British seek St. George’s Day to match St. Patrick’s Day

CATHY HAYES,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, January 9, 2011, 10:42 AM

Updated Sunday, January 9, 2011, 10:52 AM

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kurtjohnson | Jan 12, 2011, 01:32 AM EST

Overall, any signs that the nations of these islands are beginning to assert their real identities as opposed the the whitehall contrived british proto-bolshevik thing is a positive development.

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BurkeWorks | Jan 10, 2011, 02:09 PM EST

@johnymac60 I was thinking the same thing. What's up with Northern?

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johnymac60 | Jan 10, 2011, 10:31 AM EST

"Northern Ireland has St. Patrick's Day..."???

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WoundedKnee | Jan 09, 2011, 08:00 PM EST

Nadhim Zahawi??? He sure sounds English! As to liberalview's post, it's nonsense. The "British" of Patrick's day were Celts, the Britanni, first cousins of the Celts living in Ireland. Britony is the Celtic region of France, while An Bhreatain Bheag--Little Britain--is the Irish for Wales.

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liberalView | Jan 09, 2011, 06:18 PM EST

St Patrick was British but that doesn't stop us from celebrating the day. St Andrew wasn't Scottish either. Plus St George wasn't Italian, he was Turkish/Greek but served in the Roman Army. Personally, I think its great that Ireland, England and Scotland salute foreign saints on their national day - nobody can accuse us of being xenophobic.

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