Abolish St Patrick's Day!
“I want this vulgar, drink-sodden, bullsh!t that is commonly called St. Patrick’s Day to stop so that the celebration of a major Catholic figure in the Irish Catholic experience is not ruined.”
Join Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne for episode 068 of ‘The Brendan Option’ where he suggests “modern” secular Ireland think up its own national holiday and leave St. Patrick’s day to be celebrated by the practicing Irish Catholics.
“Bastille Day is a serious bit of kit in terms of a country celebrating its myth… its foundation. What about ‘Kilmainham Day’?” “