flag stand for?

• Peace between Irish Catholics and Protestants

• The Holy Ghost

• Hope during the Irish potato famine

• Irish Anglicans

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