Patrick's Day (March 17), which

remembers St. Patrick, the patron saint

of Ireland. The celebrations include

parades, concerts, theatre productions,

fireworks, and of course drinking and

feasting. Today the holiday is celebrated

worldwide and not only by Irish people.

Zuzana Pernicová, Phil Jones (Great Britain)

symbols: flag (gren, white, orange), shamrock (symbol Christianity)

language and it is a compulsory subject at

school but English is the language used in

everyday life

Ireland is the homeland of writers such

as Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Oscar

Wilde, Samuel Beckett and W. B. Yeats,

and Irish music is known worldwide, from

traditional music to modern artists such

as U2 or Sinéad O'Connor

The earliest confirmed inhabitants of Ireland were Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, who arrived sometime around 7900 BCE.

The current population of Ireland in 2025 is 5,120,867, a 0.62% increase from 2024.

Demographics of Ireland major ethnic, Irish 76.5%Minor ethnic Other White 10.3%, Asian: 3.7%, Black: 1.5%, Irish Travellers 0.7%, Other 1.3%, Not stated 6.7% (2022).