Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ar chlann mhór dhomhanda na nGael, sa bhaile agus ar fud na cruinne, ar ár lá náisiúnta ceiliúrtha féin.

Why thank you, dear. Mary McAleese is the President of Ireland. Here's what she said in Tennessean...

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to the global big Irish family, at home and around the globe, celebrating our national day...Yall!

Fun Irish facts: Irish President Mary McAleese is the first woman ever to succeed a woman as a head of state.

There about four times as many Irish in the USA as there are in Ireland, where population numbers have never recovered from the great famine of the 19th century.

Saint Patrick wasn't Irish. He was a Brit, brought to Ireland as a slave.

I was born in Dublin, GA of carpetbagger descent. I'm not Irish either but that doesn't stop me from drinking my Guinness and thumping my bohdran. The South and Irish can't be separated and here's proof: