It's a rarity that I have to work on St. Pat's but this year was just how it fell. Managed to get in a pint of lovely and found a couple of articles that explain a good bit behind the "why" of certain points to the holiday. I think the last one is a little extreme but has some good points. But if they post it at the international airport in Dublin, it's gotta be right.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2014/03/please-dont-call-it-st-pattys-day/
http://paddynotpatty.com/
http://gawker.com/5990788/its-st-paddys-day-not-st-pattys-day
