http://www.pietisten.org/authors/NairnFred.html http://www.pietisten.org/authors/NairnFred.html en-us http://www.pietisten.org//xii/1/irish.html http://www.pietisten.org//xii/1/irish.html As an exercise in public relations, the annual Irish American Saint Patrick's Day celebration has few equals. Spreading the good news that the Irish are as fine a bunch of hearty lads and black-eyed colleens as a person could hope to meet in a day's walk, parades now take place in most of the major cities in the nation.