Naugatuck St. Patrick's events start at 9 am
March 17th, 2008
Naugatuck St. Patrick’s events start at 9 a.m.
NAUGATUCK — The borough will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day today.
There will be a Mass at 9 a.m. at St. Francis Church to celebrate the day. Then those in attendance will march to the historical society building on Water Street, where they will hoist the Irish flag.
Mayor Mike Bronko will be at Town Hall, waiting for a call on his cell phone telling him when to raise the Irish flag there.
After the flag is raised there will be coffee and pastries inside the historical society, and a few speeches, said Burgess Pat Scully.
Dorothy Knowles, past president of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, said after the festivities at the historical society they will head to Duffy’s on Water Street for corned beef and cheer.
Tags: flag, irish
March 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
St. Patrick’s Day is a secular holiday as far as I’m concerned. The pope doesn’t have the authority to change it.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
And what, exactly, are you celebrating?
March 17th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Retarded!!! You might want to read right to the end of the article to see why we say he drove the snakes out.The real story goes that he drove the serpents out - in other words brought Christianity to Ireland.
March 17th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Apparently they are if the saint can be hijacked for commercial purposes.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:24 am
There are still little lizards in Ireland. Maybe the RIAA has the fossil records and are refusing to release them. Hell, maybe they are the serpents. So if they sue you, bring a plaster statue of St. Patrick and watch them wince and cringe in holy terror.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Holy shit, who cares if it is official or not. I have an excuse to drink on a Monday, so anyone who has a problem with that can sit on their thumb and twirl.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:05 am
One step forward, St. Nick.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Good beer.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:46 am
your mistake is thinking science and religion coexist.
March 18th, 2008 at 4:37 am
Dude, people have been wearing fucking green for the past three weekends in the city.I’m of Irish descent and all I can say is fuck St. Patrick’s Day.
March 18th, 2008 at 5:27 am
meh. I thought we didnt do religion on reddit. As far as I’m concerned saints days aren’t holidays.
March 18th, 2008 at 6:18 am
Why do I suspect that the vast majority of celebrants out there right now aren’t Catholic, Irish or even Protestant?
March 18th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Alcoholics don’t respect Gods law anyway.