Usuku luka-St. Patrick lwaziwa nangokuthi Usuku luka-St. Bardley kanye nesi-Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig.Kungumkhosi wokukhumbula umbhishobhi waseSt. Patrick (St. Bode), usanta ongumvikeli wase-Ireland.Ubanjwa ngoMashi 17 njalo ngonyaka.Ngo-432 AD, uSt. Patrick wathunyelwa uPapa e-Ireland ukuyonxenxa ama-Irish ukuba aguqukele ebuKatolika.Ngemva kokuba uSt. Patrick efike ogwini esuka e-Wicklow, abantu bendawo abangewona amaKhatholika ababethukuthele bazama ukumkhanda ngamatshe waze wafa.USt. Patrick wayengesabi ingozi futhi ngokushesha wacosha i-clover enamaqabunga amathathu, eyayicacisa ngokucacile imfundiso “kaZiqu-zintathu” kaYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele.Ngakho-ke, i-clover iye yaba uphawu lwe-Ireland, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, ama-Irish athinteka ngokujulile inkulumo yakhe futhi amukela ubhapathizo olukhulu lukaSt.NgoMashi 17, 461, uSt. Patrick washona.Ukuze bamkhumbule, ama-Irish aqoke lolu suku njengoSuku Luka-St. Patrick.

Leli holide laqala e-Ireland ekupheleni kwekhulu lesi-5.Lolu suku kamuva lwaba Usuku Lukazwelonke Lwase-Ireland.Futhi bekuyiholide lasebhange eNyakatho ye-Ireland kanye neholide elisemthethweni eRiphabhulikhi yase-Ireland, eMontserrat, naseNewfoundland naseLabrador eCanada.Nakuba uSuku LukaSt. Patrick lugujwa kabanzi eCanada, e-United Kingdom, e-Australia, e-United States naseNew Zealand, akulona iholide elingokomthetho.Ngenxa yokuthi izakhamuzi eziningi zase-Ireland zigubha uSuku Luka-St. Patrick, uhulumeni uyalukhumbula futhi ulukhumbula kakhulu.Ngaphandle komkhosi omkhulu wase-Ireland wokugubha uSuku LukaSt. Patrick, amanye amazwe anjenge-United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Germany, Japan, New Zealand nawo alibhekisise leli holide.Ukuze wamukele uSuku luka-St. Patrick kulo nyaka, i-Chicago iphinde yadaya umfula oluhlaza ukugubha umkhosi waminyaka yonke.

Abantu bavame ukucula izingoma zomdabu zase-Ireland lapho begubha imikhosi ezindaweni zokucima ukoma nasekhaya.Ezidumile kukhona "Lapho Irish Eyes Are Smiling", "Seven Drunke n Nights", "The Irish Rover", "Danny Boy", "The Fields of Athenry" "Black Velvet Band" nokunye.Phakathi kwabo, ingoma ethi "Danny Boy" isakazwa kabanzi emhlabeni jikelele.Akuyona nje igama lasekhaya phakathi kwabantu base-Ireland, kodwa futhi i-repertoire evame ukwenziwa kumakhonsathi ahlukahlukene.