Ah, St. Patrick’s Day. The holiday that we like to forget is named in honor of the patron saint of Ireland who supposedly lead all of the snakes out of Ireland despite the pesky little fact that there weren’t any there to begin with, and just get piss drunk and headbutt complete strangers. The wearing of a Boston Celtics t-shirt is optional.
The patron saint of getting bombed in Beantown.
Wait, what? Drunk? Brawling? Are these the things we want to associate with the great island nation of Ireland? Apparently, the answer is yes. The drunken, brawling stereotype of Irishmen has long been perpetuated in literature, song, film and television. But where does it come from?